A COMMUNITY group from Cwmbran are looking to encourage female pupils to enter careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as part of a school scheme.

The Cwmbran and District branch of Soroptimist International aim to help women and girls by enabling, empowering and educating them.

In a drive to increase interest in STEM subjects, the group will donate the book ‘Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World’ to all primary schools in Torfaen.

The book features well-known figures such as physicist and chemist Marie Curie and Katherine Johnson, the African-American mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

The books will be presented across September in conjunction with World Literacy Day, September 8.

For information on the Cwmbran group visit website: sigbi.org/cwmbran