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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE's Gloria Bonder brings a gender lens to the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development
On September 26, GenderInSITE regional focal point for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gloria Bonder, attended the first meeting of the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development in New York as one of the new commission's 48 members. The meeting, which coincided with the adoption by the United Nations of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), marked a shift in focus for the...
Education & Workforce // Genderinsite Activities // ICT // Site For Women // Sustainable Development Goals // Events // Science Policy
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE-SPRU Policy Workshop Explores Intersections Between Gender and SITE Policy
On 23-24 March, GenderInSITE and the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex together hosted a workshop at the University on Exploring the Knowledge and Innovation Policy Interface and its Gender Dimension. The workshop brought together policymakers, policy researchers, gender advocates and other stakeholders from national and...
Education & Workforce // Genderinsite Activities // Events // Gender mainstreaming // Science Policy // women in science
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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...
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30 Aug 2016
GIS workshop on Applying a Gender Lens to (Your) Research
On 19 May, GenderInSITE hosted a workshop at the OWSD 5th General Assembly and International Conference in Kuwait City, Kuwait on Applying a Gender Lens to (Your) Research. The workshop was attended by 115 participants from different backgrounds, disciplines, countries and at...
Education & Workforce // Genderinsite Activities // OWSD // research // Events // Gender mainstreaming // Science Policy // women in science // Workshop
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30 Aug 2016
Preview: GenderInSITE at CILAC 2016
GenderInSITE will participate in three sessions at the I Latin American and the Caribbean Open Science Forum (CILAC 2016) , which will take place from 6-9 September in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Forum will bring together prominent and early-career scientists, policymakers, business leaders, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to discuss plans for a regional...
Education & Workforce // Latin America-Caribbean // Events // Science Policy // Water // women in science
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17 Jun 2015
GenderInSITE-SPRU Policy Workshop Explores Intersections Between Gender and SITE Policy
On 23-24 March, GenderInSITE and the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex together hosted a workshop at the...
SPRU // Science Policy // workshops // Events