So you want to be a scientist? Career pathways for women from the Global South

ICTP and the Global Science Portal invite you to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026 with an online panel discussion on careers in science for women from the Global South.

Panellists include:
Lucía Mariel Arana Peña
Nana Geraldine Cabo Bizet
Zainab Nazari
Moderator: Kate Shaw

All are warmly invited to attend and join the discussion via the following Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92907927561?wd=uQIufHrx0dQEuYvjbcsrVD5DKVSZtJ.1

Women scientists represent only about one third of all researchers and they tend to have shorter and less well-paid careers that their male colleagues. They are underrepresented in national science academies and on scientific publications. The United Nations have proclaimed the International Day for Women and Girls in Science on February 11 to raise awareness on the large disparity that still exists between men and women scientists and to encourage girls and young women to pursue their interest in scientific disciplines despite the lack of role models. We all gain from the diversity of perspectives created by ensuring that scientists are empowered and can contribute to scientific discourse independently of possibly constraining factors such as geography, gender, class, or ethnicity.