Women for Science – Working Group Actions WfS-WG is developing action plans in its areas of focus:
1. Networking
Within IANAS: cross-cut with all other programs.
Liaisons to IANAS programmes.
Use the WfS focal points network to stimulate academies to form WfS committees that can transform the institutional culture.
Collaborate with global and regional organizations that specialize in women’s capacity building: UNESCO, Gender Advisory Board – Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), women scientists’ networks in Latin America and the Caribbean.
* With OWSD, and based on a needs assessment by all focal points, develop the content for this web site, built up gradually in a modular way, beginning by linking to relevant resources and organizations.
2. Visibility of women scientists
Focal points help IANAS academies to reform institutional culture to include women.Biographies of women scientists in the IANAS countries.
Awards for women graduate students and scientists: IANAS-OWSD Prize
Encourage organizations, governments and companies to establish awards, fellowships and prizes.