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06 Nov 2017
From 6-8 November, more than 600 participants will gather at Gender Summit 11 - North America in Montreal, Canada to explore the theme of “Embracing pluralism and thriving through diversity – shaping science and innovation.”   The Gender Summits are a series of international conferences that...
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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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11 Aug 2017
  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...
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31 Oct 2016
On 8-9 November, Gender Summit 9 - Europe will convene in Brussels, Belgium, and GenderInSITE is happy to be participating with a session on  'Connecting gender, science, and sustainable development.' This session will take place on day 2 of the conference, 9 November, from 15:30 - 17:00 in the Terra room at the...
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07 Oct 2016
At the  I Latin American and the Caribbean Open Science Forum (CILAC 2016) in September, in Montevideo, Uruguay, GenderInSITE was pleased to take part in three sessions on issues ranging from the role of international organizations in promoting women in science to the application of a gender...
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27 Sep 2016
Via ASSAf - the Academy of Science of South Africa Africa's Sex and Gender Equality in the Spotlight The status of transformation towards sex and gender equality in Africa will be debated at a round-table discussion on 6 October 2016 as part of the Annual Young Scientists' Conference of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Gender...
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07 Sep 2016
On Thursday, 11 February 2016, the United Nations and partner organizations will observe the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This event, which was brought into effect by the signing of a resolution in December 2015, is a collective effort by several UN agencies including UNESCO, UN-Women,...
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30 Aug 2016
GenderInSITE will host a workshop entitled ‘Applying a Gender Lens to (Your) Research,’ for interested participants in the OWSD 5th General Assembly and International Conference who are interested in gender in science issues and would like to build their understanding of the gendered dynamics of scientific research through an interactive discussion. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, 18...
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30 Aug 2016
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 ...
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30 Aug 2016
From 8-9 December, South Africa will host its inaugural Science Forum at the CSIR ICC in Pretoria, and GenderInSITE is pleased to host a session on Applying a gender lens in STI: Where are we now and what do we need do to next? The panel, which is organized by GenderInSITE's regional focal point for Southern Africa at the Academy of Science of South Africa (...