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2020 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education – Deadline: 26 May 2020

REMINDER: Online nominations open for the 2020 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education – Deadline: 26 May 2020 Dear partners, As COVID-19 related school closures widen gender disparities, organizations championing girls’ and women’s education need our support more than ever. Accordingly, we are pleased to remind you that the call for nominations for the 2020 edition of the UNESCO …

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Inclusion in the time of COVID-19 – International webinar

The UNESCO webinar aims to exchange experiences and expertise on the measures to address the COVID-19 crisis at the global and local levels. The focus will be on the social dimensions of “leaving no one behind” and on actions taken to fight against the growing incidents of racism and discrimination. The webinar is targeting national/local …

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“World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development”, March 4th

Dear INWES members, We received great news from Dr. Marlene Kanga, current president of World Federation of Engineering Organisations WFEO (www.wfeo.org), UNESCO has approved the WFEO proposal to declare 4th March as “World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development” at the General Conference in November 2019. This is the first and only international day that celebrates …

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Statue of James Watt at Heriot-Watt University

INWES-Europe – Celebrating the Centenary of Women in Engineering

Conference by Scottish Engineering, @ Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 11-12 October 2019 This event is brought to you by Scottish Engineering and Heriot-Watt University in collaboration with the International Network of Women in Engineering and Science (INWES), the Women in Technology Initiative at the University of California, Berkley and Equate Scotland in celebration of 100 years of Women in Engineering. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-centenary-of-women-in-engineering-inwes-europe-and-scottish-engineering-tickets-69176309203 NB to …

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Call for proposals to host the 19th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES 19)

The International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) is held every three years. The 18th ICWES (ICWES18) will occur in September 2020 in Coventry, UK. Therefore, INWES is seeking competitive proposals to host ICWES19 in the fall of 2023. Proposals must provide enough information to assess, for example, the feasibility of the location for …

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EXTENSION: Call for nominations – 2019 UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science, June 14th, 2019

Dear partners, We are pleased to inform you that the call for nominations of the UNESCO Kalinga Prize 2019 has been extended to Friday 14 June 2019, at 23h59 (Paris time, UTC+1). For more information, please visit the dedicated webpage here. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the …

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