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13 Oct 2017
On 4-6 September, a group of international experts on gender and innovation gathered in Pretoria, South Africa for the GenderInSITE-Elsevier Foundation workshop on Gender and Innovation: Implications for Sustainable Development.  The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) coordinated this workshop, was...
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30 Aug 2016
This article was written by Imogen Mathers and originally appeared on the SciDev.net Analysis blog There has never been a global study on men’s role as family caregivers — until now, reported South Africa’s Mail & Guardian last month (30 June). For years, global studies on family life and...
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30 Aug 2016
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...
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30 Aug 2016
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...