Bridging Borders: Women in Science Leading Global Science Diplomacy

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[2_Csfom2-03] Science diplomacy: way to global context starting from lab

*Amal Amin¹ (1. The National Research Center, Egypt (Egypt))

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Science Diplomacy

Nowadays, the scientists should have extra commitments towards their societies to build up trust in the role of science in fixing society and development. In this context, science diplomacy can start and benefit from accumulative experience building multi-and trans-disciplinary networks on the national level then to the globe. Accordingly, women in science without borders was chosen by NASAC as example of effective science diplomacy initiatives especially at crises where it was founded by scientist and began from Egypt, Africa as gender inclusive scientific initiative working within frame of science for sustainable development and it now distributes over 92 countries connecting scientists, policy makers, industry, private sector and the public for the sake of humanity. On that way, several other initiatives were founded as science diplomacy for the future, World forum for science innovation and entrepreneurship, science for humanity foundation and global society and many more initiatives proving that change may come from south as North as long as the idea aims for the sake of humanity.