Women, science and development: The  leading role of OWSD

Quadrio-Curzio, Alberto; Blowers, Tonya; Thomson, Jennifer

doi:10.1007/s40888-020-00173-w

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“…OWSD has developed programmes for over 30 years designed to increase opportunities, visibility and recognition for women from the Global South in STEM. Including and empowering women in science means embracing the potential for increasing the positive impact on the overall output for human progress (Quadrio Curzio et al, 2020 ).…”

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Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic: an OWSD analysis

2022

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Pandemics tend to have disruptive and uneven impacts on different population subgroups and across sectors. This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women scientists from the Global South to understand their resilience and adaptation strategies, utilising data from a survey of women in STEM fields, who are members of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). We employ a mixed-methods approach to examine the effects of the pandemic on the respondents’ work and employment, home and family lives, and mental well-being. We find that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the requirement to change practices in academia, indeed in all spheres of social and economic life, have provided a unique and most timely opportunity to observe, evaluate and revise what might be termed the current gender-limited environment for career progression for researchers in STEM subjects and instead create a gender-transformative environment that will have a profound effect on how scientific research is managed and undertaken in the world.

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Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic: an OWSD analysis

2022

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“…The reasons for these findings were not explored in the current study, but it could be hypothesized that professionals with more experience might have had more One Health-specific exposure and, therefore, may perceive this specific area of knowledge as less of an issue. In the case of female respondents perceiving “insufficient knowledge” as less of a challenge, this could be connected to current efforts to address the low representation of females in scientific research in most LMICs and the many trainings available to empower women as part of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [ [26] , [27] , [28] ]. However, this hypothesis warrants further exploration.…”

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One Health research ethics review processes in African countries: Challenges and opportunities

Belaynehe,

Nguta,

Lopez

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One Health

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“…The National Research Council (2012) states that one of the main challenges in the promotion of gender equity in science is the lack of a unified voice to speak on behalf of women's specific needs to use science and effectively communicate with broader sectors of society. As for the link between gender, community participation and science diplomacy, a recent growing awareness has been raised in the literature (Cohen Miller et al, 2020;Quadrio-Curzio et al, 2020;Sharma et al, 2020), including the significance of inclusiveness and networking as principles for SD (Aukes et al, 2021) and the observation of a collaborative bottom-up approach (Moreno et al, 2017). At the regional level UNESCO (2020) recommends creating transnational scientific networks in order to strengthen the national system in less developed S&I contexts and foster "brain circulation."…”

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“…In this context, the participation of women in research and scientific activities has been restricted by structural barriers which have diminished their ability to access career opportunities in STEM; furthermore, the possibilities for engaging in community building and participation are limited. In this context, since 1993 OWSD has provided a platform for networking and community building for women scientists living within developing countries, as well as those nationals from such countries but residing abroad (OWSD, 2020;Quadrio-Curzio et al, 2020). Reaching out to the scientific female diaspora has been a key feature of this networking, together with encouraged exchanges and collaborative processes among women from different parts of the world.…”

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Participation in Communities of Women Scientists in Central America: Implications From the Science Diplomacy Perspective

Bonilla¹,

Cabrera

Minero

et al. 2021

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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The experience of building and participating in women scientists’ communities in Central America is a multi-layered topic worthy of study. Understanding the dynamics of these women’s groups, associations, and other forms of collective participation, could assist in shedding light on why women are typically under-represented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) research in countries within this region. The objectives of this study are (i) to explore the experiences of participation in communities of women scientists in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama, and (ii) to systematize the challenges and opportunities derived from such activities. Additionally, this work elaborates on some best practices from the Science Diplomacy (SD) perspective, which could provide a helpful framework to encourage these types of collective participatory communities. The qualitative research methodology was based on the collection of primary data from semi-structured interviews and responses to an online survey sent out to Central American women scientists. The findings of this study revealed few cases of community building experiences among women scientists within the studied countries. Evidence also showed the emergence of shared patterns in terms of barriers and disincentives to participating in such communities. Meanwhile, data collected from the few existing community groups is used to identify successful incentives and motivations. The analysis of the collected data offered relevant implications for Science Diplomacy. Most respondents referred to the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) as one of the main organizations that can impact and further Science Diplomacy. This organization promotes international engagement and networking among women scientists from developing countries across regions and this article shows how this has been used to foster women science community building in Central America. Exploring similar practices in-depth may offer opportunities to overcome traditional barriers and build further gender equality in science in Central America.

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Women, science and development: The leading role of OWSD

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Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic: an OWSD analysis

Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic: an OWSD analysis

One Health research ethics review processes in African countries: Challenges and opportunities

Participation in Communities of Women Scientists in Central America: Implications From the Science Diplomacy Perspective

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