International day of Women and

girls in science

11th February 2023

 Why do we mark International Days?

International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues
of concern, to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce
achievements of humanity.

UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool.

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 Message from UN Secretary
General

We can all do our part to unleash our

world’s enormous untapped talent –
starting with filling classrooms,
laboratories, and boardrooms with
women scientists.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres

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 Theme of International Day of Women and Girl in Science 2023

According to UN This year the theme of International Day of

Women and Girl in Science 2023 is-

Innovate. Demonstrate. Elevate. Advance. – I.D.E.A.:

Bringing communities Forward for sustainable and equitable
development.
in unison with UN SDGs

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 AIM OF THE DAY
UNESCO and UN Commemorates this day to support and
encourage complete and fair access for women and girls to
participate in science.

For UNESCO, gender equality is a global priority, while supporting

young girls, their education and their full capacity to make their
ideas heard as they are the levers of development and peace.

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 It aims to highlight the issue of celebrating women’s excellence in
science and to remind the international community that science
and gender equality must move hand in hand to tackle major
global challenges and achieve all the goals and objectives of the
2030 Agenda.

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 Why are we talking about gender equality today?
Is there a gender discrimination in the field of science especially
STEM?

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 Startling facts

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 STEM related fields in higher education-30%
Information and communication Tech (ICT)-3%
Natural science, mathematics & statistics-5%
Engineering and development-8%

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 Ray of Hope
With the initiatives of UNESCO and UN there is some improvement in the statistics

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 Women in Research in India

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Maria Merian (1647 - 1717)
Naturalist, interested in insects
many of her classifications are
still valid today and her
exquisite paintings of plants,
animals, and insects have
been widely admired
throughout the centuries.
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Women Who Dared to Discover
Mary Anning (1799 - 1847) Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867 - 1934)
English fossil hunter
at the age of 12, she made several
discoveries that would rock the scientific
The first woman in history to win a
world: the first known ichthyosaur fossil
and the first two plesiosaur skeletons.
Nobel Prize — and the only person
to win two Nobel Prizes in two
but she could never participate in a full
scientific life because of her gender. In different disciplines (chemistry and
physics)
2010, the Royal Society named her one
of the top ten British women in the
history of science.
 Female scientists today who are changing the world
Cynthia Kenyon Jennifer Doudna

American molecular biologist and American biochemist who has done pioneering
biogerontologist known for her genetic work in CRISPR gene editing,
dissection of aging

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 Nina Tandon
CEO and co-founder of EpiBone,
the world's first company growing
living human bones for skeletal
reconstruction.
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Sunetra Gupta
Indian-born British infectious disease
epidemiologist Gupta's expertise in infectious
disease and epidemiology has seen her
become an outspoken critic of governmental
responses to national lockdowns across the
world.
As Teachers, what is our role in improving Scientific temper in
students in general and girls in particular?
1. Encourage Students Scientific Curiosity: Feed natural curiosity and
encourage them to ask more questions

2. Improve Critical Thinking Capabilities: Upward learning curve

3. Supporting the Students with their Experiments: Practical oriented learning

4. Offer Opportunities to Practice: Organised learning & hands on experience

5. Make Learning Fun: One of the most effective methods to not only develop a student’s
scientific temper but also to make them engaged in the learning process is to make
learning fun.
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 Inculcating scientific temper at Gaudium

Vision-Unlocking potential of every student

Mission-To provide a range of joyful learning experiences through
exploration, experimentation and enriching environment
Philosophy-Reform education to make the world a better place.

Core values required: Integrity,perseverance,respect and empathy.

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 Dr.Jyoti Singh

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Thank You!