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30 Aug 2016
Gender Summit 5 Africa — 28-30 April, 2015
The Gender Summits are an initiative to promote gender equality at all levels of scientific research and innovation; they convene regional and global stakeholders at conferences worldwide to demonstrate the importance of including women both as agents and subjects of scientific research, identify opportunities for change and mechanisms to implement these changes, and form communities around...
Africa // Gender summits // Southern Africa // Events
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE helps UNESCO STEM and Gender Advancement (SAGA) project get underway
One of the greatest challenges faced in the effort to promote gender equality in science is the lack of data available on the subject. Although certain institutions, organizations and governments may collect gender-disaggregated data on things like numbers of women enrolled in STEM degree programs, employed as research faculty, or appointed to leadership positions, this data is often incomplete...
Education & Workforce // Genderinsite Activities // research // SAGA // UNESCO // Events // gender data // Science Policy // women in science
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE at Gender Summit 8 - North and Latin America
Next week, the Gender Summit 8 - North and Latin America will take place in Mexico City, continuing to advance the global conversation about gender in research with the theme of Science without borders: Improving impact by interlinking gender, geographic, disciplinary and educational dimensions. GenderInSITE is pleased to be...
Education & Workforce // Gender summits // Genderinsite Activities // Latin America-Caribbean // National Assessments on Gender and STI // North America // research // Events // gender data // Science Policy // women in science
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30 Aug 2016
SciDev.Net and GenderInSITE workshops: Mainstreaming Gender into Science Journalism and Maximising Diversity in Readership
From November 25-27, 2014, GenderInSITE together with SciDev.net hosted two days of workshops in London with SciDev.net editorial staff on mainstreaming gender in science journalism and maximising gender diversity in the SciDev.net audience. Participants included  SciDev.net senior regional coordinators, assistant editors, user engagement coordinators, and freelance journalists. SciDev.net is ...
Genderinsite Activities // scidev.net // Events // Gender mainstreaming // Science communication // Workshop
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30 Aug 2016
Gender Summit 5 - Africa brings together science and gender for women's empowerment and poverty relief
More than 300 delegates from over 30 countries attended the first African Gender Summit in Cape Town, South Africa from 28-30 April. The Gender Summits were established in 2011 as a platform for dialogue where scientists, policy makers and gender scholars can jointly examine evidence on gender...
Africa // Gender summits // Events // poverty relief // women's empowerment
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE Steering Committee meets in Italy
On 21-22 April, 2016, the GenderInSITE Steering Committee met in Trieste, Italy to oversee the continuing development of the initiative’s network and activities, review its international and regional activities to date, refine its action plan for 2016-2017, and discuss its strategy going forward. Participants in the meeting included: Shirley Malcom*, Head, Education and Human...
Genderinsite Activities // Steering Committee // Events
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE Southern Africa: Applying the gender lens to Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Africa
On 4-5 July, GenderInSITE's regional focal point for Southern Africa, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) will jointly hold a communications event in Ebene Cybercity, Mauritius to introduce a policymakers'...
ASSAf // Africa // agriculture // Genderinsite Activities // Southern Africa // aquaculture // climate change // Events // land ownership // Science Policy // Sustainability
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE at Gender Summit 7 Europe
GenderInSITE is pleased to be hosting a panel, Transforming policies in funding, hiring and publishing, at the Gender Summit 7 Europe. The conference will take place in Berlin on 6-7 November. Since 2011, the Gender Summit has held five conferences around the world to generate dialogue and identify important...
Education & Workforce // Gender summits // Genderinsite Activities // Site For Women // Events // Gender mainstreaming // Science Policy // women in science
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE at the Gender Summit 7 Europe: Transforming policies in funding, hiring and publishing
GenderInSITE recently attended the Gender Summit 7 Europe in Berlin and was pleased to be able to host a panel on Transforming policies in funding, hiring and publishing on day 2 of the event. The well-attended panel chaired by Shirley Malcom, head of Education...
Education & Workforce // Gender summits // Genderinsite Activities // research // Events // Science Policy // women in science
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE workshop to focus on applying the gender lens to water issues
From 30 November-4 December 2015, GenderInSITE will host a workshop on Applying a Gender and Science Lens to Water Issues, in parallel with the Science Diplomacy Workshop on Sustainable Water Management hosted by TWAS, the World Academy of Sciences. The workshops, will be held...
Genderinsite Activities // Site For Women // Sustainable Development Goals // Events // Gender mainstreaming // science diplomacy // Science Policy // Sustainability // Water // Workshop