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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 Mar 2021
Join GenderInSITE, TWAS and IAP representatives when they discuss the Gender Dimension of Refugee and Displaced Scientists at the World Forum for Women in Science Plenary Session: Sena Galazzi. Associate Program Officer, TWAS Dr. Saja Taha Al Zoubi. Visiting Scholar, University of Glasgow Dr. Ghanya Al-Naqeb. Researcher, University of Trento, Italy Prof. Roseanne...
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21 Oct 2020
GenderInSITE in collaboration with START will be hosting a webinar on African Women in Science Leadership on Thursday, 29 October 2020. Specifically, START and GenderInSITE are seeking to convene diverse perspectives and voices from across Africa to: Learn more from one another about what scientific leadership looks like for women working in African contexts and what unique...
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15 Jan 2020
Women's Leadership in the Global Science System 10:00-11:30 Saturday, February 15, 2020 As gender equality and gender equity in science receive ever-increasing attention amongst decision-makers, the gender gap in scientific leadership stands out prominently as an unresolved challenge. This session provides three perspectives that address the issue of women’s leadership in the...
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18 Nov 2019
This year's World Science Forum will take place at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 20-23 November 2019. GenderInSITE are holding a Thematic Session on Gender Equality in STI: an Ethical Issue, together with UNESCO, OWSD, South Africa's National Research Foundation, and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology of...
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28 Aug 2019
The 16th Gender Summit-Asia Pacific will be held in Singapore from 28-29 August 2019. GenderInSITE will be represented by its Director, Roseanne Diab, who will participate in a panel session on “Needs and opportunities to advance research capacity in developing countries through gender equality interventions” on Day 2, 29 August,...
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18 Jul 2019
GenderInSITE will be present at the second Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research (GoFoWiSeR) to be held in Dakar, Senegal on 18 July 2019. Roseanne Diab will deliver a presentation titled “Pathways to Success”, drawing on key messages contained in the recently published report “...
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10 Jul 2019
GenderInSITE Director Roseanne Diab will be presenting in a panel discussion on Lessons from institutions’ interventions to increase the number and experiences of female researchers on day two of the Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research, 08:30-10:30, alongside our sister organization, OWSD. Our Regional Focal Point for Africa will then be holding a regional launch event for our report,...
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30 Oct 2017
On 8 November, The Atlantic will hold a special event as part of its AtlanticLive series on Women in Science, highlighting recent achievements by women in STEM as well as strategies for ensuring that more female innovators flourish in the field.  The speakers for this event include Balanda Atis, Manager of L'Oreal's Women of Color Lab; Maria Freire, President and Executive Director of the...
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07 Sep 2016
On Thursday, 11 February 2016, the United Nations and partner organizations will observe the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This event, which was brought into effect by the signing of a resolution in December 2015, is a collective effort by several UN agencies including UNESCO, UN-Women,...