This initiative comes as part of the Women at Work project which was launched by the British Council in cooperation with the Higher Council for Medicinal Sciences at the Syrian Health Ministry and the UK Resource Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology in Britain.
Related article: Americans dominate Nobel prizes "Given that the US government actively promoted and supported equal access of women scientists to funding and participation in agency grant programs and processes since the mid to late 70s, the pipeline of productive and outstanding women US scientists is now quite robust," said Dean, who recently ended a two-year stint as president of the Association for Women in Science.
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IBM (NYSE:IBM) and The Feminist Press at The City University of New York have launched a website for young women in science which aims to encourage them toward careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
L'Oreal is accepting applications for the L'Oreal USA Fellowships For Women in Science program, a national program that annually recognizes, rewards and supports five women postdoctoral researchers.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Association for Women in Science advocates for gender equity in the STEM fields and supports women pursuing scientific careers in all sectors.
Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars" is a part of Stone Pine Presses' Discovering Women in Science Series, and outlines how the fairer sex has made significant contributions to the science of astronomy, focusing on the past hundred years with references to such ancient contributions such as the Babylonian priestesses above.
