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17 Oct 2022
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The project is no longer continuing and therefore this website is not being updated.
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18 Feb 2022
Science academies and disciplinary groups have work to do on gender equality
Women have a valuable role to play across scientific disciplines - but can’t do this without proper support. Katleho Seisa/Getty Images
Roseanne Denise Diab, Unesco and...
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05 Nov 2021
Stop gender blindness: science is for women and men
In her Medal Lecture at the TWAS Fifteenth General Conference, Emeritus Professor Roseanne Diab of South Africa explained what is gender transformation and why international organizations should propel gender equality in science globally
Roseanne Diab, an Emeritus Professor at the School of Environmental Sciences of the...
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05 Nov 2021
Gloria Bonder is
Director of the Gender, Society and Policies Department, FLACSO Argentina
Coordinator of the UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America
Coordinator of the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender
And announces that the anniversary website of the UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America is now available
Gloria encourages...
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14 Oct 2021
A new UNESCO global study, When Schools Shut: Gendered impacts of COVID-19 school closures, exposes failure to factor in gender in COVID-19 education responses and widening gaps in access to quality education following school closures.
Citing some 90 countries, including nearly 30 in Africa, the study shows that despite...
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29 Sep 2021
A study reporting on the inclusion and participation of women in over 120 science organizations that are coordinated at a global level finds that women are still under-represented. It calls for a coalition for gender equality in global science to ensure a transformative action agenda.
The study was coordinated by GenderInSITE (Gender in Science, Innovation, Technology and Engineering), in...
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21 Sep 2021
The Gender Summit 20 (2021 – LAC, the third held in Latin America (https://gender-summit.com/gs20-2021-lac) is taking place from 15th to 23rd September 2021 as a virtual event. GS20 (2021) – LAC is led by the British Council Brasil, the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and Portia, with the support...
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17 Aug 2021
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is delighted to invite you to register for our upcoming webinar on September 3, 2021.
The...
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03 Aug 2021
UNESCO is hiring for a communications consultant to support digital and audio-visual communication efforts on gender equality in education.
Applications are open through 23 August 2021, to gender.ed@unesco.org.
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14 Jul 2021
The World Forum for Women in Science will take place on 3-5 November 2021 in Kenya as an online multi-disciplinary meeting.
Distinguished young scientists will get special offer to waive their registration fees