List of relevant organisations in Third Countries that deal with women &

gender in science, technology and innovation

Name of the Level of Type of
Country Contact details Targets Year Main activities
organisation action organisation
This organisation gathers 3 North
IANAS american academies of science, 17 in
(Interamerican Latin America and the Caribbean and 3
non-profit Women in
Network of Regional / ianas@ianas.org 2004 regional org. Activities: "Women for
organisation science
Academies of Science" program, "Women for Science
Sciences) Working Group" (WfS-WG) since 2010
and Anneke Levelt Sengers Prize.

Annual International Arab Women in

ArabWIC (Arab
Regional and Women in Computing and Technology Conference,
Women In / ? https://twitter.com/ArabWIC 2012
worldwide STEM Runs a series of bi-monthly webinars,
Computing)
Tech Talks.

The Arab Network of Women in S&T

ANWST (Arab focuses on the effective participation of
Network for Non-profit Women in women in S&T and in building a whole
Regional / magui.elshirawi@bibalex.org 2005
Women in Science organisation STEM scientific society which is capable of
& Technology) facing the challenges of sustainable
development in the Arab World.

Inspiring young boys and girls into STEM

Women in Tech Regional and Non-profit Girls and boys, careers, Events, Africa's First Searchable
/ social media or on their page ?
Africa international organisation women in tech Women in Tech database, career
leadership and empowerment

They have a Program "Promoting

FAWE (Forum for Science, Technology, Engineering and
Non-profit girls and
African Women Pan-African / communication@fawe.org 1992 Mathematics amongst girls in Uganda for
organisation women
Educationalists) equitable and sustainable development.
(STEM)" in Uganda.
 WISWB aims at bridging the gender gap
in science and society by mutual
WISWB (Women in Girls and boys, cooperation an encouraging excellence
wiswb2019@gmail.com
Science Without International / NGO women and 2017 between women and men and other
aminamal004@gmail.com
Borders) men in STI partners (academia, industry, policy
makers, NGOS). Their main activity is a
world forum for women in science.

Women in Tech® Africa - International

WIT Africa https://twitter.com/WomeninTec
Regional / Online civil society Women in tech ? movement for bridging gender gap.
(Women in Tech) hAF
Helping Women and Girls embrace Tech.

CTI has given more than 150 female

students the skills and confidence to
Women code, build apps, and generate work
Non-profit
Code to inspire National Afghanistan info@codetoinspire.org student in 2015 opportunities for themselves through
organisation
STEM classes in Web Development, Game
Development, Mobile Application
Development and Graphic Design.

GenderInSITE-
This is a regional group of the
America Latina y
GenderInSite international org. They
el Caribe (Gender
Women in focus on communication campaigns,
in Science, Regional Argentina NGO bfernandez@flacso.org.ar 2011
science awareness raising, disseminate the
innovation,
women researchers works, advocacy
technologies and
work, conferences…
engineering)

UNESCO
Regional Chair on
Women, Science
and Technology in
Women in This is the latin american branch of the
Latin America Regional Argentina NGO globonder@fibertel.com.ar 2009
STEM EWCT.
Director, Gender
Society an d
Policies Area,
FLACSO
RAGCYT (Red
Argentina de
Genero, Ciencia y It's a network of women scientists fighting
Women in
tecnologia/Argentin National Argentina NGO info@ragcyt.org.ar 1993 for gender equality. They assess women
STEM
ian Network of conditions in science, advocacy work, etc.
Gender, Science
and technology)
Directed to
Comité the members
Introducing more content on gender and
Académico of the
promoting women research, gender
Género (Academic universities of Argentina Higher Education Violeta Jardón 2005
equality in the universities, advocacy work
Committee for the
about gender in the universities.
gender) Montevideo
Group
https://www.facebook.com/pg/%
It is a voluntary association of
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stakeholders aimed at activating the role
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AWS (The of female scientists working in both
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Women Scientists STEM spheres. Activities: educational, cultural,
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of Armenia) educational, information, publishing, legal,
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consulting, vocational, educational,
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scientific-research and healthcare.
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AUA (The The AUA launched a fundraising for $2.5
American Women in million to be given annually in the form of
National Armenia Higher Education development@aua.am 1991
University of STEM 50 scholarships for armenian women in
Armenia) STEM in 2017.

