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OWSD is the Organization for #WomenInScience for the #DevelopingWorld, a programme unit of @UNESCO

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Have you heard about our competition for women scientists to present their work in a dynamic, 3-minute format? Register now to view the competition and take part in voting to select the winners! owsd.net/news/news-even… #womeninscience

Have you heard about our competition for women scientists to present their work in a dynamic, 3-minute format? Register now to view the competition and take part in voting to select the winners!   

owsd.net/news/news-even… 

#womeninscience
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Join us Friday for the first of our regional competitions for women scientists to present their research. Scientists from Africa will take the stage to try to wow you in just 3 minutes. Audience members can vote on the winning presentations. Register @ bit.ly/STBIAfrica

Join us Friday for the first of our regional competitions for women scientists to present their research.

Scientists from Africa will take the stage to try to wow you in just 3 minutes. Audience members can vote on the winning presentations.

Register @ bit.ly/STBIAfrica
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OWSD members from Africa will take the stage this afternoon to showcase their research in our 'Short Talks, Big Impact' competition - register now if you haven't already! bit.ly/STBIAfrica

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Congratulations to the top 3 winners of our Short Talks, Big Impact Africa regional competition! Chao Mbogho (Dr. C), Irene Opoku-Ntim, and Aminatou Kone (Aminatou Kone) will go on to compete in the global finale on March 14. To register, see: bit.ly/shorttalksbigi…

Congratulations to the top 3 winners of our Short Talks, Big Impact Africa regional competition! Chao Mbogho (<a href="/chao_mbogho/">Dr. C</a>), Irene Opoku-Ntim, and Aminatou Kone (<a href="/minekonekeita/">Aminatou Kone</a>) will go on to compete in the global finale on March 14. 

To register, see: bit.ly/shorttalksbigi…
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This Friday, Feb 28 is the second of our regional Short Talks, Big Impact competitions, this time featuring women scientists from Latin America & the Caribbean presenting their research in just 3 minutes! To participate in the voting audience, register at bit.ly/STBILAC

This Friday, Feb 28 is the second of our regional Short Talks, Big Impact competitions, this time featuring women scientists from Latin America &amp; the Caribbean presenting their research in just 3 minutes!

To participate in the voting audience, register at bit.ly/STBILAC
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We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 OWSD-The Elsevier Foundation Award for early career women scientists, in the field of #inclusivehealth! These 5 brilliant researchers are working to ensure that even those in underresourced communities are able to live healthy lives.

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 OWSD-<a href="/ElsFoundation/">The Elsevier Foundation</a> Award for early career women scientists, in the field of #inclusivehealth! These 5 brilliant researchers are working to ensure that even those in underresourced communities are able to live healthy lives.
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Dr. Halima Twabi, an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at UNIMA, is among the 5 winners of the 2025 OWSD–Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World. She won in the Inclusive Health category . She's the only African recipient this year.

Dr. Halima Twabi, an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at UNIMA, is among the 5 winners of the 2025 OWSD–Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World. She won in the Inclusive Health category . She's the only African recipient this year.
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Meet the winners of our Short Talks, Big Impact competition for the LAC region! Elvira Victoria Casasola (Guatemala), Antonella Rivera (Honduras), and Arisbeth Guadalupe Almeida Juárez (Mexico) will proceed to the grand finale on 14 March. Register now @ bit.ly/STBIFinale

Meet the winners of our Short Talks, Big Impact competition for the LAC region! Elvira Victoria Casasola (Guatemala), Antonella Rivera (Honduras), and Arisbeth Guadalupe Almeida Juárez (Mexico) will proceed to the grand finale on 14 March. Register now @ bit.ly/STBIFinale
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Don't miss the 3rd & final of our regional Short Talks, Big Impact competitions this Friday, March 7, where women scientists from Asia and the Arab region will present their research in just 3 minutes! To participate in the voting audience, register at bit.ly/STBIAsAr

