Girls in STEM: World news
THE VILLAGE: The Women Who Work at Boryspil Airport
THE VILLAGE: There are more than 185,000 pilots in the world, and only 5.2% of them are women. The number of female captains of aircraft is even smaller - 1.42%. To a large extent, such indicators are a consequence of gender stereotypes when certain professions are perceived as purely masculine. in Boryspil airport on March 5, there are the UNFPA (UN Population Fund) exhibition #професіїбезобмежень (professions without restrictions) that aims to show that the most important in any work is professional competence, and stereotypes only limit women's opportunities. 13 female employees from the airport told The Village about themselves: pilot, dog trainer, firefighter, engineer, and department heads. [Ukr.]
#SHOTAM: 59-Year-Old E-Sportswoman From Ukraine Participated in International Competitions on Counter Strike
#SHOTAM: 59-year-old Ukrainian Tatiana Silenko won on the international tournament on Counter Strike. She played in the eSports team Ageless Shooters, which successfully competed the Swedish team Silver Snipers in friendly eSports competitions. "During my whole life, I considered computer games to be something awful, now I think it's a shame that it didn't play!" says Tatiana Silenko. [Ukr.]
EURONEWS: Women who have changed modern science
EURONEWS: Tablet for blind people, a photo of a black hole, a technology that allows you to see through walls - on International Women's Day in Science, Euronews talks about outstanding modern women scientists and their inventions. [Rus.]
PROMUM: Raise a Scientist. Who Are Women Scientists in Ukraine and How Were They Brought Up?
PROMUM: The United Nations has proclaimed February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Female scientists are quite a rarity in many countries. And the problem of gender inequality in the scientific field is rather acute: only 29% of the world's inventors are women. The figures range from 5.3% in Japan to 54.8% in Azerbaijan. The situation in Ukraine is quite good: in 2018, our country was ranked 12th among the countries of Europe in the rating of "Women in Science" by UNESCO (45%). Latvia (51%) topped the list, while the Netherlands got the last point in the list (25.4%). We asked the women in science what exactly inspired them to become inventors and scientists when they were little girls. [Ukr.]
World Economic Forum: 3 things to know about women in STEM
World Economic Forum: Science and gender equality are vital to the world reaching sustainable development goals, and in recent years much has been done to help inspire women and girls to study and work in technical fields. But women continue to be excluded from participating fully, according to the United Nations.
SCIENCEUKRAINE: Christina Koch Returns to Earth After Record-Breaking Space Mission
SCIENCEUKRAINE: American astronaut Christina Koch lands in Kazakhstan after 328 days in space, the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut. [Ukr.]
HROMADSKE: "The Coldest Continent That Chains Your Heart." Three Stories of Ukrainian Antarctic Researchers
HROMADSKE: The twenty-fourth Ukrainian expedition to Antarctica in 2019-2020 has become unique. For the first time after more than a twenty-year hiatus, female scientists arrived, two of the team of 12 participants. Prior to that, Ukrainian women last worked at Academician Vernadsky for a year in the second expedition in 1997-1998. Hromadske talked to three Ukrainian scientists who traveled to exploring Antarctica at different times about their achievements, love for the coldest continent, teamwork, and gender equality. [Ukr.]
DAILY LVIV: Woman From Lviv Climbed up the Seven Highest Peaks in the World
DAILY LVIV: Oksana Litynska from Lviv became one of seventy women to climb all seven highest peaks on every continent. Oksana, along with a team of other climbers, reached the highest mountain of Antarctica, the Vinson Peak. And it was this mountain that completed her list of the seven highest points of each continent. Before that, the climber had already climbed Mount Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Kosciuszko, and Elbrus. In total, only 419 people from all over the world were able to climb all of the abovementioned peaks. It should be noted that Oksana Litynska is the second Ukrainian woman who managed to do this, and Tetyana Yalovchak became the first woman from Ukraine to enter the so-called "7 peak club" in 2017. [Ukr.]
Nature: Ten people who mattered in science in 2019
Nature: There are 4 women on the list of ten people who mattered in science in 2019.
Sky sleuth VICTORIA KASPI - an astrophysicist chased mysterious fast radio bursts with an innovative radio telescope. Biodiversity guardian SANDRA DÍAZ - an ecologist and her colleagues assess Earth’s ecosystems and call for drastic action. Transplant ethicist WENDY ROGERS - academic revealed ethical failures in China’s studies on organ transplants. Climate catalyst GRETA THUNBERG - a Swedish teenager brought climate science to the fore as she channeled her generation’s rage. Two more women on the list of ones to watch in 2020 - Geng Meiyu, researcher and her team discovered a compound that has been approved in China to treat Alzheimer’s disease and Mariya Gabriel - European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, the European Union’s next spending plan for research and innovation, known as Horizon Europe, will take shape under the leadership of this Bulgarian political scientist.