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Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
Established1993
Legal statusActive
Headquarters Italy
Adriatico Guesthouse, 7th floor 34151. Trieste
Websitehttp://owsd.net/

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is an international forum that awards fellowships in science to women postgraduate students from developing nations. Established in 1993, the organisation is based in Trieste, Italy at the headquarters for The World Academy of Sciences.[1] Following the Fourth General Assembly and International Conference in 2010, members voted to change the organisation's name from Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) to the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World.[2]

Its former president Lydia Makhubu, encouraged young girls to start at the earliest level primary school in order to be ready to embark on a career in science.

References

  1. ^ "Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ "TWOWS becomes OWSD". Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
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