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  • Achieving peace and development through scientific innovation
    ADEA,  Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 12:04 

    The first World Science Day for Peace and Development was celebrated worldwide on November 10, 2002 under UNESCO auspices. The rationale for celebrating that day has its roots in the importance of the role of science and scientists for sustainable societies and in the need to inform and involve citizens in science. This year’s theme is "Open science, leaving no one behind."

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  • Bridging the gender equality gap in STEM to fully transform Africa
    ADEA,  Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 21:43 

    Today we celebrate and recognize all women for their achievements without regard to divisions, and review why investing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics must go hand in hand with addressing the gender equality gap. Happy International Women’s Day!

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  • How science education can unlock Africa’s potential
    ADEA,  Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 21:36 

    The first World Science Day for Peace and Development was celebrated worldwide on November 10, 2002, under UNESCO auspices to ensure that citizens are kept informed of developments in science. This day highlights the significant role of science in our daily lives and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues.

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  • Using science to foster global understanding and peace
    ADEA,  Friday, March 15, 2019 - 13:21 

    Science is the key to a prosperous future. Since its proclamation by the UNESCO General Conference (Resolution 31C/ 20) in 2001, World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated all over the world to demonstrate why science is relevant to people’s daily lives and to engage them in debates on related issues.

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  • We cannot teach children science; we can only help them experience it!
    ADEA,  Monday, December 17, 2018 - 21:47 

    In the words of Henri Poincare, “An accumulation of facts is no more science than a heap of stones is a house”, the need to train teachers as agents of change is considered very crucial in the process of developing the science culture for national development towards peaceful societies.

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