Invitation to UNESCO Webinar Empowering Women Scientists in Policymaking for Sustainable Development

UNESCO Call to Action “Closing the Gender Gap in Science”.Our thematic session "Empowering Women Scientists in Policymaking for Sustainable Development"

The UNESCO Gender Equality in Science team is pleased to invite you to the final event of this season under the UNESCO Call to Action “Closing the Gender Gap in Science”.Our thematic session "Empowering Women Scientists in Policymaking for Sustainable Development" will take place tomorrow on Friday, 17 July 2026 from 9.30 am to 10.45 am (CEST, Paris time) in a hybrid format, as part of the Global Conference on the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development.

Organized by UNESCO with the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), the session will explore why women's voices in science are essential to shaping the policies that address today's and tomorrow's global challenges, and how their participation at the science-policy interface can be further strengthened.

Bringing together researchers, policymakers, international organizations and development partners, the discussion will highlight concrete actions to strengthen women's leadership, including the UNESCO-OWSD GenSIS project, and advance more inclusive science governance for sustainable development.

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