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Daniel Nelson Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net When Terry Cannon accused fossil fuel corporations of genocide for continuing to explore for oil, gas and coal, he caused eyebrows to rise. Yet some of his other remarks to the final session of the conference on community-based adaptation to climate change - and to a short parallel course on [...]
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Nehal Lasheen Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Attending a conference under the title of 'Women in Science and Technology in the Arab Countries', I expected to find a distinct and remarkable presence of female and male scientists from most of the Arab countries. I therefore felt a bit down when I found that many countries were not represented, particularly countries from [...]
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Rehab Abd Almohsen Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net While the armed conflict in Syria is closing its second year, a gathering of more than 100 Arab women scientists in Kuwait take this as chance to remember the loss of their Syrian colleague, scientist Ahlam Imad who were assassinated by armed groups in June 2011. The professor at the Faculty of [...]
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Daniel Nelson Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net A conference on community-based adaptation to climate change in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is in lock down because of a “hartal”, or general strike, which aims to bring commercial life in the city to a halt. The strike makes it risky to leave the hotel that is staging the meeting and where most [...]
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Nehal Lasheen Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Yemen scores poorly in the fields of science and technology, ranking alongside some of the world's least developed countries, such as Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan. But in recent years, Yemen has also produced some distinguished women scientists, according to Rokshana Ismail, professor of chemistry at Aden University, Yemen. "We [...]
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Nehal Lasheen Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Female Arab scientists are still under-represented in key positions and in many departments, according to Rowaida Al-Ma'aitah, a professor at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, Amman. "Although women scientists in the Arab world have leadership qualifications, the lack of female scientists in leadership positions limits our influence," she [...]
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Rehab Abd Almohsen Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Fostering women's contribution to science and technology and pursuing careers in science are among the topics that will be discussed during the International Conference on Women in Science and Technology in the Arab region. The conference takes place in Kuwait next week (21-23 April). It brings women in the [...]
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Daniel Nelson Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net The opposition street protests that have been damaging Bangladesh's key textile sector and threatening the forthcoming O and A-level examinations have claimed another scalp: the field trips which were to precede the annual International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA7). In order to ensure the safety of participants the visits to [...]
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David Dickson Correspondent, SciDev.Net Political momentum is growing in both Europe and Africa behind the idea that investment in research facilities is as important as investment in roads and schools for a country's development. But a lot of work needs to be done over the next few months, on both sides, to ensure that a [...]
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Jan Piotrowski Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net To see a major part of scientific collaboration going forward, all we need to do is look up at the stars. At least this was the case made repeatedly, and often passionately made by leading members of the global scientific community during the five-day EU Science: Global Challenges and Global [...]
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