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11 Aug 2017
Join in UNESCO's #GirlsCrackTheCode social media celebration of women & girls in STEM
  With the UNESCO International Symposium and Policy Forum ‘Cracking the Code: Girls’ Education in STEM’ now just a few weeks away, GenderInSITE's partner UNESCO is profiling women who are making a real impact in science, tech, engineering and maths. If one or all of these women have inspired you, UNESCO invites you to share them as examples of amazing women who have excelled in STEM, using the...
UNESCO // Events // STEM education
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09 Aug 2017
Water, sanitation a lifeline for women
Lack of access to water and sanitation results in women working in an ... The Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in ...
water & sanitation // WASH // Zimbabwe // human rights
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09 Aug 2017
Women Are at the Heart of Development in Pakistan
The two most commonly used indices are the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index (GGI) and the United Nations Development Program's ...
gender equality
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08 Aug 2017
The Gender Gap Cannot Be Measured in Just Dollars
The Gender Gap Cannot Be Measured in Just Dollars ... Young girls and women collecting water from a water spring situated in a cabbage field ...
gender gap // gender equality // social justice
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08 Aug 2017
Women In Medicine Face the Same Barriers to Success as Women in Tech
The episode also underscores the struggles that women face in STEM and related ... time-consuming field that requires extensive and expensive education. ... The gender gap in medicine, as with STEM overall, is prevalent in both ...
gender gap // women in SITE // medicine & health
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08 Aug 2017
Leading Tech Firms Committed to Closing Skills Gap by Promoting Women in STEM
Similarly, Oracle has invested $3 million to educate girls in STEM fields ... Even Google, who had some gender and diversity-related issues a few ...
women in technology // gender gap
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27 Jun 2017
GenderInSITE-Elsevier Foundation workshop will explore intersection of gender and innovation in the developing world
From 4-6 September, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) will host a GenderInSITE-Elsevier Foundation workshop in Pretoria, South Africa on Gender and Innovation: Implications for Sustainable Development.  Since its 1994 report on Gender, Science, Technology and Development, the UN Commission on...
gendered innovations // science for women // South Africa // Global South // ASSAf
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21 Jun 2017
GenderInSITE-Elsevier Foundation workshop brings a gender perspective to science and technology in higher education
On April 21 and 22, fourteen international experts in gender mainstreaming in higher education gathered in Buenos Aires for a GenderInSITE and Elsevier Foundation workshop on “Integration of gender perspectives in science and technology in higher education: Contributions to the advancement of the SDGs.” Organized by Gloria Bonder, the GenderInSITE regional focal point for Latin America and the...
STEM education // higher education // institutional policy
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04 May 2017
Bringing a Gender Lens to Research Institutions: Summary of a GenderInSITE-SAGA Pilot Survey Workshop at SISSA
On 26-27 April, GenderInSITE invited participants from UNESCO’s Stem and Gender Advancement (SAGA) Project to the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy, to...
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24 Mar 2017
Greater attention to gender equality key to inclusive human devt – report
paying greater attention to gender equality will support faster and more inclusive human development and economic growth for Africa, the 2016 Africa ...
gender in development // international development // UNDP