{"id":14716,"date":"2017-06-16T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T10:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=14716"},"modified":"2018-10-15T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:22:28","slug":"women-showcase-innovations-in-science-and-technology-to-achieve-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/women-showcase-innovations-in-science-and-technology-to-achieve-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Women showcase innovations in science and technology to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istic-banner.png\" title=\"Women showcase Innovations in Science and Technology to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia\" alt=\"Women showcase Innovations in Science and Technology to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16264\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Women engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs from more than 30 countries in Asia and Africa, came together at the 3rd International ISTIC UNESCO Conference on <b>\u201cWomen in Science, Technology &#038; Innovation: Innovative Solutions by Women for the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030\u201d<\/b>, held in Malaysia from 15-16 May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.jpg\" alt=\"Speakers and Panellists at the 3rd International UNESCO ISTIC Conference on Women Engineers and Scientists\" title=\"Speakers and Panellists at the 3rd International UNESCO ISTIC Conference on Women Engineers and Scientists\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nSpeakers and Panellists at the 3rd International UNESCO ISTIC Conference on Women Engineers and Scientists\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This biennial conference was hosted by the UNESCO International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (ISTIC) and attracted inspiring leaders from Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Yemen and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.jpg\" title=\"Dr. Marlene Kanga WFEO President Elect speaks at UNESCO ISTIC Conference\" alt=\"Dr. Marlene Kanga WFEO President Elect speaks at UNESCO ISTIC Conference\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nDr. Marlene Kanga WFEO President Elect speaks at UNESCO ISTIC Conference\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The importance of this event was highlighted by the joint opening by the Secretary-General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia representing the Minister and the Director of the Division of Gender Equality of UNESCO, Dr. Gulser Corat, who represented the Director-General of UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.jpg\" alt=\"Dato Lee Yee Cheong, past President of WFEO and Honorary Chair UNESCO ISTIC, speaks at the UNESCO ISTIC Panel Discussion\" title=\"Dato Lee Yee Cheong, past President of WFEO and Honorary Chair UNESCO ISTIC, speaks at the UNESCO ISTIC Panel Discussion\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nDato Lee Yee Cheong, past President of WFEO and Honorary Chair UNESCO ISTIC, speaks at the UNESCO ISTIC Panel Discussion\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The conference speakers addressed the role of women in developing innovative solutions to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their own contexts and cultures in areas including education, health, use of technology to empower women and youth.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussions including women entrepreneurs in technology as well as social entrepreneurs who addressed the empowerment of women through technology and leadership. The conference concluded with the presence of Malaysia\u2019s Minister for Women and a declaration on the issues that need to be addressed to achieve the sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n<p><i>Report by Dr. Marlene Kanga<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VXIqjxENCJw\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Video Message by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;ISTIC Conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istic-unesco.org\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/2-uncategorised\/119-wisti-conference-2017\" target=\"_blank\">webpage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Marlene Kanga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/events\/Session_3_Engineering_and_Technology-Keynote_Address_Dr_Marlene_Kanga.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Keynote presentation &#8220;Engineering_and_Technology&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sustainable Development Goals <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/sdgs\" target=\"_blank\">webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWomen engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs from more than 30 countries in Asia and Africa, came together at the 3rd International ISTIC UNESCO Conference on \u201cWomen in Science, Technology &#038; Innovation: Innovative Solutions by Women for the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030\u201d, held in Malaysia from 15-16 May 2017.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeakers and Panellists at the 3rd International UNESCO ISTIC Conference on Women Engineers and Scientists<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis biennial conference was hosted by the UNESCO International Science, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[107,89,157,95,91,158],"class_list":["post-14716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-report","tag-goal-5","tag-innovation","tag-science","tag-sdgs","tag-technology","tag-women-engineers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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