Science Summit UN GA: Women-Led Scientific Collaborations Advancing Gender-Inclusive Innovation for the SDGs

We will explore transferable practices such as co-creation with communities, inclusive data methodologies, equitable authorship and funding, and embedding equity by design in project governance. The aim is not only to celebrate inspiring work but to catalyse action, identify urgent gaps, and build new partnerships that embed gender equity across the SDG research ecosystem.

Click to register here: SCIENCE SUMMIT NEW YORK CITY | 2025

Agenda

Agenda

Welcome, context: Dr. Luana Parisi, MCAA Vice Chair Genders, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group (Moderator)

Pulse poll & framing

Panel Presentations and Discussions:

Dr. Virginia Albarracin, Scientific Director, Integral Center for Electron Microscopy, Argentina

Ms. Severina Shopova, Public Administration Adviser at the European Research Council Executive Agency

Dr. Jenny Lind Elmaco, Key Expert, United Nations – Vienna and UNESCO representative, International Federation of Business and Professional Women

Ms. Zahra Zanjani, Founder and CEO of Cubo

Ms. Isha Sharma, next generation shaping AI and Young BPW Nepal Representative

Closing remarks: Neelima Basnet, Vice President for the UN, BPW International

Discussant and Rapporteur: Dr. Sabina Cveček, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, Field Museum of Natural History & Austrian Academy of Sciences