International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Date : 11 February 2022

Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Over the past decades, the global community has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science.

In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in 2015.

Selected Stories from FAO

* Counting for better conservation

* Science combatting desertification in the Sahel 

* Women vaccinators challenge perceptions and change lives in Bangladesh

*Digital tools for an organic farm 

* Kenyan youth discover a promising future in farming 

* success factors to empowering rural women through ICTs 

* Great hopes for climate-smart farming