Happy International Women’s Day 2024. UN Women state that “Women’s economic empowerment is central to a gender equal world. When women are given equal opportunities to earn, learn and lead – entire communities thrive.” The ASP celebrate all #WomenInSTEM and want to highlight three of our awesome #womeninparasitology #ASPFellows their achievements and how they are changing the world one parasite at a time!
Mary Cremin, Assistant Editor for the International Journal for Parasitology (IJP) from 1974 – 1994, was awarded a Fellow of the ASP in 1994. Dr Lesley Warner was awarded a Fellow of the ASP in 2001. Lesley joined the ASP in 1973 and attended her first conference in Adelaide that same year. Lesley’s first appointment as a parasitologist in 1981 was to the South Australian Museum to work on the helminthological collection. In 1997 Lesley was the first female to be elected as President of the Australian Society for Parasitology. To read more about Dr Lesley Warner see our ASP Fellow’s pages https://www.parasite.org.au/the-society/fellows-of-the-society/lesley-warner-fasp-2001/ Dr Emanuela Handman was awarded a Fellow of the ASP in 2006. Emanuela has been a member of the ASP since the early 1970s and worked in a team at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute who developed an excellent mouse model for leishmaniasis and elucidated key elements in the genetic and immunological mechanisms of susceptibility and resistance. To read more about Dr Emanuela Handman see our ASP Fellow’s pages https://www.parasite.org.au/the-society/fellows-of-the-society/emanuela-handman-fasp-2006/
The theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress.
Based on the priority theme for the United Nations 68th Commission on the Status of Women, Count Her In will examine the pathways to greater economic inclusion for women and girls everywhere.
While important progress has been made, women face significant obstacles to achieving equal participation in the economy.
Without equal access to education, employment pathways, financial services and literacy, how can we ever hope to reach gender equality?
We must ensure women and girls are given equal opportunity to build their capabilities and strengthen their capacity to learn, earn and lead.
https://unwomen.org.au/get-involved/international-womens-day/
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