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To mark the announcement the Minister has also confirmed she will be hosting a special WISE (Women in Science, Technology and Engineering) event in the Senedd, Cardiff, on 13 March, which is being attended by WISE’s patron, HRH The Princess Royal.

The event will celebrate and promote the value of women in STEM in Wales and build momentum around the report’s recommendations.  

Talented Women for a Successful Wales is an independent report which the Welsh Government commissioned and published last year. 

Led by Wales’ Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Julie Williams, the report aims to tackle the critical shortage of women in STEM roles in Wales, and across the rest of the UK. It identifies the need for a sea change of attitude across society to break down existing barriers and create the skilled workforce needed to support the future economic growth of Wales.

It includes 33 recommendations on dealing with the underrepresentation and poor retention of women in STEM in Wales through four major themes of education, recruitment, retention and promotion – all of which have been accepted by the Welsh Government.

While the majority of the recommendations are for schools, universities and STEM businesses in Wales to action with the Welsh Government advising, encouraging and facilitating where appropriate, there are two actions which are specifically for the Welsh Government to take forward:

1. The Welsh Government should make improved gender balance in STEM a theme in educational policies and programmes for teacher training, curriculum reform, careers advice, apprenticeships and further \& higher education funding.
2. The Welsh Government should review its support for childcare and consider how it can further support a wider range of parents with the costs of childcare – with the long\-term aim of developing an offer of high\-quality early childhood care and education.

It is estimated that increasing the number of women in science across the UK could be worth £2bn to the national economy.

Skills and Science Minister, Julie James, is keen to point out that work is already underway to meet these recommendations and over recent year’s the Welsh Government has increased its investment into this important area, saying:


> “Science underpins innovation and technology developments and is essential for economic growth and creating high quality jobs. That is why we have already invested more than £100m in recent years to increase Wales’ research capacity and why we are supporting all of the recommendations in this report to encourage more women and girls to pursue STEM skill opportunities.
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> “Our ‘STEM in Education and Training: A Delivery Plan for Wales’ (2016\) already outlines our commitment to improving the participation of girls in STEM and our Education Directorate has made prioritising girls’ progression in maths, physics and computing, and made gender balance in STEM education a condition of grant funding.”

The Minister added: 


> “While these are all positive developments we recognise more can be done to understand the issues affecting girls’ progression in STEM and how practice in schools can have a positive impact and our programme of education reform aims to address this.”

Plans are also being progressed by the Welsh Government to provide 30 hours of free early education and childcare to working parents of three and four year\-olds across Wales for 48 weeks of the year. This is the most generous childcare offer in the UK, giving parents – in particular, women – more choice and a greater ability to have both a family and a career. 

The Talented Women for a Successful Wales report can be found here.







Translation:


 
I ddathlu'r cyhoeddiad, mae'r Gweinidog hefyd wedi cadarnhau y bydd yn cynnal digwyddiad WISE (Menywod mewn Gwyddoniaeth, Technoleg a Pheirianneg) yn y Senedd, Caerdydd, ar 13 Mawrth. Bydd noddwr WISE, Ei Huchelder Anne y Dywysoges Frenhinol, yn mynd i'r digwyddiad.  


Bydd y digwyddiad yn dathlu ac yn hyrwyddo gwerth menywod mewn swyddi STEM yng Nghymru ac yn gwella momentwm ynghylch argymhellion yr adroddiad.  

  


Adroddiad annibynnol yw Menywod Dawnus ar gyfer Cymru Lwyddiannus, y gwnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ei gomisiynu a'i gyhoeddi y llynedd. 

  


Nod yr adroddiad, a arweinir gan Brif Gynghorydd Gwyddonol Cymru, Yr Athro Julie Williams, yw mynd i'r afael â'r prinder mawr o fenywod mewn swyddi STEM yng Nghymru, a gweddill y DU. Mae'n nodi'r angen i newid agwedd y gymdeithas a chael gwared ar rwystrau presennol a chreu'r gweithlu medrus sydd ei angen i gefnogi dyfodol twf economaidd Cymru.