Our website and social media profiles are

our primary engagement platform and
Women In STEMM non-profit Women in through these we connect with
National Australia Social media 2014
Australia organisation STEM extraordinary people – hearing their
stories, ideas and opinions, and
networking like never before.
 SAGE’s vision is to improve gender equity
SAGE (Science in in STEMM in the Australian higher
non-profit Women in
Australia Gender National Australia sage@science.org.au 2014 education and research sector by building
organisation STEM
Equity) a sustainable and adaptable Athena
SWAN model for Australia.

The academy hosts an Early-Mid career

AAS (The Researchers Forum. Also, the Academy
Australian non-profit Women in offers many prestigious prizes that have
National Australia aas@science.org.au 1954
Academy of organisation STEM been fairly equally distributed between
sciences) women and men, which is very
encouraging for young female scientists.

APWCT (The Asia-

Pacific Centre for Regional Women in
Australia NGO, non-profit p.braun@ballarat.edu.au 2008 This is the Asian branch of the ECWT.
Women and ASIA STEM
Technology)

This forum was held by the University of

Women Scientific Women in
National Azerbaijan Higher Education website@uob.edu.bh 2017 Bahrain and the Supreme Council for
Forum STEM STEM
Women in 2017.

OBMC Mission: to promote and prioritize the

(Organizaction scientific and technological potential of
Boliviana de Bolivian women and increasing their
Women in
Mujeres en National Bolivia Higher Education 2363990 - 2731595 1999 participation, enhancing their skills for the
STEM
Ciencia/ Bolivian benefit of Bolivia. They produce national
org of women in policies and strategies for the training of
science) human resources in S&T.

They have a project called "STEM sisters

Cambodia" which celebrates female
Cambodian STEM experts, to increase
STEM Education Women and
their visibility in society and normalize
Organisation for National Cambodia NGO info@stemcambodia.ngo students in /
female careers in STEM, thus
Cambodia STEM
empowering young female Cambodians to
make an informed decision about their
future.
Afisc (Association
des Femmes Women
Participates in promoting STEM careers
Ingenieurs et National Cameroun NGO https://twitter.com/asfeisc scientists and 2013
to women and girls.
Scientifiques au engineers
Cameroun)

International network of organisations and

INWES
expert. Education and professional
(International
Women in development to encourage the
Network of Women International Canada NGO info@inwes.org 2008
STEM participation of women in STEM. They
in Engineering and
have regional chapters in Asia, the MENA
Science)
and Africa.

Observatorio
This observatory is a platform to
EMULIES
Women exchange info, analysis and evaluation of
(Observatory The
leaders in HEI women leaders of HEI, to coordinate
Space of Women
Regional Canada NGO emulies@oui-iohe.org (Higher 2011 research projects, production of stats…
Leaders of Higher
Education They have a pilot project to create
Education
Institutions) indicators about the participation of
Institutions in the
women in leadership in HEI.
Americas)

Comision de
equidad y genero
Promotion of women and minority groups
(Commission for Women and
works, form alliances with other
equality and gender National Colombia NGO ceg@scm.org.co minority groups 2016
organisations that promote women and
of the Colombian in maths
minorities in science.
Mathematics
society)
 The network is an association of
Red Columbiana
individuals ans institutions interested in
de Mujeres
promoting, stimulating and making visible
Cientificas redcolmujerescientificas@gmail Women in
National Colombia Community 2015 the participation of women in science and
(Network of .com STEM
tech. They organise activities of research,
Colombian Women
education, innovation and
Scientists)
entrepreneurship.

