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Women researchers have made significant contributions to major scientific assessments such as those of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and are reasonably well represented on key global change committees of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and US National Academy of Sciences. They have played important leadership roles in ...
The latest report from the US National Science Foundation [13] shows that while women are now earning half of the undergraduate degrees in science and engineering, most of these are in the biosciences (especially pre-med) compared to physics, computer sciences and engineering (20%). In terms of doctorates, women are also only 20% of the ...
Different discourses have shaped the way that sustainable development is approached, and women have become more integrated into shaping these ideas. The definition of sustainable development is highly debated, but is defined by Harcourt as a way to "establish equity between generations" and to take into account "social, economic, and environmental needs to conserve non-renewable resources" and ...
"Girls and young women are uniquely positioned to be problem solvers and to help their communities address the effects of climate change."
Graduate Women in Science formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an international organization for women in science. [1] It was established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States as a women's fraternity. [1] Following are some of its notable members.
Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi, environmental biochemist, Oréal-Unesco award in 2013; Grace Oladunni Taylor (born 1937), Nigerian chemist, 2nd woman inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science; Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964), chemist, educator; Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi (born 1939), botanist and environmental archaeologist
For her research, Johnson was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship, a Switzer Environmental Fellowship, and was a 2010–11 American Association of University Women fellow.
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...