Academic
Climate (formerly Chilly Climate) addresses the climate
for women in academia. In 1993, AWIS embarked on the AWIS Project
on Academic Climate to study the "climate" for women
in science in academic institutions and to design solutions to
commonly faced problems.
Association for Women in
Science (AWIS) is dedicated to achieving equity and
full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering
and technology. The site's "international links" section
provides information on global events, resources and opportunities
for women.
Canadian
Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science and Technology (CCWEST)
is a national coalition of groups that promotes women in science,
technology, engineering and math, celebrates their contributions
and applies new vision to these fields. Site includes information
on membership, a library, and news and resources.
European Commission
on Women and Science is an international body undertaking
a series of measures to promote women's participation in research.
Final Report, World
Engineers' Convention, Forum on Women in Engineering and Science
EXPO2000 (PDF, 70 KB), Hannover, Germany, June 21,
2000.
Gender Advisory Board,
UNCSTD was established in 1995 to provide advice
to UNCSTD, national governments and the UN system on the gender
dimensions of S&T policy. Includes links to regional and national
bodies in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.
Gender and Science
and Technology (GASAT) is an international organization
that works to increase the number of women in science and technology
and in science and technology education.
Gender,
Science and Technology Gateway (GST Gateway) is a
portal on gender, science and technology for national development.
Includes resources, information and reports on seven “Areas for
Transformative Action”: education, employment, meeting the needs
of society, ethics, local knowledge systems, S&T decision
making, and collecting sex-disaggregated data.
Gender,
Science and Technology at UN Conferences provides
links to the major UN conferences in the last 10 years with application
to GST issues. Includes links to official as well as NGO sites
and analysis.
Global
Alliance for Diversifying the Science & Engineering Workforce
is committed to increasing the participation of
women in the SMET workforce worldwide and supporting other diverse
groups including: ethnicity, age, discipline, languages, and cultures.
Harnessing
Science to Society: Analytical Report to Governments and International
Partners on the Follow-Up to the World Conference on Science
(Science for the Twenty-First Century: A New Commitment, Conference
held in Budapest, Hungary, Summer 1999). Report published, Paris,
December 2002.
International
Network of Women Engineers & Scientists INWES
was established to ensure that women around the world are provided
with the opportunity to reach their full potential in the science,
engineering and technology sectors. Their goals are networking,
monitoring, enabling, and advocacy.
Johannesburg + 1:
S&T Challenges (PDF), an editorial by Dr. Shirley
Malcom on the prospects for promoting the role of science and
technology in development, published in the journal Science,
October 2003.
Linking
Science and Technology to Woman's Needs (PDF, 8.5
MB). Developed as a "plain language" document, this booklet
provides examples of projects and people whose work connects
science and technology to the themes from the United Nations
Fourth World Conference on Women held in 1995 in Beijing. Linking was
developed with support from the Department of Energy in connection
with the 2000 Beijing+5 update conference held at the UN in
New York City.
Once and
Future Action Network (OFAN) is an international
consortium of gender, science and technology nongovernmental
organizations which calls attention to sustainable approaches
to science and technology.
Portia is
a gateway into Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) for all
women.
Promoting
Science, Engineering and Technology for Women is
the website of the Promoting SET for Women Unit in the Office
of Science and Technology of the UK Government.
Regional
UNESCO: Women, Science and Technology in Latin America promotes
and conducts research on the relationships between Women, Science
and Technology in the Region; trains teachers and students to
carry out a non-sexist education in Science and Technology; and
informs the community, among others.
Science
Agenda-Framework for Action is one of two consensus
documents from the six-day World Conference on Science
organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International
Council for Science (ICSU). Paragraph 90 of this document
specifically deals with the full participation of women
and girls in all aspects of science and technology.
Science
Online is the web-based home of Science,
the Global Weekly of Research published by the AAAS. Among its
many features, Science Online provides access to product information,
news offerings, and Science's Next Wave.
Science's
Next Wave is a career development resource for scientists.
She Figures 2003: Women
and Science --
Statistics and Indicators (PDF, 1.3 MB).
Common trends in the employment of European women and
men scientists and researchers.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is the largest
non-profit educational and service organization representing both
student and professional women in engineering and technical fields.
The site includes resources for education at K-12 and university
levels as well as resources for professional women engineers.
Third
World Organization of Women in Science (TWOWS) is
a network of over 2000 female scientists in developing countries.
United Nations Education,
Science, and Culture Organization - UNESCO has several
programs to incorporate women into science and technology.
Women
and Minorities in Science and Engineering links to
sites on issues, organizations, reports and racial and sexual
minorities. Primarily US-focused, with some international sites
represented.
Women in Engineering Programs &
Advocates Network (WEPAN) a nonprofit educational organization
established to effect a positive
change in the engineering infrastructure conducive to the academic
and professional development of women and men.
Women in
Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT) supports global
networking and information on critical issues in science and technology
for development.
Women
in Science, European Commission provides links to
ongoing initiatives such as the Helsinki Group on Women in Science
which assesses national policies in Europe, women in science networks,
and “She Figures”, sex-disaggregated data on participation in
science and technology in Europe.
