MEETINGS

Mexico City - April 2009
IANAS “Women for Science Symposium”

The IANAS “Women for Science Symposium” was hosted by the Mexican Academy of Sciences in Mexico City on April 20-21, 2009. The symposium was organized with the support of the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), the Mexican National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) and the ICSU Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ICSU-LAC).

Understanding that regional low representation of women in science and engineering is a major hindrance to regional capacity building in science and technology, discussions focused on the analysis - through a regional perspective - of political, legislative and cultural factors limiting and/or encouraging the access of women to science and technology; successful experiences favoring gender equity in research and development; and the elaboration of a set of actionable recommendations to be addressed to the Science and Engineering Academies in the region aiming inclusion and gender mainstreaming in the Americas.

The symposium assembled 31 participants from 16 countries, covering North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean region. The rich mix of participants coming from academia, government, international organizations and the private sector contributed to the successful achievements of the proposed objectives. Representatives from the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) and the Gender Advisory Board (GAB), as well as the two co-chairs of the IAC Women for Science Advisory Report – Johanna (Anneke) Levelt Sengers (USA) and Manju Sharma ( India ) – also attended the workshop.

Agenda
IAC Women for Science Advisory Report
List of Participants
Presentations
Report

Mexico City - January 2007
IANAS Steering Committee held meeting in Mexico

The Mexican Academy of Sciences hosted the fourth meeting of the IANAS Steering Committee in Mexico City on January 29, 2007. During the meeting, the co-chairs presented a report on the actions of IANAS in the last three years. A preliminary appraisal of the network’s statutes was held and a working group will present a document for discussion at the General Assembly that will be held in Venezuela coming June. The meeting also discussed the increasing responsibilities of IANAS, which will demand a more active role of the members of the SC as a whole.

Agenda
List of Participants
Report




Mexico City - August 2003
Meeting of the Science Academies of Latin America

On August 15 and 16, 2003, following the invitation of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Science Academies of Latin America held a regional preparatory meeting to the 2003 IAP General Assembly. At this opportunity, the present Academies discussed the programme of the IAP General Assembly, the quality of science and technology in the region, and the proposal of creating of a regional network of Science Academies.

This meeting brought together the National Academies of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, as well as the Presidents of the Caribbean Scientific Union, the Caribbean Academy of Sciences, and the Latin American Academy of Sciences.

Programme
List of Participants
Call for Governmental Support for Science and Technology
Proposition on an IAP Water Programme
Support to Mexican Academy of Sciences to host the Regional Office of ICSU
Draft Proposal for a hemispheric Network of Academies
Declaration of Intent


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