STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a joint development agreement between its flagship product SCOPUS, an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). The deal is to develop the Young Women Researcher Awards, the first of its kind in the region.
The need to nurture women scientists as they move through their career has been recognised by academic institutions as well as public and private organisations, alike. The Young Women Researcher Awards will be presented in four major fields of research - Life Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Technology and Agricultural Sciences. It will be open to most countries in Asia (except Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan) with the award ceremony commencing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 8-10, 2009. The event will be held in conjunction with a two-day symposium in Kuala Lumpur. The first day will be a presentation of the finalists for the TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Researchers Awards in the four categories. The second day will engage these women and other participants, including other young researchers and eminent women scientists, policy makers and administrators in a discussion on issues and challenges pertaining to the development of women researchers in science during their career.
Short-listed candidates from each award category will be invited to present their work at the Regional Young Women Scientists Symposium 09, ‘Bridging the Science Gender Gap in Developing Countries’ in Kuala Lumpur. Twelve panellists comprised of prominent scientists in the region will select the winners among them.
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