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Three quotes from famous female scientists for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

February 11, 2021
Three quotes from famous female scientists for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Mary Anning, Marie Curie and Marie Tharp (Left to Right)

To commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science our GfGD blogger from Chile, Olivia Mejías, hopes to inspire you with the words of three famous female scientists.  [Editor’s note: This post reflects Olivia’s personal opinions. These opinions may not reflect official policy positions of Geology for Global Development.] There are 774 million illiterate adults worldwide; according ...[Read More]

Water and Sustainable Development – 6th GfGD Annual Conference Event Report

March 22, 2019
Water and Sustainable Development – 6th GfGD Annual Conference Event Report
Lord Duncan of Springbank opening the 6rh Annual GfGd Conference at Burlington House, London.

Understanding, managing and protecting water resources is critical to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., education, water and sanitation, healthy oceans, zero hunger, good health, gender equality, energy, industry, and biodiversity). Increasing urbanisation, industrialisation, and climate change, however, are increasing pressure on water supplies and reducing water quality ...[Read More]

Bárbara Zambelli Azevedo: Access​ ​to​ ​clean​ ​water,​ ​gender​ ​equality​ ​and​ ​geosciences

November 30, 2017

The importance of access to safe drinking water in our lives is quite obvious. Although its relation with gender equality and sustainable development may be less so. In this article, Bárbara Zambelli Azevedo explores the relationship between the two and discusses what geoscientists can do to improve the situation. In 2017, according to the WHO, over 2.1 billion people still don’t have access to sa ...[Read More]