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| The OWSD newsletter brings you the latest news and announcements from the Secretariat and from our international network. In this edition, we share an exciting opportunity for women scientists working on climate change and the environment, celebrate reaching our 50th National Chapter, meet West Africa's only micrometeorologist, and more. | |
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| Call for Applications:
2023 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards
in Food security, Agricultural productivity & Sustainable food production | |
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The Call for Applications for the 2023 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards are currently open to candidates working in the areas of food security, agricultural productivity, and sustainable food production. Applications close September 15, 2022. These awards reward and encourage women working and living in eligible developing countries who are in the early stages of their scientific careers. Winners receive USD $5000 as well as a trip tp the prize ceremony at the AAAS conference in the US and other opportunities. |
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| OWSD article on 'Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic' published in Economia Politica | |
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| An editorial published in the Springer journal Economia Politica in March, 'Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic: an OWSD analysis,' investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women scientists from the Global South - specifically, OWSD members - to understand their resilience and adaptation strategies, utilising data from a member survey that examined the effects on members’ work and employment, home and family lives, and mental well-being. The article is part of a special issue of the journal focused on 'Women, Pandemics and the Global South'.
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Meet the OWSD Fellows |
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Ossénatou Mamadou, West Africa's only micrometerologist, is using physics to better understand variability in her region's climate. Under the Early Career fellowship, she is investigating how changes in land use and land cover affect the variability of energy, water vapor and CO2 exchanges and thus climate variability and ecosystem functioning in the region. | |
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| Alkhansa Salih Mahmoud
Alkhansa Salih Mahmoud, a PhD fellow from Sudan, is currently completing a full-time fellowship at Universiti Putra Malaysia, where she is determining the effectiveness of a drug called octreotide acetate as a radiosensitizer in breast cancer cell lines. Alkhansa hopes that her research can improve the outcome of targeted radiotherapy, which continues to be an important option in cancer treatment. | |
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In this corner we highlight some of the most exciting recent achievements of our fellows, alumnae, and awardees. Way to go, ladies!
- Nafisa Islam, a 2020 Early Career Fellow from Bangladesh, was awarded the first ever internal research grant from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for her research proposal on novel photocatalysis-based virus inactivation (with co-PI Shoeb Ahmed).
- Linda Nyamen, a 2020 Early Career Fellow as well as PhD fellowship alumna, from Cameroon, has been promoted to the grade of Associate Professor at the University of Yaounde I. She was awarded a certificate of academic excellence by Cameroon’s Minister of State and Minister of Higher Education on March 7, 2022 at the National Advanced Engineering School, as part of a special ceremony to recognize all women promoted to the grades of Associate Professor and Full Professor.
- Veronica Okello a 2019 Early Career Fellow from Kenya, was profiled by Nature in February 2022 as part of the 8-part series 'Voices in Africa'. She shares her achievements as an OWSD fellow and urges young researchers to air their views and to approach their professors for professional opportunities.
- Chakirath F. A. Salifou, a 2019 Early Career Fellow from Benin received an award for women's leadership in Africa in March 2022, given by the NGO IFE Africa
- Meththika Vithanage, a 2018 Early Career Fellow from Sri Lanka, was elected as a Fellow of the Sri Lankan National Academy of Sciences; the induction ceremony was held on March 5, 2022. She also received the prestigious Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi award for environmental remediation research from TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences, in 2021.
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OWSD Around the World
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Here are a few recent highlights from our network of 50 active National Chapters.
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6 New OWSD National Chapters
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On Thursday, April 28, more than 50 women scientists, leaders from 15 OWSD countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, gathered for the first time at a Leadership Summit, with the aim of becoming more acquainted with each other and building together an OWSD LAC regional agenda towards 2025. The meeting was held virtually. It involved participants from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú, and Uruguay. In addition, 5 organizing teams were convened for the establishment of OWSD National Chapters in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Paraguay. As an outcome of the summit, OWSD LAC was able to produce the first draft of a Regional Agenda through 2025, which is currently in the process of validation and will be finalized and announced during the latter half of 2022.
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 OWSD Egypt National Chapter members at the workshop on 'The importance of nutrition during the COVID pandemic and after', March 16 at the Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute. |
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