Celebrating International Women's Day
The SERVIR regional hubs around the world celebrated International Women's Day on March 8, 2023. In case you missed the events, tweets, and other posts, here is a round up of highlights.
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The SERVIR regional hubs around the world celebrated International Women's Day on March 8, 2023. In case you missed the events, tweets, and other posts, here is a round up of highlights.
In this miniseries, we explore why gender matters in applied Earth science, and how we can integrate gender more intentionally into geospatial work.
|Lena Pransky, Diana Kurkovsky West, and Emily Adams | NASA Science Coordination Office
The GeoFem: Women in Geospatial Technologies workshop was hosted and organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Central America Aerospace Network (RAC) in San José.
|Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
Meet four participants from the GeoFem Women in Geospatial Technologies workshop was hosted and organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Central America Aerospace Network (RAC) in San José in November 2023.
|Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
The end of one year and the start of the next provides an opportunity to reflect on past achievements and future goals. In 2023, the SERVIR network worked with local partners in the design and implementation of numerous geospatial services to address complex challenges related to climate change.
In Costa Rica, the GeoFem workshops create a supportive environment for women to combine their unique knowledge and experiences with Earth science technology. The following stories demonstrate how everyone benefits when women are empowered to use Earth science in community decision-making.
|Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
Because climate change disproportionately impacts women and girls, Earth science cannot be fully effective in addressing climate issues without including the realities and unique knowledge of women. Unfortunately, many women are excluded from participating in both the field of Earth science and in community decision-making.
|Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
SERVIR West Africa created youth clubs to provide an inclusive space where all students, especially girls, can explore and gain skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and gain exposure to environmental monitoring tools such as geographic information systems, remote sensing, and other digital technologies.
|Thioro Codou Niang, SERVIR West Africa and Lena Pransky, Science Coordination Office
This Gender Analysis Tool provides clear guidance on a foundational step for service design and programming, to contribute to SERVIR’s goals of ensuring that women, along with men, are realizing equal benefits from SERVIR’s geospatial services.
This strategic plan identifies the next set of cross-cutting strategic priorities that will ensure SERVIR remains responsive to both NASA and USAID Agency goals and those of stakeholders and users in SERVIR regions.