The Fourth Forum of the World's Top Scientists continued today on the banks of Dishui Lake. At the first "She" forum of the world's top scientists, the women scientists at home and abroad shared their stories with science, lamented that female counterparts on the road of scientific research are still rarer, and called for a more inclusive development environment to inspire more young women to engage in scientific research.
At the forum, Ye Shuhua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a 94-year-old former director of the Shanghai Observatory, Han Xiqiu, deputy director of the Undersea Science Laboratory of the Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, who participated in the marine scientific expedition 11 times as chief scientist, Linni Marquet, winner of the 2021 Wolff Medical Prize, Elaine Fuchs, winner of the 2020 Canadian Gherdner Prize, and other outstanding female scientists at home and abroad, focusing on the theme of "working together and blooming 'her strength'", with "openness", "trust" and "tolerance" as keywords. Jointly pay attention to the ways and means for female science and technology workers to serve human well-being and achieve scientific and technological innovation and creation, explore solutions to achieve a more inclusive workplace environment, achieve the core goal of "making the international scientific research environment warmer, more open and more trusting", and create a more open and inclusive future.
How can we close the gender gap for women in STEM fields? What are the long-standing challenges and barriers for women in the education system and the labour market? How to solve the problem? How can women's participation and leadership be strengthened towards a more inclusive and brighter future? ...... Women scientists offer advice and in-depth discussions.
The reporter learned from the forum site that there are not enough female top scientists, but they have seen an increase. According to statistics, from 1901 to 2017, there were 22 women scientists who won the Nobel Prize in the field of science 23 times. Among them, the field where women won the most awards was the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Among them was the Chinese pharmacist Tu Youyou, who became the first Nobel Laureate in China and the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel Prize.
In order to stimulate more aspiring women to devote themselves to scientific research, in the "Several Measures to Support Female Scientific and Technological Talents to Play a Greater Role in Scientific and Technological Innovation" issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology and 12 other departments, "Supporting Female Scientific and Technological Talents to Participate in International Scientific and Technological Exchanges and Cooperation" has been clearly written into the document as an important way to "cultivate and cultivate high-level female scientific and technological talents", and the integration of science and technology into the global innovation network and the enhancement of scientific and technological innovation capabilities in open cooperation are ushering in a period of historical opportunity.
Author: Shanghai Radio reporters Yu Chengzhang, Li Xuemei, Zhao Honghui
Editor: Bian Xiaoxiao
Editor-in-Charge: Bao Lu