‘Things that hinder women’s potential’
Unlike their opposite gender, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, first female vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana, said that women need support to overcome systemic barriers limiting their career potentials.
SCGES Webinar: Inclusion and Participation of Women in Global Science Organizations
In this webinar, the results of a collaborative study conducted by GenderInSITE, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the International Science Council (ISC) are presented. Global surveys of science academies that are members of the IAP and the ISC, as well as international disciplinary unions and associations that are members of the ISC, show that women…
IFS ‘Women in Science Public Contact List’ launched
The International Foundation for Science (IFS) ‘Women in Science Public Contact’ list has been launched as part of commemorating this year’s ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science’.
I Conversatorio Virtual en Salud
“We want to celebrate how far we have come as humanity in the last 100 years, all thanks to science.” That is why we decided to think about the future of medical care, within the framework of our 1st Virtual Health Conference organized by the Faculty of Medicine from the “Universidad De Las Americas”, and…
Global Women’s Breakfast
You are invited to the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast! The Global Breakfast is an event that happens on a single day in February of each year in conjunction with the U.N Day of Women and Girls in Science. The aim is to celebrate the accomplishments of Women in Science and to inspire younger generations to…
OAO invites experts, kids for ‘Women and Girls in Astronomy’ event
‘Office for Astronomy Outreach’ is inviting outreach practitioners, parents, youth and astronomers, to contribute to its ‘2022 Women and Girls in Astronomy’ project, where little kids will participate in a ‘Draw an Astronomer contest’.
The 1st UN resolution on role of parliaments in SDGs
In a historic first, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution highlighting the critical role of parliaments in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
“The voice of European neuroscience” The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is the main organisation for neuroscience in Europe. FENS currently represents 44 European national and single discipline neuroscience societies with more than 20,000 member scientists from 33 European countries. FENS promotes neuroscience research to policy-makers, funding bodies and the general public, both regionally…
Medical PPE ‘unfit’ for women on COVID-19 frontlines–REPORT
Designed to fortify all gender of health workers, personal protective equipment, PPE, have often failed to protect women, who are leading the frontlines in the COVID fight, reports Laura Owings.
“To promote the development of magnetism and magnetic materials in Europe, through rising the visibility and the impact of research on fundamental and applied magnetism” The purpose of the European Magnetism Association is to promote the development of magnetism and magnetic materials in Europe, through rising the visibility and the impact of research on fundamental…
