Join us for the next #ECRWednesday webinar where speakers will discuss the roles, challenges and opportunities for women in science.
Justin Trudeau recently said, "Removing barriers for women in the workplace is not an easy fix; it’s something that takes effort, leadership and a willingness to change the nature of work as we know it”. How do we begin to navigate the gender gap in science technology, engineering and mathematics ensuring that no one is left behind, and adequate assistance and support is provided as we mind the gap?
Our speakers will discuss ways to identify the barriers and highlight measures that can be taken to tackle this issue and support #WomenInScience.
When: July 25 | 4pm–5pm BST, 11am–12noon ET
From left to right: Melissa Kapulu, Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh, Dina H. Alsharkawy, Kui Muraya and Jessica Wade.
Speakers
Melissa Kapulu, Webinar Chair, member of eLife ECAG, KEMRI - Wellcome Trust (UK)
Melissa is a postdoctoral researcher at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program currently investigating the epidemiology of malaria transmission. She is a member of the eLife Early-Career Advisory Group and has a particular interest in challenges faced by scientists in low and middle income countries.
Twitter: @melissakapulu
Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)
Benjamin is a lecturer in the Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. From 2012 to January 2018, he was with the African Academy of Science as a Programme Manager and led the implementation of the Climate Impacts Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) programme. CIRCLE had an objective to ensure gender parity in the awards of research fellowships that were made and Benjamin ensured interventions were put in which succeeded at achieving a 50:50 gender ratio.
Twitter: @benjigyampoh
Dina H. Alsharkawy, Suez Canal University (Egypt)
Dina Alsharkawy is a researcher at Botany Dept in the Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Egypt. In addition to her work researching the conservation of medicinal plant species, teaching Plant Ecology and Biodiversity and acting as an editor for the Catrina Journal, Dina is engaged in promoting women in science.
Twitter: @dinahalsharkawy
Kui Muraya, KEMRI - Wellcome Trust (Kenya)
Kui is a postdoctoral social scientist at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme with a particular interest in gender, health and social science research more broadly. She explores leadership in health systems in Kenya with a gender lens. More recently she was a co-principal investigator in a multi-country study exploring gender and leadership within health systems in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.
Twitter: @KuiMuraya
Jessica Wade, Imperial College London (UK)
Jess is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics at Imperial College London. Her research is focused on new electronic materials (organic semiconductors), which can be used to make flexible solar cells and light emitting diodes. She is passionate about improving diversity within the physics community, and works with the Institute of Physics, Women’s Engineering Society and Women in Science and Engineering Campaign.
Twitter: @jesswade
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