Congreso
Iberoamericano
This is a yearly-3-days congress gathering
Ciencia,
researchers to talk about gender and
tecnologia y Regional (+
Women in science, to "motivate the inclusion of
genero Spain and Costa Rica NGO ctygcr.inie@ucr.ac.cr ≈1995
STEM gender in science and technology and
(Iberoamerican Portugal)
contribute to the search for fairer and
Congress of more equitable societies."
science, technology
and gender)

Women of Impact project + Consultancy

Digital Women
Levers in Heels Regional Online media info@leversinheels.com 2014 services (events management,
platform scientists
Rapporteur service)

REMCI (Red
Ecuatoriana de REMCI is a non-partisan, independent,
Mujeres cientificas.ecuatorianas@gmail. Women in horizontal and non-profit network of
National Ecuador NGO 2016
Científicas/ com STEM Ecuadorian women active in the academy
Ecuador Network of and research of Ecuador and the world.
Women scientists)
AMUS (Asociacion
de mujeres
universitarias de El Network of women academics of El
Women in
Salvador/ El National El Salvador NGO amuselsalvador@gmail.com 1952 Salvador. They participate in policy work
academia
Salvador Women and research.
academics
association)

They empower educators and inspire

students to be curious, courageous and
non-profit Children,
The Exploratory National Ghana info@the-exploratory.org ? community-minded, by making their
organisation educators
experience of STEM relevant, joyful,
collaborative and equitable.

Women Who Code Accra is a non-profit

WWCode Accra organisation. Inspires women to EXCEL in
Non-profit https://twitter.com/WWCodeAcc
(Women Who City Ghana Women coders 2015 technology Careers and provides FREE
organisation ra
Code - Accra) study Groups. We believe women can
program.

Acagua
(Asociación Among general promotion of science,
Científica de La they have one project which is the
non-profit Professionals
Antigua Guatemala National Guatemala acaguaoficial@gmail.com ? Festival de Niñas y Mujeres en Ciencia y
organisation of sciences
/Scientific Tecnología (The festival of girls and
association of women in science and tech).
Guatemala)

Women in Tech (Hong Kong) is a network

of smart, talented women that is
Women in Tech non-profit https://www.womenintechhk.co Women in committed to helping each other by
National Hong Kong 2017
Hong Kong organisation m/connect STEM sharing resources, connections and
opportunities in the technology industry
for a better business environment.
The Women Their mission is "to actively promote a
Faculty http://wfa.ust.hk/cgi- Women in diverse, inclusive, equitable and
University Hong Kong Higher Education 2011
Association at bin/contact.php STEM intellectually vibrant environment" at our
HKUST university.

Colectivo de
mujeres
Give talks in high schools, universities,
matematicas mujeres.matematicas.chile@gm Women in
National Chile Community 2014 they are part of the Committee for
(Collective of ail.com maths
Women in Mathematics (CMW).
Women
matematicians)

It aims to encourage and support women

China Women scientific and technological workers to
Scientific and care for and participate in the
non-profit Women in
Technological National China ? 1993 development of science, economy,
organisation STEM
Workers politics and society, unite women
Association scientific and technological workers
together.

Creating career opportunities for women

by increasing awareness, providing
Women in
WISE India National India NGO 91-9811776210 ? support, enhancing capacity building and
STEM
by influencing policies for promoting
women in the field of STEM.

This Association is a voluntary, non

political, secular organisation. IWSA has
IWSA (The Indian ten branches all over India and it's head
Women in
Women Scientists National India NGO iwsahq@gmail.com 1973 quarters is located in Vashi, Navi
STEM
Association) Mumbai. They offer Science-based
programs and community-based
programs.
 The College offers an opportunity for
young women to learn and to achieve the
College of personal and professional goals and
Science for National Iraq Higher Education info@csw.uobaghdad.edu.iq Women 2002 aspirations throughout higher education in
Women order to engage them in various areas
and to create successful leaders in their
personal life and society.

For Asia & the Pacific:

OWSD atya.owsd@gmail.com For
(Organisation for Latin America: Awards, fellowships (grants,
Women in
Women in the International Italy INGO janarh.arts@gmail.com For the 1997 scholarships…), membership to improve
STEM
Science for the MENA: nash.eassa@gmail.com network
Developing world) For Africa:
olubukola.babalola@nwu.ac.za

SJWS facilitates friendship and

knowledge exchange among women
SJWS (The Society scientists and supports them for their
incoporated Women in
of Japanese National Japan sjws-office@sjws.info 1958 status improvement. SJWS promotes the
association STEM
Women Scientists) development of a common ground for all
scientists with the ultimate goal of
advancing world peace.

