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Women and Research: Tangible Progress?
01-12-2006, UNESCO HQ (PARIS). Within the framework of the Second International Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policy, the Round Table will address the issue of women’s involvement in higher education, particularly in research, and their advancement in this sphere. See the VIDEO (English only)
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 International Round Table
Women and Research: Tangible Progress?
Friday 1 December 2006, at 1:00 pm - Room IX
Keynote speaker:
- Baroness Susan Greenfield, Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University
Interview with Baroness Susan Greenfield.
Context
Within the framework of the Second International Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policy, the Round Table will address the issue of women’s involvement in higher education, particularly in research, and their advancement in this sphere. It will emphasize the progress made by women in the area of research and its impact on women’s empowerment, the challenges faced by women in their research career and the lessons learnt regarding factors that foster an enabling environment for women’s participation in research.
The participants to the Round Table are established researchers and leaders in their fields of expertise. They will reflect on these issues from a personal and institutional perspective.
Moderator:
- Dr. Berit Olsson, Director, SAREC, Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
Speakers:
- Professor Maitha Al-Shamsi, Professor, Sociology, United Arab Emirates University Deputy Vice Chancellor, Scientific Research, UAE University.
- Professor Karuna Chanana, Professor, Sociology of Education; Sociology of Gender; Center for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
- Professor Fatou Sow, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Cheik Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
- Professor Hebe Vessuri, Senior Researcher and Head of the Department of Science Studies, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela.
Organized by:
Section for Women and Gender Equality of the Bureau of Strategic Planning & UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge
Information:
Tel: 01 45 68 17 78
mn.jodoin@unesco.org
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