Hi Everyone, Please help me with this Scholarship essay.
Identify the challenges and barriers that you expect you may face, on your return, in applying the skills, knowledge, and linkages you gain from your scholarship study.
Explain how you will overcome these and what you will do to effectively contribute to the country's development.
In a typical Papua New Guinean society, discrimination based on age, ethnicity, and gender is prevalent and such can be expected in my transition to working as a female vet. Many clients' expectations may be that a vet would be an experienced male and not a recently graduated female with less experience and they will question medical roles and procedures.
Self-sufficiency and self-doubt can be emotional challenges arising from such apart from others.
Fortunately, Papua New Guinea is slowly but surely accepting young women from any background of culture and traditions who can get educated and strive in male-dominated and unique fields of career. Women who pioneered careers in the country's science and veterinary services as vets, technicians, and specialists are my role models and I am assured and motivated to overcome these challenges, as they have done before me.
Having good mentorship through colleagues, friends, families, or external connections and regular self-care and self-evaluation checks to prevent stress, burn-out, or mental health issues can suppress one's self-doubt. A clear mind and stable self-esteem will allow me to effectively apply my skills and knowledge to the best of my abilities.
Identify the challenges and barriers that you expect you may face, on your return, in applying the skills, knowledge, and linkages you gain from your scholarship study.
Explain how you will overcome these and what you will do to effectively contribute to the country's development.
In a typical Papua New Guinean society, discrimination based on age, ethnicity, and gender is prevalent and such can be expected in my transition to working as a female vet. Many clients' expectations may be that a vet would be an experienced male and not a recently graduated female with less experience and they will question medical roles and procedures.
Self-sufficiency and self-doubt can be emotional challenges arising from such apart from others.
Fortunately, Papua New Guinea is slowly but surely accepting young women from any background of culture and traditions who can get educated and strive in male-dominated and unique fields of career. Women who pioneered careers in the country's science and veterinary services as vets, technicians, and specialists are my role models and I am assured and motivated to overcome these challenges, as they have done before me.
Having good mentorship through colleagues, friends, families, or external connections and regular self-care and self-evaluation checks to prevent stress, burn-out, or mental health issues can suppress one's self-doubt. A clear mind and stable self-esteem will allow me to effectively apply my skills and knowledge to the best of my abilities.
