<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">8 May 2010</span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">For immediate release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p>The InterAmerican Network of
Academies of Sciences Establishes a “Women for Science” Working Group</o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p> The Women for Science Working Group (WfS-WG) of the
InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) will be officially
launched at its first meeting on 11 June 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in
conjunction with the VII Meeting of the National Focal Points of the IANAS
Science Education Program.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">The Working Group was established to aid IANAS in
implementing the recommendations of the InterAcademy Council (IAC) Advisory
Report on Women for Science (<a href="http://www.interacademycouncil.net/?id=11278">http://www.interacademycouncil.net/?id=11278</a>),
which argues that national science and</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black"> technology (S&T)
capacity building requires the full engagement of women</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">, from the top decision-making levels all the way down to the
grassroots.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">The WfS-WG is sponsored by the
InterAcademy Panel (IAP), the global network of science academies, which has
adopted the IAC report for implementation.</span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">The mandate of the IANAS “Women for Science” Working Group
is to<b> </b>advise IANAS and its member academies on fostering a climate in
the sciences that is welcoming to women, and to alert IANAS and its academies
to the gender aspects and issues encountered in their work and programs. The IANAS
Women for Science Symposium sponsored by IAP and hosted by the Mexican Academy
of Sciences in Mexico in April 2009 (</span><a href="http://www.ianas.com/mexico_en.asp"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none;text-underline:none">http://www.ianas.com/mexico_en.asp</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">), was the first step towards creating the Working Group.</span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">In collaboration with the Third World Organization for
Women in Science (TWOWS, <a href="http://www.twows.org">www.twows.org</a>), the Gender Advisory Board of the UN
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (GAB,
<a href="http://.gab.wigsat.org">http://.gab.wigsat.org</a>), and the UNESCO Chair on Women in S&T in Latin
America (</span><a href="http://www.catunescomujer.org"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.catunescomujer.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">)</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#3B7D20;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">the WfS-WG will develop a Plan of Action for the IANAS member
academies to strengthen participation of girls and women in S&T in the
following key areas:</span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">building an inclusive institutional culture in S&T
organizations, including science academies;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">promoting education in S&T for girls and women;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">increasing the visibility of women scientists/engineers;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">supporting networking, leadership
training and mentoring for women in science.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">Areas of focus will be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">recognition and elimination of barriers to women’s careers in
science;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>*</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">networking – establishment of an interactive web site with
the following purposes:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* ending the isolation experienced
by women scientists and engineers;</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* enabling academies to exchange
information on measures of proven effectiveness;<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* developing and assembling online resources and databases;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* collecting and analyzing
sex-disaggregated data;</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* promoting partnerships with relevant organizations in the IANAS
region.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">Members of the Working Group, nominated by IANAS member
academies, are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">Johanna (Anneke) Levelt Sengers, National Academy of
Sciences, USA, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">Juan Pedro Laclette, Former President, Mexican Academy
of Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">Beatriz Leonor Silveira Barbuy, Brazilian Academy
of Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">Maria del Carmen Samayoa, President, Academy of Medical,
Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">Patricia Taboada-Serrano, delegate of the National Academy
of Sciences of Bolivia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext">Sophia Huyer, Third World Organization for Women in Science
(TWOWS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext">Focal points, appointed by the IANAS Academies, act as
liaisons with the Working Group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:IT">Argentina:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Norma E. Sbarbati de Nudelman<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:IT">Brazil: Beatriz <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a></font><a name="OLE_LINK2"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Leonor
Silveira </font></a>Barbuy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:IT">Canada: Barbara
Sherwood Lollar<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:IT">Bolivia: Patricia
Taboada-Serrano<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR">Chile: Patricio Luis
Felmer Aichele / Substitute: Maria Cecilia Hidalgo Tapia<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR">Colombia:
Margarita Perea Dallos / Substitute: Ángela Camacho Bletrán<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR">Costa Rica:
Carla Pérez Odio<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR">Cuba: Lilliam Margarita
Alvarez Díaz<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR">Dominican
Republic: Venecia Álvarez de Vanderhorst <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:ES">Guatemala: Maria Carlota
Monroy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:ES">Mexico: Rosaura
Ruiz Gutiérrez<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR">Peru: Nicole
Bernex de Falen<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:ES">USA: Dolores R.
Piperno<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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