Tonya Blowers (@owsdcoordinator) 's Twitter Profile
Tonya Blowers

@owsdcoordinator

Tonya Blowers is Coordinator of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). Opinions my own

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Marlene Kanga AO FTSE FREng (@marlenekanga) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ADG Natural Sciences UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Paris launches SAGA. 9000 global downloads 150 experts 90 institutions 300 policy makers trained 7 country reports more in pipeline. Let’s bridge the gender gap. Policy impacts already. SAGA will make it happen #SAGA #WomeninEngineering WFEO

Marlene Kanga AO FTSE FREng (@marlenekanga) 's Twitter Profile Photo

National pilots of SAGA from Argentina Haiti Canada and Sudan Thailand Gambia Uruguay and Kenya demonstrate impact of the SAGA approach UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 in Paris. Phenomenal. #SAGA #UNSDGs

National pilots of SAGA from Argentina Haiti Canada and Sudan Thailand Gambia Uruguay and Kenya demonstrate impact of the SAGA approach <a href="/UNESCO/">UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳</a> in Paris. Phenomenal. #SAGA #UNSDGs
Dr.Lakshmi Ramachandran, PhD (@drlakshmispeaks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a well-researched, thought provoking talk ANAND promising by the Chairman of @Astarhq and Permanent Secretary NRD, Ms. CHAN Lai Fung at the 16th GenderSummit held in #Singapore for the first time! #Gendersummit16 #GS16 . #inspiring #leader #people #WomenInSTEM

What a well-researched, thought provoking talk ANAND promising by the Chairman of @Astarhq and Permanent Secretary NRD, Ms. CHAN Lai Fung at the 16th GenderSummit held in #Singapore for the first time! #Gendersummit16 #GS16 . #inspiring #leader #people #WomenInSTEM
Ylann Schemm (@ylannschemm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excellent team of speakers exploring practical solutions to move the needle on gender equity in research #gendersummit16 thanks African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Tayanah O'Donnell sarah Huggett et al for sharing rich insights Elsevier

Excellent team of speakers exploring practical solutions to move the needle on gender equity in research #gendersummit16 thanks <a href="/AIMS_Next/">African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)</a> <a href="/Tayanah/">Tayanah O'Donnell</a> sarah Huggett et al for sharing rich insights <a href="/ElsevierConnect/">Elsevier</a>
Tonya Blowers (@owsdcoordinator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#gendersummit16 Stanley Maphosa (ASSAf) presenting on the importance of science academies linking with policy makers and bringing awareness of the gender perspective in science through OWSD South Africa national chapter activities.

#gendersummit16 Stanley Maphosa (ASSAf) presenting on the importance of science academies linking with policy makers and bringing awareness of the gender perspective in science through OWSD South Africa national chapter activities.
Tonya Blowers (@owsdcoordinator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Italian edition of the Huffington Post celebrates OWSD. Più scienziate più sviluppo. Giornata Onu delle donne nella scienza (di A. Quadrio Curzio) huffingtonpost.it/entry/piu-scie…

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Women, science and development: The  leading role of OWSD | Very proud to have this article published online! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Org. for Women in Science for the Developing World (@owsdsecretariat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wow! It's an honor to be shortlisted for the @nature Research Awards for Inspiring and Innovating Science, in the Science Outreach category - and extra exciting to be able to share the news at #ESOF2020 this week in our home city of Trieste. nature.com/collections/jc…

Wow! It's an honor to be shortlisted for the @nature Research Awards for Inspiring and Innovating Science, in the Science Outreach category - and extra exciting to be able to share the news at #ESOF2020 this week in our home city of Trieste. nature.com/collections/jc…
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Hearing from Tonya Blowers Tonya Blowers and OWSD-The Elsevier Foundation Award winner Uduak Okomo this morning at #ESOF2020, about how COVID is impacting maternal and neonatal health in The Gambia, and how OWSD supports research like Dr. Okomo’s.

Hearing from <a href="/OWSDcoordinator/">Tonya Blowers</a> Tonya Blowers and OWSD-<a href="/ElsFoundation/">The Elsevier Foundation</a> Award winner <a href="/UduakOkomo/">Uduak Okomo</a> this morning at #ESOF2020, about how COVID is impacting maternal and neonatal health in The Gambia, and how OWSD supports research like Dr. Okomo’s.
Tonya Blowers (@owsdcoordinator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today I celebrate men who support women to fulfil their dreams, especially when those dreams are outside the comfortable gender boxes we put them in. Those brave men who are gentle, nurturing, supportive, caring...sensitive. You make a difference. #InternationalWomensDay

Hana Salama (@hsalama_1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#happeningnow UNIDIR-WIIS CoLab event with the High Commissioner on Human Rights calling for more representation of women in peace security and #armscontrol and #disarmament United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UN Human Rights

#happeningnow UNIDIR-WIIS CoLab event with the High Commissioner on Human Rights calling for more representation of women in peace security and #armscontrol and #disarmament <a href="/UNIDIR/">United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research</a> <a href="/UNHumanRights/">UN Human Rights</a>
Tonya Blowers (@owsdcoordinator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bangladesh, Laos and Nepal due to ‘graduate’ off the list of LDCs in 2021. Listening to high-level panel reps from the 3 countries discuss the impact. Listening with OWSD Early Career fellow from Nepal Prativa Pandey #UNLDC5

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At the #African Continental Conference on Basic Sciences for Transformation in Kigali with #OWSD fellows and members from Rwanda, Uganda, Benin, Kenya and S Africa. Preparing for our session tomorrow.

At the #African Continental Conference on Basic Sciences for Transformation in Kigali with #OWSD fellows and members from Rwanda, Uganda, Benin, Kenya and S Africa. Preparing for our session tomorrow.
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Really engaging and powerful panel organised by #TWAS at the UNESCO #IYBSSD showcasing the journeys of (initially at least!) young African scientists and the support that kept them going.

Really engaging and powerful panel organised by #TWAS at the UNESCO #IYBSSD showcasing the journeys of (initially at least!) young African scientists and the support that kept them going.
Tonya Blowers (@owsdcoordinator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

OWSD Sudan national chapter launched on Sunday. Great hopes for improving women's influence in science here. #OWSD #OWSDKhartoum

OWSD Sudan national chapter launched on Sunday. Great hopes for improving women's influence in science here. #OWSD #OWSDKhartoum