Don't miss the 3rd &amp; final of our regional Short Talks, Big Impact competitions this Friday, March 7, where women scientists from Asia and the Arab region will present their research in just 3 minutes!  To participate in the voting audience, register at bit.ly/STBIAsAr
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Here are the 5 finalists from the Asia and Arab region session of our Short Talks, Big Impacts competition who will move on to the grand finale this Friday! 1) Zahra Beyzaei, 2) Anuradha Peramunugamage & Richa Naveed Ahamed, 3) Thiyanga Shamini Talagala & Tahsina Farah Sanam

Here are the 5 finalists from the Asia and Arab region session of our Short Talks, Big Impacts competition who will move on to the grand finale this Friday! 1) Zahra Beyzaei, 2) Anuradha Peramunugamage &amp; Richa   Naveed Ahamed, 3) Thiyanga Shamini Talagala &amp; Tahsina Farah Sanam
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We are excited to introduce the 11 finalists who will take part in the global finale of our Short Talks, Big Impact competition! These women have all placed at the top of their regional competitions and are ready to impress in just 3 minutes this Friday: bit.ly/STBIFinale

We are excited to introduce the 11 finalists who will take part in the global finale of our Short Talks, Big Impact competition! These women have all placed at the top of their regional competitions and are ready to impress in just 3 minutes this Friday: bit.ly/STBIFinale
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Meet the judges for our Short Talks, Big Impacts global finale this Friday! OWSD's Vice President for Africa will join OWSD's partners from TWAS - The World Academy of Sciences, InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) 🌍 #science #health & ICTP to select the winner of the competition along w/ a voting audience. Register @ bit.ly/STBIFinale

Meet the judges for our Short Talks, Big Impacts global finale this Friday! OWSD's Vice President for Africa will join OWSD's partners from <a href="/TWASnews/">TWAS - The World Academy of Sciences</a>, <a href="/IAPartnership/">InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) 🌍 #science #health</a> &amp; <a href="/ictpnews/">ICTP</a> to select the winner of the competition along w/ a voting audience. Register @ bit.ly/STBIFinale
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We are so happy to announce the winners of our STBI competition! These 4 women rose to the top with 3-minute talks on the intersection of data science & art, the hidden dangers of radon and air pollution, & empowering tech students through mentorship. Congrats to all the winners!

We are so happy to announce the winners of our STBI competition! These 4 women rose to the top with 3-minute talks on the intersection of data science &amp; art, the hidden dangers of radon and air pollution, &amp; empowering tech students through mentorship. Congrats to all the winners!
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Our 2025 OWSD-The Elsevier Foundation award winner Halima S. Twabi is featured by Times 360 Malawi! She received the award for her work addressing health disparities in vulnerable populations through advanced statistical methodologies and data-driven approaches: facebook.com/share/p/16HHVA…

Our 2025 OWSD-<a href="/ElsFoundation/">The Elsevier Foundation</a> award winner Halima S. Twabi is featured by <a href="/Times360Malawi/">Times 360 Malawi</a>! She received the award for her work addressing health disparities in vulnerable populations through advanced statistical methodologies and data-driven approaches:  facebook.com/share/p/16HHVA…
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Our 2024 Early Career fellows' orientation workshop is a wrap! 15 fellows from 13 countries plus 3 alumnae joined us in Trieste for a week of learning, brainstorming, networking and most importantly, meeting one another - returning inspired to start their research projects.

Our 2024 Early Career fellows' orientation workshop is a wrap! 15 fellows from 13 countries plus 3 alumnae joined us in Trieste for a week of learning, brainstorming, networking and most importantly, meeting one another - returning inspired to start their research projects.
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Lucy Mwaura, Vice-Secretary of the OWSD Kenya National Chapter, shares her story with Research4Life, from her original interest in science thanks to Sunday newspaper column, to her current project developing a gamified application to manage electronic waste.

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Today is UN #BiodiversityDay - the perfect day to view our short film about ichthyologist Erica Helena Tovela, who is leading an effort to catalog Mozambique's fish species using morphological data and molecular barcoding: youtube.com/watch?v=Q6SHHj…