EPMEWSE (The
Japan Inter-society
They conduct large-scale survey every 5
liaison association
years on gender equality in STEM, they
committee for
naomi.kitakawa.d@rpel.che.toh Women and offer proposals to the government, survey
promoting equal National Japan Higher Education 2001
oku.ac.jp men in STEM women scientists activities in science and
participation of
support summer camps for girls and
men and women in
workshops for women in STEM.
science and
engineering)
 The objectives are to improve each
engineer’s skill, to create the comfortable
JWEF (Japan
Women in working environment where women
Women Engineers National Japan ? info@jwef.jp 1992
engineering engineers can demonstrate own abilities,
Forum)
and to contribute to society in increasing
the number of women engineers.

WITJ created a network for professional

IT women of all nationalities, to exchange
ideas, experiences, and improve work‐life
WITJ (Women in non-profit
National Japan infowitj@gmail.com Women in tech 2013 balance. WITJ Missions: Empower and
Tech Japan) organisation
increase the proportion of women,
encourage diversity and entrepreneurship
in the IT field.

FResHU (Support This is an office that provides support for

Office for Female women scientists of Hokkaido Uni, they
Women in
Researchers in National Japan Higher Education freshu@synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp 2006 have an action plan called "20% by 2020"
STEM
Hokkaido (achieve 20% of representation of women
University) in HU by 2020), network, metorship…

Tokyo Institute of This center opened after the conlcusions

Technology - of the working group for gender equality
Women in
Gender Equality National Japan Higher Education mandw@jim.titech.ac.jp 2008 (2004-2008). They focus on work-life
STEM
Promotion balance and on promoting careers for
Section women in research.

Three Circles of Alemat inspires women

to create social networks to advance their
The Three Circles National and Women in professional life and boost their personal
Jordan NGO alemat3circles@gmail.com 2014
of Alemat international STEM well-being. Through holistic mentoring,
female scholars grow through
collaboration and collegiality.
 JOWSTEM connects Jordan's women
who are studying or working in the fields
https://twitter.com/jowstem?fbcli
JOWSTEM of Science, Technology, Engineering and
National and d=IwAR0QyXHWCQJATf1K5_e Women in
(Jordan's Women Jordan Online community 2017 Mathematics to share resources,
international aboz6g84ARQ8xfJBukY7dz82r STEM
in STEM) opportunities, lessons and challenges and
N3qL2yrHGgGD_mY
to form friendships based on common
passions and interests.

High-school outreach, University

School girls,
outreach, Leadership and Career
AWSE (African teachers,
Mentorship, Advocacy, Create a critical
Women in Science Regional Kenya INGO info@aawse.org Women 1999
mass of women scientists through various
and Engineering) scientists and
empowerment programs, Technology
engineers
tranfer.

NASAC has a project on the role of

National
women scientists in STI activities in
NASAC (Network academies,
Africa. Its objective is to establish and
of African Science Regional Kenya NGO nasac@nasaconline.org regional 2001
initiate activities that will increase the
Academies) organisations,
profile and participation of women in
governments
national academies.

AWARD (African Women AWARD Strategy (2017-2022):

Women in scientists, fellowships, trainings, Gender Responsive
non-profit awardqueries@cgiar.org
Agriculture Regional Kenya agricultural 2008 Agriculturural Research & Development,
organisation +254 (0) 20 722 4242
Research & institutions and Gender in Agribusiness Investments for
Development) businesses Africa

Women Research and Studies Center

(WRSC) in Kuwait addresses gender gaps
Women's and mainstream gender in policies and
Women in
Research & National Kuwait Higher Education Info@wrsc-kw.org.com 2012 programmes to asses and strengthen
research
Studies Center gender empowerment and enhance
women participation in national policy
development.
 AiW is committed to pioneering academic
Gender Studies research on women in the Arab world.
AiW (The Arab students, The institute also seeks to empower
Institute for Regional Lebanon Higher Education aiw@lau.edu.lb women 1973 women through development programs
Women) researchers, and education, and to serve as a catalyst
women rights for policy change regarding women’s
rights in the region.

