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23 Mar 2017
Their fight is not only for gender equality; it also reflects their hunger for empowerment as a means of ensuring sustainable development. NewsGram ...
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20 Mar 2017
On 20-21 April, the GenderInSITE regional focal point for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will host the first GenderInSITE-Elsevier Foundation thematic workshop in Buenos Aires, on Integration of gender perspectives in science and technology in Higher Education: Contributions to the advancement of the SDGs. The workshop will bring together experts on science and technology in higher...
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09 Mar 2017
According to the United Nations, climate change further exacerbates existing gender inequalities. DW talks to Sonya Ayed-Karlsson, a climate ...
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09 Mar 2017
In Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, a gender strategy is being implemented as part of the Ministry of Agriculture's policy to promote both equality and ...
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09 Mar 2017
”For any development to take place in the society, there has to be gender equity,” Madawaki, also a former Commissioner for Women Affairs in the ...
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15 Feb 2017
On 1-3 February 2017, the GenderInSITE Steering Committee, regional focal points, and active partners met on the campus of the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. The participants discussed the continuing development of the initiative’s network and activities, including review of international and regional activities to date and discussion of strategic...
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13 Feb 2017
On February 7-8, GenderInSITE organized a workshop in Trieste, Italy with the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) to explore the gender dimension within large international scientific research production and coordination initiatives, and to have initial...
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10 Feb 2017
On Thurdsay, 9 February, leaders of international organizations, national governments, research universities and other educational institutions gathered at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to observe the second annual International Day for Women and Girls in Science.  The day's programme, which focused around the theme of “Gender, Science and...
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05 Feb 2017
Dairy Development and Women Empowerment workshop held ... National Forum, Oxfam in Bangladesh and Human Development Research Centre ...