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IUBS Centenary Webinar Series on Gender Equality: First Lecture
Under the aegis of the IUBS Centenary celebrations, the IUBS Working Group on Gender Equality is launching the first webinar of a series on “The Gender Gaps and the Biological Sciences”. The webinar will consist of talks by experts, moderated round table discussion, and a Q&A session. The fist webinar of this series is scheduled […]
Gender Balance in Science Study by IUBS Published
A study by IUBS Working Group on Gender Equality is published recently. The study mentions that, access to scientific careers for women has never been easy, but as biases and barriers slowly begin to diminish, women are becoming more and more involved in science, especially Biological Sciences. Some of the […]
Standing for Gender Equality in Science in times of COVID-19
Scientists around the world have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, not all scientists are affected in the same ways and to the same extent. Women are hit particularly hard, especially those at an early stage of their careers. In this time of pandemic, when a health crisis combines with […]
Standing for Gender Equality in Science in times of COVID-19
Scientists around the world have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, not all scientists are affected in the same ways and to the same extent. Women are hit particularly hard, especially those at an early stage of their careers. In this time of pandemic, when a health crisis combines with […]
Gender Equality project accomplishments featured by ISC
The Gender Gap project has been funded by the International Science Council (ISC) during the first phase (2017-2019), along with several international science unions. The motive, accomplishments, and key findings of the project have been featured by ISC in an online article published in February 2020. The article can be found here. Follow […]
Gender Gap in Science Book Published
IUBS is one of the ten partners in the ISC funded project “A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?”. All the findings, conclusions and recommendationf of the project are now available as a downloadable book. The […]
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020
The celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020 was co-organized by UNESCO with the participation of the International Science Council (ISC) at Paris on 7th February 2020. The invited speakers and participants discussed the issue of gender gap in science, the conclusions of the collaborative global project, “Gender Gap […]
Conference on Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It
The ‘Conference on Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?‘ presented the results of a three-year collaborative project (2017-2019), funded by the International Council for Science, of eleven major scientific international unions and organizations including IUBS. Final […]
Gender Gap: Coordination Meeting
A coordination meeting of the Gender Gap Project will take place on 18 and 19 February 2019 in Berlin at the Einstein Center Digital Future. The partners will give the results of the different tasks and prepare The International Conference that will be held from 4 to 8 November 2019 at ICTP Trieste. Read More