For women to be successful in science careers, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, renowned scientist, and 1st female president of Mauritius, argued that the ‘vicious cycle’ hindering their potential must be broken.
There is a complete lack of data on science education from low-income countries, a report by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, says.
“Promoting research on quaternary science” The International Union for Quaternary Research, was founded in 1928 by a group of scientists seeking to improve understanding of environmental change during the glacial ages through interdisciplinary research. Today, more than 46 member countries, spread throughout the world, contribute to INQUA’s vitality. INQUA’s basic goal – “promoting improved communication…
Associate Professor at the Balseiro Institute; Principal Researcher at the Bariloche Atomic Center (Argentine Commission for Atomic Energy)
With the support of the ‘Air Centre’, Portugal has become the latest country to join the ‘Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research’ (SCOR).
The exclusion of women in the digital world is hurting agricultural productivity in low- and middle- income countries, according to global technology experts.
In a journal article, TWAS Executive Director, Romain Murenzi, and his team, advocated greater science and technology education in Africa, for young people in the continent to be better prepared for global changes.
There is need for countries to integrate food systems into their climate plans. But Haseeb Bakhtary writes that measures on changing diets, food-linked deforestation, and food waste are lacking in most climate plans.
For the next 40 months, ACCTING, an EU-funded project, will mobilize research experimentation and innovation based on a methodological framework to advance a gender equal and socially-just European Green Deal.
According to a report, decent internet connection is out of reach for 90 per cent of people in low- and middle-income countries, while women’s web exclusion cost poorest countries US$1 trillion in GDP.
