{"id":17545,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iwd2016-gender-parity-in-research-and-science-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:13:50","slug":"iwd2016-gender-parity-in-research-and-science-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iwd2016-gender-parity-in-research-and-science-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"IWD2016: Gender parity in research and science by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"IITA joined the rest of the world in marking this year\u2019s\u00a0International Women\u2019s Day<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and organized a half-day panel discussion that focused on how to accelerate gender parity in science and research at its Eastern Africa hub in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This was in line with the theme of this year\u2019s international women\u2019s day campaign \u201cPledge for Parity<\/a><\/u>\u201d.\n
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A powerhouse of women panelists talk about gender parity.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIt is the second year that the hub has marked the International Women\u2019s Day with the full support of its Director\u00a0Victor Manyong<\/a><\/u>, who ensured that resources were available for the event.\n\nThe event brought together an impressive lineup of women working in various science fields to share their experiences. The panel consisted of staff and partners at the hub as well as students from nearby secondary schools, the\u00a0University of Dar es Salaam<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0and the media.\n\nThe panelists included Christine Ngereza, a Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the\u00a0National Museum of Tanzania<\/a><\/u>; Latifa Mrisho, a PhD student from the University of Dar es Salaam\/University of Lund<\/a><\/u>\u00a0conducting research on cassava whitefly at IITA; and\u00a0Veronica Uzokwe<\/a><\/u>, an Agronomist with the\u00a0SARD-SC<\/a><\/u>\u00a0project led by IITA.\n\nOther panelists were\u00a0Rose Funja<\/u><\/a>, Founder and Managing Director, Agrinfo; and\u00a0Hyasintha Ntuyeko<\/u><\/a>, Founder and Managing Director, Kasole Secrets, both\u00a0Mandela Washington Fellows<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for 2014 and 2015, respectively.\u00a0Regina Kapinga<\/a><\/u>, IITA\u2019s Head of Advocacy and Resource Mobilization gave a talk on \u201cBeyond the scientist\u2019s desk\u201d on her charity work with\u00a0Mission Africa<\/u><\/a>\u00a0which she said was going to launch a scholarship program for women in science.\n\nCatherinerose Barreto<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0a Human Resources expert and Co-Founder of\u00a0Kinu Group Ltd<\/a><\/u>, and an\u00a0Aspen-African Leadership Initiative<\/u><\/a>\u00a0Fellow, gave a brief career talk to the young audience.\n\n\u201cIITA is very committed to supporting efforts towards gender parity and in particular in science and research where the representation by women is still very low\u201d, said\u00a0Edward Kanju<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0while officially welcoming the participants to the event on behalf of the hub director,\u00a0Victor Manyong<\/a><\/u>.\n\n\u201cAlthough there has been a lot of improvement and more and more women are coming into science and research, we are still not at 50:50. Therefore a lot still needs to be done to encourage women to pursue science careers as well as address the challenges they face,\u201d he added.\n\nRose Shayo, a senior lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, noted that efforts to achieve gender parity by 2030 need to start in the education sector where girls should be encouraged to stay in school and to take up sciences.\n\n\u201cIn the lower classes we find that there is gender parity\u2015the ratio of girls to boys is nearly one. However, as they grow\nolder, there are more boys as the girls drop out for various reasons and this difference is even higher in science subjects,\u201d she said.\n\nThe panelists and participants all agreed that it was possible to have a 50:50 representation of men and women in science if there was commitment and good will from all the stakeholders starting from policymakers, the education system, the employment sector, and the determination and effort by the women themselves to take up opportunities offered.\n\nThey also took the parity pledge to support efforts towards having 50:50 representation in all spheres by 2030.\n\n\u201cWomen need to have confidence in themselves and be prepared to grab any opportunities that come their way,\u201d said Veronica Uzokwe, IITA Agronomist.\n\n\u201cAlways learn to fight, and just run for it; nothing comes easy; science is for both boys and girls. With our own effort and support we shall make gender parity feasible!\u201d said Latifa Mrisho.\n\nThis was echoed by Sabrina Hassan, a Form Four student at Jangwani Secondary school: \u201cTo achieve gender parity we girls must fight for it. Nothing will come to us when we laze around. We must wake up. Women are capable and can do science just as well as men, if not better. Gender parity is possible.\u201d\n\nThe event was well appreciated especially by the students who said they rarely had such opportunities to meet and interact with other professionals. This was the second such event to be held at the hub.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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