Monday, June 21, 2010

US tech initiative for Muslim women gets mixed welcome - SciDev.Net

US tech initiative for Muslim women gets mixed welcome - SciDev.Net: "And Syeda Tanvir Naim, a consultant to the OIC and a member of the UN Advisory Board on Women and Science, said that these proposals for 'mere four to six weeks training courses in [the] US are totally inadequate'.

Naim said steps that could make a real difference include setting up scholarships and joint research programmes for women from OIC countries to work at top US universities and setting up technology incubators and training facilities within the OIC countries to promote the culture of science entrepreneurship there.

But much of the initiative must come from OIC countries themselves, Naim said."

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