ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

Women and girls in science

By Danny Harrington, MD ITS Education Asia

The coming Friday is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science.

Addressing this contributes not only directly to SDGs 5 and 10 but to all the SDGs as all solutions will include some form of scientific input and to diminish the contribution of half the population can only be a negative impact.