From that day onwards and in Donostia, the Emakumeak Zientzian 2022 program will be focusing on the week from 11 to 18 February. A wide-ranging program has been organized with a variety of activities designed to bring the message "science is girls’ stuff" to as many people as possible and to emphasize the importance of achieving equal access and professional development in the scient

After a brief introduction by the coordinators of the Emakumeak Zientzian initiative, Marisol Garmendia, vicepresident of Fomento San Sebastian, stressed that it is essential to make the work of women in science visible. "In our city our reality is one that we can be proud of: 47% of the researchers residing here are female, as well as 37% of the foreign talent we host at Talent House. We at Fomento San

The 24 signatory entities of the agreement for the joint organization of the 7th edition of Emakumeak Zientzian are an important representative sample of the fabric of science and technology in the Basque Country: the Center for Materials Physics (CFM CSIC-UPV/EHU), Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, CIC biomaGUNE, CIC nanoGUNE, University of Deusto, POLYMAT, Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3), Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL), Biodonostia, Ceit, Cidetec, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Elhuyar, Eure

This year the organizers also want to focus on the importance of going the extra mile to incorporate all the talent we have into the scientific-technological field, because that way the solutions to the great challenges we face as a society will come sooner. In this respect, “we want to emphasize that joint responsibility between women and men when it comes to promoting equal access and professional development for everyone is unavoidable”, said the organizers of Emakumeak Zientzian.