6th International Day of Women & Girls in Science Assembly
#February11, 2021
United Nations Headquarters, Virtual
the 2021 guests
6th International Day of Women & Girls in Science Assembly
HRH Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite
Executive Director, Royal Academy of Science International Trust
H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir
President of the United Nations General Assembly
H.E. Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Professor Sarah Mbi Enow Anyang
Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology of the African Union Commission
H.E. Dr. Helena Dalli
European Union Commissioner for Equality
H.E. Ms. Veronika Remišová
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
H.E. Ms. Henrietta Fore
Executive Director, UNICEF
H.E. Dr Salim M. Al-Malik
Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
HRH Prince Zain
El-Hashemite
Founder of Y 4 X Global Movement for Equality in Science
H.E. Mr. Francisco Duarte Lopes
Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations, New York
H.E.
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mr.
Idar Kreutzer
CEO Finance Norway
H.E.
Mrs. Milica Pejanović Đurišić
Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations, New York
Drs. Alice Bouman-Dentener
Director of Cansu Global Equality Stand
Mr.
W. David Power
CEO and President, Perkins School for the Blind
H.E. Ambassador Walton Alfonso Webson
Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations.
H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization
Dr. Mona Minkara
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Northeastern University
H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson
United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
Dr Susan Windham-Bannister
President of Association for Women in Science, USA
H.E. Mr. Munir Akram
President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
H.E. Mrs. Vanessa Frazier
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta to the United Nations, New York
Dr Cary Supalo
Research Developer at Educational Testing Service, USA
Ms. Emily Pidgeon
Vice President, Ocean Science and Innovation, Conservation International, USA
Mr. Sina Bahram
President and Founder, Prime Access Consulting, USA
Ms. Kristin Joanna White (Khaliya)
Founder and President, Falkora
Dr. Amy Bower
Senior Scientist and Chair of the Department of Physical Oceanography at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Ms. Daniela Bas
Director, Division for Inclusive Social Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
H.E. Mr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramirez
Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, New York
Ms. Joanne Wilson
Deputy Director, Radiocommunication Sector, ITU
H.E. Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
6th President of Mauritius and Secretary-General of Cansu Global
H.H. Moulay Hicham Youssoufi Al-Alaoui
Morocco
H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, New York
Ms. Grazia Vittadini
Chief Technology Officer, Airbus
H.E. Mr. Rodrigo A. Carazo
Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations, New York
Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier
Chief of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), New York Office
H.E. Ms. Darja Bavdaž Kuret
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations, New York
Mr. J. Carl Ganter
Co-Founder and Director, Circle of Blue, USA
Mr. Jaime Melo Baptista
President of the Lisbon International Centre for Water (LIS-Water), Portugal
Prof. Ellen Pikitch
Endowed Professor of Ocean Conservation Science, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, USA
Dr. Mohamed Ait Kadi
President of General Council of Agricultural Development, Morocco
Prof. Giulia Grancini
Università degli studi di Pavia, Italy
Prof. Amal Qattan
Director of External Relations, Women in Science International League, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Naheda Sahtout
Office of the Chief Science Operating Officer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
H.E. Mr. KIMURA Tetsuya
Ambassador, Economic, Social and United Nations Management Affairs of the Permanent Mission of Japan
Ms. Ursula Wynhoven
ITU Representative to the United Nations, New York
H.E. Mr. Martin Kimani
Permanent Representative of the Republic Kenya to the United Nations, New York
Ms. Ola Zahran
Head of the Coordination Office in New York, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Ms. Polona Šafarič Tepeš
PhD student in Cancer Biology Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine In collaboration with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Slovenia
Mr. Manuel Sapiano
Chief Executive Officer of the Energy & Water Agency and Malta’s Water Director Malta
Ms. Josefina Maestu Unturbe
National Water Advisor, Spain
H.E. Mr. Michal Mlynár
Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the United Nations
Dr. Lyndsay Howard
Senior Analyst for Foreign Policy, Bloomberg LP, USA
Mr. Kunal Sood
Founder #WeThePlanet and Chairman of Novus, India
Mr. Ahmed Mukhtar
Professor of Music and Composer, Iraq
Ms. Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Executive Director of UN Women
Ms. Claudia Rosal
Musician, Spain
Prof. Jerzy Duszyński
President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr. Mauro Ferrari
Dompé X Therapeutics
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“I applaud RASIT and the United Nations
for making this mission a priority by establishing the International Day of
Women and Girls in Science. Through awareness-raising campaigns, this movement
will help ensure that women of all ages are given access to education and
training in the sciences and have equal access to employment opportunities in
these fields.”
Mr. Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the City of New York
“I am honoured to have the opportunity to
recognise the Royal Academy of Science International Trust’s initiative,
commitment and hard work that led the Permanent Mission of Malta to the UN to
facilitate the negotiations that led to the adoption of the International Day
of Women and Girls in Science by the entire UN General Assembly. The Royal
Academy of Science International Trust’s leadership and staff have made this
existing, inspirational and eventful commemoration possible.
"On behalf of all New Yorkers, thank you
for your hard work, commitment and support for all women. I know the
International Day will continue to grow and flourish as an expression of
excellence that marks the contributions to the economy by women in the sciences.”
Mr. Charles E. Schumer, US Senator for New York
“Whereas Women who are scientists have
for too long not received recognition for their achievements
Whereas Girls need to see women role
models in order to find the encouragement to enter into courses of study which will enable them
to become scientists girls aspiring to become professionals in the scientific
arena are in special need of encouragement, nurturing, and a gender-sensitive
and inclusive environment
Resolve that this Legislative Body pause
in its deliberations to recognise that the International Day of Women and Girls
in Science is an event worthy of our highest respect and esteem”.
Ms. Liz Krueger, New York State Senator
The
Borough of Manhattan Proclaims February 11
the Princess Dr. Nisreen
El-Hashemite Appreciation Day.
Ms. Gale A. Brewer, President of the Borough of Manhattan
"Speaking as a grandfather, like the
majority of us,
I want a future for our young ones that is safe and secure. One which enables
them to reach their full potential in life, by working counter, the impediments
that exists, you are helping the next generations of women scientists,
mathematicians and leaders to comfortably taken their rightful places in
society. I commend you for your work."
H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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