Today marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This day was set after the adoption of resolution A/RES/70/2021 by the United Nations General Assembly on December 22, 2015.

The purpose of this day is to recognize the role of women and girls in science and technology as well as to promote equal and full access for all.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is implemented by UNESCO and UN Women, in collaboration with intergovernmental agencies, institutions and civil society.

The theme chosen this year in honor of this day is “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Water unites us all”. UN reports stress that if the same pace of development continues until 2030, billions of people worldwide will lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.

As part of UNESCO’s 2030 Agenda, this day serves to recognize progress on gender equality and progress in science should be made side by side with addressing global issues.

We as an organization join in marking this day as we believe that women and girls should have equal access to men in science and technology.

During the conference “Diaspora Speaks 2020” which was attended by over 600 guests, in one of the panels this topic was discussed.

“Albanian Women in Technology” was a virtual discussion moderated by Anila Hyka-Smorgrav – Member of the Diaspora Coordination Council and with panelists: Ida Turhanin from Women in Technology – Albania, Abetare Gojani from Ipko Foundation, Blerta Thaçi from Open Data Kosovo, Klorenta Janushi – Women4Cyber, Kozeta Sevrani – – Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems Management at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Tirana and Anila Nauni – Senior Advisor in Norway.

In this panel the discussion was about the further empowerment of women in this sector as well as the importance of coordination between the main actors for the development of a favorable and attractive ecosystem for girls and women in technology.

You can find the discussion at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhR50dUNLFs