Women for Science – Working Group Actions

WfS-WG is developing action plans in its areas of focus:

1. 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.