While completing her master’s degree in ecology and limnology (freshwater science) at the University of Zagreb in Croatia, 1995–96 AAUW International Fellow Anamarija Frankić spent five years working as an ecologist for the Plitvice Lakes, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites and one of the oldest national parks in Croatia. This experience opened her eyes [...]
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Meet Anamarija Frankić: Ecologist and Steward
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged AAUW, Boston, Croatia, ecologist, ecosystems, Fellowships, Following the Fellows, International Fellowship, International Fellowship program, MA, Marie Curie, STEM, UNESCO, University of Massachusetts, VA, Virginia, Zagreb on August 3, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Of Mice and Men
Posted in S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged disease, gender analysis, lab mice, medical research, mice, morbidity, mortality, sex analysis, UNESCO on October 12, 2010, | 1 Comment »
This is the final of several blogs from AAUW Chief of Strategic Advancement Jill Birdwhistell written during her recent trip to Paris on behalf of AAUW to attend a UNESCO conference. A Case for Sex- and Gender- Based Analyses Sometimes, the little things are the big things. And so it was for all of us participating in the [...]
Pinking
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged design, gender analysis, pinking, product design, safety, UNESCO on October 6, 2010, | 2 Comments »
This is the second of several blogs from AAUW Chief of Strategic Advancement Jill Birdwhistell written during her recent trip to Paris on behalf of AAUW to attend a UNESCO conference. The View from the UNESCO Working Group on Gender, Science, and Technology Product designers need to stop pinking and start thinking. “Pinking” is the term coined [...]
Mainstreaming Sex and Gender
Posted in Equity in the News, S T E M, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged gender analysis, Londa Schiebinger, Standord University, UNESCO on October 5, 2010, | 3 Comments »
This is the first of several blogs from AAUW Chief of Strategic Advancement Jill Birdwhistell written during her recent trip to Paris on behalf of AAUW to attend a UNESCO conference. How are sex and gender reflected in participation in science, technology, engineering and math fields? And how can we create systemic changes that will decrease the [...]
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