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Call for Gender Equity and Climate Action, funded by the Elsevier Foundat!  Under this scheme, three (3) grants are awarded by TWAS (the World Academy of Sciences) to collaborative teams of 2-5 women for action-based projects which, although scientific in nature, will take them outside the lab to promote practical and tangible change under the...
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  Invitation to attend the WiMS Somalia members meeting!  The meeting will take place online via Zoom on the 16th July 2021 at 13:00-14:30 East African Time.  Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/FjSmnfKgwrj84GFc8 The meeting is open to all women marine scientists from (or working in) Somalia. If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please...
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African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) are delighted to announce the Call for the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science, targeting African women under 35 years of age. Closing on June 23, 2021, the Call targets emerging women leaders in science from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,...
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On World Environment Day, 5th June, members from the WiMS Country Chapter in Zanzibar participated in celebrations at Nyamanzi village. The guest of Honor during the event was the 1st president of Zanzibar and the function was hosted by the Department of Environment under the theme “Ecosystem restoration to achieve success in the blue economy”....
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The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has opened a call for applications for a new programme: “Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI)“, fully funded through the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The call for this new programme will remain open until 27 July 2021 and invites applications by scientists from selected...
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“This year, I was selected in the first ever list of Top 100 young African conservation. This is an acknowledgement of young Africans who are the leading lights in sustainable development of the continent. I am greatly honored to receive this award as it shows to me that the work I have been conducting in our...
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The WiMS Comoros members meeting will take place at the University of Comoros and online via Zoom on the 2nd of April 2021 at 09:00 to 11:00 am. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezvKNaT5320RQIGweNdS1rzkp9xPEalyg81lCONjCFDooQGA/viewform  
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The Steering Committee of WiMS is proud to announce that we have elected Obakeng Molelu as our new Vice Chair! Obakeng is since before the Country Representative for South Africa in the Steering Committee. Obakeng on her new appointment: I am honored to be elected by the WIMS Steering Committee as their vice chair. In...
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The Steering Committee of WiMS is happy to announce that we will be hosting a virtual meeting for WiMS members (and potential members) that are residing outside the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. The meeting will take place on 29th April 2021, at 2:00 – 3:30 pm East African Time.  The link for the meeting...
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The first meeting of WiMS Seychelles will take place on 15th April 2021, at 1:30 – 3:00 pm SCT. The meeting is open for all WiMS members (and potential members) from Seychelles (or operating in Seychelles). It will take place online via Zoom. The link for the meeting will be shared with registered participants closer...
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