Comision de
equidad y genero
(Commission for Women and Promotion of women and minority groups
equality and gender National Mexico NGO equidadygenero@smm.org.mx minority groups 2013 research and organisation of events like
of the Mexican in maths conferences, workshops + help for thesis.
Mathematics
society)

RedMexciteg (Red
Women in Research, workshops, counseling,
Mexicana de
Regional Mexico Higher Education redmexciteg@gmail.com science and 2012 lectures, conferences, publications,
Ciencia, tecnologia
tech information and dissemination.
y Genero)

The purpose of WSTEM is to create and

WSTEM Mongolia support career paths for Mongolian
(The Network of non-profit Women in women and girls culminating in leadership
National Mongolia wsteminmongolia@gmail.com 2012
Women in STEM in organisation STEM roles in science and technology, now and
Mongolia) in the future. They offer scholarships, do
conferences and other projects.
AMU-CAWM They have a 2017-2021 Plan to improve
(African the participation of women and girls in
School girls,
Mathematical maths, to promote equality. They organize
teachers,
Union - Regional Morocco Association president@africamathunion.org 1986 seminars, workshops, symposia,
Women in
Commission for meetings, to discuss, analyse and find
maths
African Women in solutions to the problems confronting
Mathematics) Women in Mathematics in Africa.

We are the initiative community of

Geek Girls Women in Tech.We do things to get
National Myanmar Community https://twitter.com/GeekGirlsMM Women in tech 2014
Myanmar women involved in Tech activities through
events, meet-ups & trainings.

Its motto is to empower women in science

WIST Nepal
Women in and technology and to provide knowledge
(Women in Science National Nepal NGO info@wist.com.np 1992
STEM to the people in rural and urban areas in
and Technologies)
Nepal.

Its members have grown to represent

WISENEPAL engineers and science professionals from
(Professional diverse sectors including buildings, roads,
Network of Women non-profit https://wisenepal.org/sample- Women in bridges, natural sciences – water
National Nepal 2013
Scientists and organisation page/ STEM resource, climate change, health science
Engineers in etc. They now offer scholarships,
STEM) conferences, networking, research and
development, school orientation.

They inspire girls and women to take tech

WiSTEM Nepal and STEM fields as their career choices,
Women in
(Women in STEM National Nepal social enterprise womeninstemnepal@gmail.com 2015 through technology and empowerment
STEM
Nepal) programs, networking, workshops and
trainings.

Women
Mentorship programme, internship
engineers,
Afroscientric Regional Nigeria NGO info@afroscientric.com ? programme, Young scientist programme,
scientists and
Afroscientric networking
girls
 The Visiola Foundation mentors and
educates African girls and young women
in STEM fields. We empower them to
The Visiola Non-profit Girls and boys,
Regional Nigeria info@visiolafoundation.org 2014 maximize their potential as future change
Foundation organisation women in tech
agents who will develop innovative
solutions to many of the continent's most
pressing development challenges.

WAAW
Foundation
Academic scholarships and fellowships,
(Working to
girls and Science, Math, Engineering, Computer
Advance Science Non-profit
Regional Nigeria inquiries@waawfoundation.org women in 2007 Science and Technology camps for girls,
and Technology organisation
STEM Trainer of Trainee Workshops, African
Education for
Women of Vision Conferences.
African Women
Foundation)

At CAWSTEM, they educate, promote,

inspire and connect African women in
CAWSTEM STEM through their quarterly meetups,
Women and
(Connecting Social entreprise events, articles, and conferences offering
Regional Nigeria http://www.cawstem.org/ students in 2017
African Women in (non-profit) numerous opportunities, a chance to
STEM
STEM) connect with a variety of speakers, panel
discussions and community inclusion
activities.

R-Ladies’ primary focus, therefore, is on

supporting minority gender R enthusiasts
Women and to achieve their programming potential,
R-Ladies Global International Online Online community info@rladies.org LGBTQIA+ in 2012 by building a collaborative global network
R of R leaders, mentors, learners, and
developers to facilitate individual and
collective progress worldwide.
 Women Engineers Pakistan is leading a
strict mission to encourage female
Women Engineers https://www.womenengineers.pk Women in participation in STEM, leading to better
National Pakistan ? 2014
Pakistan /contact-us.html engineering integration within business and education
in Pakistan and beyond. They have
campus ambassadors and mentorships.

