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Find and connect with AWARD researchers (Fellows, Mentors and Fellows’ mentees) or explore our curated list of African gender experts.
What we are reading:
Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync? by @CGIAR
https://bit.ly/32fKF4Q
Weekend read:
How to increase women’s participation in data science and STEM fields
https://bit.ly/3wTgvTa
#womeninSTEM
Capacity building opportunity!
Are you interested in learning about genome engineering? Here is your chance.
Register and join Stream Portal's Masterclasses in Crop Transformation for Genome Editing.
Registrations are ongoing: https://bit.ly/3mSVtzt
Malawian @AWARDFellowship Fellows call for tree planting in the efforts to combat the effects of #climatechange while also emphasizing the importance of engaging the youth in the conversations around conserving the environment.
https://www.nyasatimes.com/women-in-agriculture-urge-students-to-embrace-tree-planting-culture/
@MwAward
Soooo excited & honored to get to share the stage with some of my mentors & heroes!!! https://cies2021.org/keynotes/
Challenges to inclusion are complex. So how do you operationalize inclusion of women and underrepresented groups? @CIFOR presents some of the best ideas in this new publication: Getting it right, a guide to improve inclusion in multistakeholder forums.
https://bit.ly/329iCnD
What we are reading:
Can we turn the tide? Confronting gender inequality in climate policy
https://bit.ly/3uBfKfv
Weekend read:
Women, Agriculture and Work in Africa.
https://bit.ly/3uAaNnh
@WorldBank
Are you a professional and do you want to develop your skills in sustainable and inclusive #foodsystems? Then this is your chance to improve your knowledge during an online postgraduate course.
Apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/3fVcWFR
Deadline: 15 June 2021
Former #ABCF and @AWARDFellowship fellow, Esther Kanduma on where focus should be placed for significant change with #WomeninSTEM
@uonbi
@IntVetVaccNet
@AWARDFellowship
A very important and enjoyable discussion with fellow panelists on paving the way for women leaders in science #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensMonth #WomenInSTEM https://twitter.com/roslininstitute/status/1377223435626119168
"You can't be what you can't see." - insightful words by our very own Jayne Quoiani, Education & Engagement Officer, on the value of young people meeting and hearing from scientists.
@JayneQuoiani @IntVetVaccNet @BecAHub @uonbi @EBSOClab @Univ_Dschang
In just six months of public engagement, the UN @FoodSystems summit has surfaced 1,200+ ideas and propositions to transform #FoodSystems.
These preliminary ideas are a foundation to build upon towards a #UNFSS2021 for the people
Learn more ▶️ http://bit.ly/unfss-pr-ideas
@CGIAR
A growing demand to address the threats of #climatechange and social inequality has led to the emergence of inclusive climate action. But how important is inclusive climate action in building sustainable solutions for the future?
https://bit.ly/2zme9Dw
"I'd like to see the involvement of women at various stages. Women are innovative in their own way, women can spread information, women can adapt the information to their own context beyond your wildest imagination." Rebecca Sarku, 2019 AWARD Fellow.
https://cutt.ly/izruo2E
Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar yesterday on #WomenInSTEM and leadership.
If you didn't get a chance to listen in, we got you! You can now listen to the webinar recording here: https://bit.ly/3cI0S9f.
@IntVetVaccNet @BecAHub @roslininstitute @uonbi
A recording of the webinar is available now on the IVVN website 👇 (6/6)
http://intvetvaccnet.co.uk/events/paving-the-way-for-women-leaders-in-science-technology-and-innovation
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