  


Mae'n cynnwys 33 o argymhellion ynghylch delio â diffyg cynrychiolaeth a gallu i gadw menywod mewn swyddi STEM yng Nghymru drwy bedair prif thema, sef addysg, recriwtio, cadw a dyrchafu. Mae pob un wedi cael ei derbyn gan Lywodraeth Cymru.

  


Er bod mwyafrif yr argymhellion yn berthnasol i ysgolion, prifysgolion a busnesau STEM yng Nghymru, gyda chyngor, anogaeth a gwaith hwyluso gan Lywodraeth Cymru lle y bo angen, mae dwy weithred sy'n benodol i Lywodraeth Cymru:

1. Dylai Llywodraeth Cymru sicrhau gwell cydbwysedd rhwng y ddau ryw, mewn pynciau STEM, thema mewn polisïau a rhaglenni addysgol ar gyfer hyfforddiant athrawon; diwygio’r cwricwlwm, cyngor ar yrfaoedd, prentisiaethau a chyllid addysg bellach ac addysg uwch.
2. Dylai Llywodraeth Cymru adolygu ei chymorth ar gyfer gofal plant ac ystyried beth arall y gall ei wneud i gynorthwyo ystod ehangach o rieni gyda chostau gofal plant – gyda’r nod tymor hir o ddatblygu cynnig cyffredinol o ansawdd uchel ar gyfer gofal ac addysg plentyndod cynnar.

Rhagwelir y gall cynyddu nifer y menywod yn y maes gwyddoniaeth o amgylch y DU fod gwerth £2biliwn i'r economi cenedlaethol.

  


Mae'r Ysgrifennydd Sgiliau a Gwyddoniaeth, Julie James, yn awyddus i dynnu sylw at y ffaith bod gwaith eisoes ar y gweill i gyflawni'r argymhellion, a dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwella ei buddsoddiad yn y maes pwysig hwn. Dywedodd:


> "Mae gwyddoniaeth yn sail i ddatblygiadau arloesi a thechnoleg ac mae'n hanfodol ar gyfer twf economaidd a chreu swyddi o safon uchel iawn. Dyna pam rydym eisoes wedi buddsoddi dros £100 miliwn yn y blynyddoedd diweddar i wella capasiti ymchwil Cymru. Yn ogystal, dyma pam rydym yn cefnogi'r holl argymhellion yn yr adroddiad hwn er mwyn annog mwy o fenywod a merched i gymryd cyfleoedd sgiliau STEM.
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> "Mae ein cynllun 'Gwyddoniaeth, Technoleg, Peirianneg a Mathemateg (STEM) mewn addysg a hyfforddiant: cynllun cyflawni i Gymru' (2016\) eisoes yn amlinellu ein hymrwymiad i ddenu mwy o ferched i astudio pynciau STEM ac mae ein Cyfarwyddwr Addysg wedi gwneud blaenoriaethu cynnydd merched mewn mathemateg, ffiseg a chyfrifiadureg, a chydbwysedd rhwng y ddau ryw o ran addysg STEM, yn amod o'r cyllid grant."

Ychwanegodd y Gweinidog: 
> "Er bod y rhain i gyd yn ddatblygiadau cadarnhaol, rydym yn cydnabod y gellir gwneud mwy i ddeall y problemau sy'n effeithio ar gynnydd merched mewn pynciau STEM a sut y gall arferion ysgolion gael effaith gadarnhaol. Mae ein rhaglen o ddiwygio addysg yn ceisio mynd i'r afael â hyn."

Mae cynlluniau hefyd yn cael eu trafod gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ddarparu 30 awr o addysg gynnar a gofal plant am ddim i rieni plant tair a phedair oed sy'n gweithio ledled Cymru am 48 wythnos y flwyddyn. Dyma'r cynnig gofal plant mwyaf hael yn y DU, ac mae'n rhoi mwy o ddewis i rieni \- menywod, yn benodol \- a mwy o gyfle iddynt gael teulu a gyrfa. 

Gallwch weld yr adroddiad Menywod Dawnus ar gyfer Cymru Lwyddiannus yma.