AIMS Senegal and UNESCO Dakar celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 15 at the campus of the AIMS center in Mbour. Dr Dimitri Sanga, Director of the Multisectoral Regional Office of UNESCO, Rokhaya Solange Ndir, Head of the Department of Corporate Social Responsibility and Partnerships at Sonatel, and the students of Saint-Esprit College in Mbour responded to the call. . The event was marked by introductory remarks by representatives of AIMS, UNESCO and Sonatel. This was followed by an experience sharing with women working in the STEM field, as well as the launch of an initiative for the promotion of women in science for the younger generations, launched by Sokhar Samb and Deborah Dormah Kanubala, two former students of AIMS Senegal.