The National Society of Women in

National Society
Women in Science Pakistan aims at developing a
of Women in National Pakistan ? president@nswsp.org 2018
STEM common platform for the females working
Science
in all disciplines of science in Pakistan.

Repagcyt (Red
Paraguaya de
Genero Ciencia y
Women in Network that is part of the Congreso
Tecnologia / National Paraguay Higher Education carmencolazo@gmail.com 2013
STEM Iberoamericano GCT.
Paraguayan
Network of Gender
S&T)

The AIMSWIS is a program dedicated to

accelerating progress for African women
AIMS-SWIS
in STEM through evidence-based
(African Institute for
Women in reporting and advocacy, leveraging
Mathematical Regional Rwanda Non-profit, private kcraggs@nexteinstein.org 2003
STEM increased investments, adoption of best
Sciences - Women
practices, engaging men and
In STEM)
collaboration across African women in the
STEM pipeline.

The core importance of the association is

RAWISE (Rwandan Women
to provide workshops for the girls in
Association for scientists and
National Rwanda NGO info@rawise.org.rw 2015 STEM fields to further their skills in their
Women in Science girls who want
respective courses, and cultivating in
and Engineering) to do STEM
them the spirit of research.
AFSTech/Senegal
(Association des
Women in
Femmes pour la Non-profit Awareness raising campains,
National Senegal contact@afstechsenegal.org STEM, girls in 2001
promotion des organisation conferences, education…
schools
Sciences et des
Technologies)

Online community. Monthly talks by

Singapore professional women who hold diverse
non-profit https://twitter.com/SgWomenIn Women in
Women in National Singapore 2014 leadership positions in the field of
organisation Sci STEM
Science science. These talks are followed by
informal networking happy hours.

Women in Tech (WIT) Asia is an annual

Women in
Women in Tech Regional https://twitter.com/WomenInTec thought leadership conference uniting
Singapore Civil society STEM and 2016
Asia (WIT Asia) ASIA hAS Asia’s leading innovators to celebrate
innovation
diversity in STEM.

Their goal is to advance women in

MBI-WIS science, to discuss and make the
(Mechanobiology Women in research community aware of past,
National Singapore Higher Education wis-mbi@groups.nus.edu.sg 2009
Institute-Women in science present and future challenges. We seek to
Science) increase the participation of women in
science at all levels.

The Somali women in STEM is a

nonprofit org for Women in STEM and it
Somali Women in non-profit https://www.facebook.com/pg/so Women in is committed to supporting the
National Somalia 2019
STEM organisation mswis/about/?ref=page_internal STEM advancement of Somali community
specially women in science-related fields
by providing opportunities to participate.
 The site is meant to be a think tank OF
and FOR women's rights, sexual rights
Non-profit and internet rights activists, academics,
GenderIT International South Africa genderit@apcwomen.org Women 2006
organisation journalists and advocates. They carry
articles, news, podcasts, videos, comics
and blogs on internet policy and cultures.

SAWISE (South
African Women in Non-profit Visibility of women in science, network,
National South Africa sawise@uct.ac.za Women STEM ~2013
Science and organisation scholarships…
Engineering)

GenderInSITE southern Africa has

strategically planned its activities in 5 key
GenderInSITE Women in areas: Policy development; Human
Regional South Africa NGO elzarie@assaf.org.za 2011
South Africa SITE capital development; Promotion and
awareness raising; SITE for all and
Building strategic partnerships.

The major activities of KOFWST include

KOFWST (Korea conferences, forums, award programs,
Federation of and publications. It facilitates networking
non-profit Women in
Women’s Science National South Korea ikofwst@kofwst.org 2003 and strengthens the leadership skills of
organisation STEM
and Technology the next generation of women scientists
Associations) and engineers on international, regional
levels.

The association encourages its member

AASSA (The
academies to promote and nurture
Association of non-profit
Regional Women in women in STI. AASSA held 3 joint
Academies and South Korea international aassa@kast.or.kr 2012
ASIA STEM workshops on Women in Science, and
Societies of organisation
established the Special Committee for
Sciences in Asia)
Women in Science and Engineering.
 The academy established the Women
Scientist Committee in 2014 to promote
KAST (Korean
women’s leadership in science. KAST
Academy of
National South Korea Higher Education kast@kast.or.kr Scientists 1994 organized a workshop on the Gendered
Science and
Innovation in Science and Technology
technologies)
and published the Voice of KAST on this
issue.

