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Maternal care in Hargeisa, Somalia. Despite progress on women’s health and rights in the last 50 years, stark inequalities remain in access to contraceptives and health services to support safe pregnancy and birth, a special report says. Copyright: Sarah Bones/CARE. (CC BY 2.0). This image has been cropped.

Drugs companies must address ‘marginalization’ of women

From IYBSSD partners, General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud11/02/2023Leave a comment

Drugs companies must make fundamental changes to their core business to address R&D gaps and access to existing medicines for women’s sexual/reproductive health in poor countries, global health equity advocates urge.

Tackling climate change difficult without involving women

From IYBSSD partners, General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud14/12/2022Leave a comment

The representation of women and young people in climate change negotiations has been in the spotlight for decades, as evidence continues to show they are most vulnerable to climate impacts.

A woman scientist examining agronomic and soil management practices in Western Kenya. Gender experts say women remain “systematically excluded” from research, leading to inherent scientific biases. Copyright: CIAT/GeorginaSmith, (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

‘Only 20% of climate change studies written by women’

From IYBSSD partners, General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud07/11/2022Leave a comment

Despite progress on gender representation in science and research, disparities still exist. Women author fewer of the papers that are published in journals than men, according to the findings by the scientific publisher Elsevier.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, internationally acclaimed African scientist who served as the first female president of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018.

Shattering barriers hindering girls in science, by Gurib-Fakim

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud01/07/2022Leave a comment

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.

A woman holding a drone at a farm in Uganda. According to technology experts, women in the global South are increasingly being left behind despite an upward trend and growth in digitisation of agriculture. Copyright: CTA ACP-EU (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Women sidelined in agri-tech revolution, experts say

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud16/05/2022Leave a comment

The exclusion of women in the digital world is hurting agricultural productivity in low- and middle- income countries, according to global technology experts.

Linguist Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, first female vice-chancellor of The University of Ghana. Photo Credit: University of Ghana.

‘Things that hinder women’s potential’

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud04/04/2022Leave a comment

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.

Pakistan's Balochistan Girl Scouts saying: ‘strong hands stop violence against women and girls’. Researchers have said post-COVID-19 plans must tackle violence against women and girls. Copyright: UN Women/Henriette Bjoerge, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

‘Teenage girls among those who risk partner violence most’

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud21/03/2022Leave a comment

Domestic violence was ‘highly prevalent’ before COVID-19. But those at a greater risk of facing this violent ‘pandemic’, now, are women and teenage girls in lower-income countries, a study has revealed.

STEM Women ASIA emblem. Credit: IAP

285 female researchers profiled in newly-launched ‘STEM Women Asia’ directory

IAPBy Abdulsalam Mahmud31/10/2021Leave a comment

Though recently-launched, the STEM Women Asia will provide an online directory of women in Asia and Oceania working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

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