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