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Story Earth Network assisting the nomination process for potential future UNESCO Global Geoparks in Tanzania28 May 2024
News Capacity Building in Inundation Mapping and Evacuation Planning in the Northwest Indian Ocean17 May 2024
News The United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
News Katalin Karikó becomes fifth woman to receive Nobel Prize after winning L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award2 October 2023
News CILAC Forum Addresses Challenges and Opportunities in STEM Education and Gender Equity in Its New Colloquium21 August 2023
News International Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023
News Third meeting on groundwater cooperation in the frame of Tashkent area Transboundary Aquifer held in Almaty2 November 2022
News Challenges and opportunities for science, technology and innovation in six African countries25 April 2022
Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022