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OWSD celebrates 100th graduate

Nwe Nwe Htwe of Myanmar becomes the 100th young woman scientist to graduate from the OWSD Fellowship programme

OWSD President meets the new TWAS Executive Director

The meeting was held during Prof. Murenzi's visit to Beijing from 16-23 July 2011

2011 OWSD Executive Board Meeting

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) held its 2011 Executive Board meeting on May 30–June 1, in Kuwait, hosted by the Kuwaiti Institute for Scientific Research.

2011 Executive Board's decisions

The EB meeting was held on May 30–June 1 in Kuwait

New TWAS-UNICAL Fellowship for MSc grants to Haitians

The Fellowship is tenable in Italy at the University of Calabria for a maximum of three years

OWSD and UCT renew fellowship agreement

To enable female students selected by the OWSD Programme in conjunction with UCT to enroll in South Africa for PhD studies

CAAS and OWSDW sign fellowship agreement

To provide postgraduate fellowships in institutions belonging to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

2011 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards and Fellowships ceremonies

4 March. Women scientists honoured in Paris.

2012 Call for applications of OWSD Postgraduate Fellowships: Deadline 31 July

Applications are being accepted for the OWSD Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at Centres of Excellence in the South. Deadline for submission is 31 July 2012.

Women scientists meet in Beijing

Article from the 'TWAS Newsletter' (Vol. 22 No. 4) about the 4th General Assembly of OWSDW in Beijing, China, in June 2010.

Launch of the IANAS Women for Science Working Group (WfS-WG) Website

Established by the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) in June 2010 under the sponsorship of IAP, the Global Network of Science Academies.