TWIST (the Society General assembly and annual meeting,

of Taiwan Women non-profit Women in regional gatherings, symposia for women
National Taiwan twist.org.tw@gmail.com 2011
in Science and organisation STEM scientists, grants, mentorships,
Technology) newsletter.

The association is the first Tunisian

association dedicated to women
AFTI (Tunisian
non-profit a.t.femmes.ingenieures@gmail. Women in engineers. It counts 70 members,
Association of National Tunisia 2015
organisation com engineering including 20% of students. Its mission is
Women Engineers)
to deconstruct stereotypes, promote the
field to girls, mentoring, networking, etc.

Women In Tech Maldives is a non-profit

organisation working to inspire, empower
Women in Tech non-profit and celebrate women in S&T. They aim to
National The Maldives womenintechmv@gmail.com Women in tech 2018
Maldives organisation accelerate the growth of women in S&T
by creating opportunities that foster
innovation and build the community.

the United
Dubai Women's Women in This is the Middle-East branch of the
Regional Arab NGO behjat.al-yousuf@hct.ac.ae 1989
College STEM EWCT.
Emirates
 One of the largest international
professional organisations dedicated to
promoting women engineers and
IEEE WIE (Women Non-profit Women in scientists. Memberships, events and
International USA women@ieee.org ?
in Engineering) organisation engineering affinity group in Canada (4%), US (12%),
Latin America (21%), Europe, Middle-
East, Africa (17%) and India, China,
Pacific rim (46%).

ISMWS (The Networking, Sharing success news,

Educational Muslim
International Circulate useful scientific news, Circulate
International USA Institution (non- nahar.1@osu.edu Women in 2010
Society of Muslim scholarship opportunities and job
profit) Science
Women Scientists) openings for Muslim Women Scientists.

Its mission is to support and promote

women and gender minorities who are
WiMLDS (Women
practicing, studying or are interested in
in Machine Non-profit Women in ML
International USA info@wimlds.org ? machine learning and data sciences. They
Learning & Data organisation and DS
have Chapters in Africa (4 countries), in
Science)
Asia (5), South America (3) and Oceania
(1).

Goals: inspire young women to consider

STEM careers, increase the number of
Latina women pursuing STEM careers,
Girls and
Latinas in STEM non-profit network. Activities: – K-12 Outreach,
Regional USA board@latinasinstem.com women in 2013
Foundation organisation College Student Support, and
STEM
Professional Development programs,
Social gatherings, networking events, and
conferences.

Persian Women in Non-profit Women in Workshops, Mentorship programs,

Regional USA info@persianwomenintech.com 2015
Tech organisation STEM conferences, meetups…
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to promote women in science: The
The American
National Postdoctoral Award Program for
Committee for
Non-profit Women in Advancing Women in Science, Women in
The Weizmann National USA info@acwis.org 1944
organisation STEM Grad School scholarship at the Feinberg
Institute of
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Science
support for new mothers and career
development...

The African
Research Non-profit info@africanwomenresearchers Women Research programs, expertise
Regional USA 2014
Academies for organisation .org researchers development, developed community
Women

The organisation supports women and

girls through mentorship and development
of computer literacy skills, support STEM
Women and
DoITwomen National Uzbekistan NGO womeninstemuz@gmail.com 2016 education for youth and created a network
girls in science
of STEM specialists in Uzbekistan, they
created an Uzbekistan Women in STEM
desk calendar.

They mainly focus on women mentoring

women on various fields. They define and
CAWA (Centre for assist in challenges such as balancing the
https://twitter.com/CAWATRUS Women in
African Women Regional Zimbabwe Local entreprise 2011 family, sexual harassment, emotional
T Acadmia
Advancement) stresses and cultural barriers in different
academic fields and how to overcome
these.

We seek to inform, educate, empower,

Women in inspire and celebrate women and girls in
Women4STEM Regional Zimbabwe NGO contact@women4stem.com 2017?
STEM STEM related education, careers and
businesses.