About OWSD
About OWSD
OWSD provides research training and networking opportunities for women scientists throughout the developing world at different stages in their careers.
What is OWSD

Structure

Executive Board

Secretariat

National Chapters

Conferences

History

Donors

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Why OWSD
Why OWSD
Over 90% of the more than 4.000 OWSD members are women living and working in developing countries who have Masters or Doctorates in science subjects.
Objectives

Women and Science

GenderInSITE

Success Stories

Collaborators
Partners

Host Institutes

Trieste Network
Network
Network
OWSD members can network face to face through activities organised by their National Chapters, or through Regional and International conferences, as well as online through this website.
Africa

Arab States

Asia & Pacific

Latin America & Caribbean

Other Countries
Career development
Career Development
OWSD has a programme or activity at each stage of your career.
Your Career

Membership

PhD Fellowship

Early Career Fellowship

Workshops

Awards

Beyond OWSD

Mentoring
Resources
Resources
News and Events, Publications, Opportunities and Organizations of Interest: find all this and more in our Resources section.
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OWSD Publications

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Opportunities

Organizations of Interest

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News

Oct 30, 2018

OWSD Sudan Celebrates OWSD's 25th Anniversary

Oct 04, 2018

UNESCO congratulates Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize winner in Physics

Donna Strickland is the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 55 years.

Sep 17, 2018

Indonesia, Kenya launch OWSD National Chapters

Two new National Chapters join OWSD global network

Sep 17, 2018

OWSD at the UNESCO Partners' Forum

OWSD presents its programmes and impacts at international meeting of UNESCO partners.

What is OWSD?

OWSD is the first international forum to unite eminent women scientists from the developing and developed worlds with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership.

Malaysia, Asia & Pacific

Universiti Putri Malaysia (UPM)

South Africa, Africa

Rhodes University

South Africa, Africa

University of Cape Town

Rwanda, Africa

ICTP-East African Institute for Fundamental Research

Success stories

“Am very proud to say that I am encouraging other Cameroonian female scientists to apply for the OWSD fellowship programme and some of them have obtained the grant."

Nyamen Mbong Linda Dyorisse

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