The event therefore takes a very real and up-front approach to increasing the visibility of women in science, and raising awareness of the current gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research.
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) draws on this knowledge to promote environmental science, help build scientific capacity in developing countries, improve access to scientific information globally and encourage gender equity in science.
In the months since my column posted, new studies have amplified concerns about gender diversity in science.
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Equality group The UKRC and WISE - the "leading organisation" for gender equality in science, engineering and technology - said it was not surprised by the findings.
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Because science (including the science of gender change) remains incompatible with most fundamentalist religious points of view.
Sonia Bahri, from UNESCO said that science combined with gender equality could help achieve Millennium Development Goals.
Question: can social science researchers do more gender-based studies of male characteristics that keep them from making deals in the first place and deals that last in the second?
But she says their number reflects the gender balance in the upper echelons of science, where fellows are chosen from.
The main objectives of the Project are to promote practical science experimentation and capacity building for science education, to improve science curricula by inclusion of hands-on experimentation for a better understanding of science and to increase the interest of young people in science so as to promote gender equality, scientific literacy and the choice of a scientific career.
With the exception of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, all education is gender-segregated.
Develop training policies for teachers in science subjects, integrating of mathematics, science and technology including the issue of gender and participative learning.
Summers had a tense relationship with the university faculty, which erupted over his comment that gender differences explained why fewer women pursued math and science careers.
Rather than focus on the opinions of the few that reinforce gender differences, we need to focus on the science of the many whose findings suggest that the key to our survival is to foster the emotional and social health of girls and boys and men and women.
It's no secret that we still have a long way to go before achieving gender equity in the fields collectively known as STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
However, literary science fiction has a long history with examining the roles of gender in the future.
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So are projects for the development of science and technology in Africa as well as those to promote gender equality, especially in the field of media.
In Kenya and Lesotho, the Varkey GEMS Foundation works with UNESCO on gender-sensitive teacher training to encourage more girls to attend school and learn science and mathematics.
The UNDAF incorporates UNESCO concerns, including education, science and technology for climate change adaptation, culture and communications for development, gender equality and peace building.
It is also easier to abandon gender stereotypes: girls in all-girl schools are more likely to study maths and science, boys in all-boy schools become more involved in theatre.
Among the older pupils, boys are still narrowly ahead in science, but the gap is closing and among 9 year olds there is no gender difference.
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