Science & Technology

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a dynamic virtual workshop on June 21-22, 2021 to explore the current structural barriers driving the underrepresentation of women entrepreneurs across science, technology, engineering, and medical (STEMM) industries and strategies to overcome these barriers. The focus of the workshop will not be on “fixing the women”, but rather, on fixing the structural inequities contributing to the underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship. The two-day workshop will bring together experts and leaders to identify promising practices for advancing aspiring and current women entrepreneurs and provide insights on how stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem can address various structural barriers facing women entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds.

Le mardi 22 juin 2021 à 16h00-17h00 WAT (15h00-16h00 UTC), l'Internet Society Cameroon Chapter en partenariat avec cmNOG présente un webinaire « Utilisation d'un registre IRR pour documenter votre politique de routage ». Il s'agit the 2e d'une série de 5 webinaires bimensuels sur la sécurité du routage, et le 10e de la série de webinaires de cmNOG. PRÉSENTATEUR Musa Stephen HONLUE MODERATEUR Willy Manga LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cmnog10 PARTICIPER VIA JITSI - https://bit.ly/3ghQgOP TWITTER #MANRS #RoutingSecurity @cmN0G @mhonlue @ongolaboy @Isoc_Cameroon #cmNOGwebinar10 SIMULCASTS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0FdkNicKWNgymX0JxAqyQ (cmNOG) https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/cmnog10 LIENS https://isoc-cameroon.org/ https://www.cmnog.cm/ https://www.cmnog.cm/dokuwiki/Webinars/cmNOGwebinar10 https://www.cmnog.cm/dokuwiki/Webinars

Our guest is Dr. Heather Graham, organic geochemist and research associate from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Graham's research focuses on the scientific development of tools and techniques that can help us identify “agnostic biosignatures” – evidence of living systems that may not share common biochemistry with life on Earth. Dr. Graham is also involved in studying the asteroid samples returned by the Hayabusa 2 mission. In addition to her work as an astrobiologist, she also co-wrote and directed an experimental rock opera about "Hidden Figures" Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughn, more than 2 years before Hollywood. You can learn more about the show and watch past episodes here: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/

The National Academies report Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations (2020) underscored how health disparities in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other sexual and gender diverse (LGBTQI+) communities are exacerbated by social forces such as poverty and lack of adequate health insurance coverage or access to care. These issues make responses to COVID-19, including vaccinations, a critical public health priority for sexual and gender diverse populations. At the same time, LGBTQI+ communities have a long history of organizing to support one another to combat health crises like the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which highlights the resilience of these communities and the power of organizing in the face of public health crises. This webinar will share insight on what is known about COVID-19 experiences in LGBTQI+ populations, and will discuss the importance of community formation and mobilization for LGBTQI+ populations as outlined in the 2020 report. It will highlight findings from surveys by the Tegan and Sara Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation on COVID-19 experiences and vaccination attitudes among LGBTQI+ people. Speakers include: Tegan and Sara Quin, Tegan and Sara Foundation Kellan Baker, Johns Hopkins University (committee consultant) Lindsey Dawson, Kaiser Family Foundation Jessica Halem, LGBTQ health consultant Megan Hall, Entrée Health Marlon M. Bailey, Arizona State University (committee member)