Welcome to OWSD
OWSD, formerly TWOWS, is the first international forum uniting women scientists from the South with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership.
Award encourages female scientists in developing world
An article of SciDevNet on the 2011 OWSD Prize programme
Reflections of an OWSD Prize Awardee
Dr. Janet A. Ademola, senior lecturer in physics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Eleven Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD 2011 Awards
Outstanding young biologists, chemists, physicists and mathematicians recognized across the developing world
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.
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)
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.
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.
