THE POWER OF WOMEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY - PART 4 - SCIENCE

Interview with
5 Women Ambassadors
from 5 Continents
5 topics,
5 points of view
Good morning Diplomatic Life Magazine visitors,
Today we are celebrating the 8th of March - The International Women`s Day This is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
The main topic of our discussion is the Power of Women in 21st century. Interesting, important, and hot topic not only for today…
We will discuss with 5 Women Ambassadors, from 5 Continents, 5 topics, and we will present 5 different of similar points of view… Let`s see!
Our host today is H.E. Zakia El Midaoui, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the R. of Bulgaria, and a Dean of the African, Arabic, and French spoken Embassies.
Let me to present you our guests Ambassadors: H.E. Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis, Brazil, H.E. Ms. Mariam Madiha Aftab, Pakistan, unfortunately she couldn’t share with us the amazing atmosphere of the Moroccan residency in person. She joins us online. H.E. Nataša BERGELJ, Slovenia, and H.E. Lina Omar, Iraq.
According to UNESCO Institute for Statistics data, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay observed that “even today, in the 21st century, women and girls are being sidelined in science-related fields due to their gender”. How can we indeed reduce the gender gap in science?