This International Women's Day, the theme that is driving the global campaign is #BreaktheBias. This slogan encourages us to consider a world with true gender equality, free of bias and discrimination.
As a global, open-access information hub, AZoNetwork wants to contribute to efforts to #BreaktheBias in science and scientific communication. We spotlight female scientists who are pushing the boundaries with new research year-round, and we are proud this International Women's Day to feature interviews with more notable women in STEM.
This year we look to California in the US, Ghana in Africa, and New Delhi in India in conversation with three women about their research careers and the participation of women in science.
Read on to find out who we spoke to, as well as links to their extended interviews:
Dr. Pooja Devi
We spoke to Dr. Pooja Devi, a Principal Scientist at the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), about her career, inspirations, and the participation of women in STEM. Read her interview here!
I am currently working as a Principal Scientist at the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), one of the premier research laboratories of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. Also, I am an associate professor with the Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), New Delhi. I was a visiting scholar at Concordia University, Canada under a Canadian Commonwealth fellowship, and at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA, through IUSSTF-Water Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship.
Professor Ruzena Bajcsy
We spoke to Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy, who at 89 years old is Professor Emeritus at UC Berkely and the University of Pennsylvania after leading an impressive and broad-spanning career in STEM. Read her interview here!
I am Ruzena Bajcsy, professor emeritus from two universities: UC Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. In the past, I was a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and NEC chair holder at UC Berkeley until 2021, and Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Science (CITRIS).
Ohemaa Adjei Andoh
We spoke to Ohemaa Adjei Andoh, founder of Girls in Science and Technology (GIST) and the PM STEAM Educational Center in Ghana. Ohemaa is a successful engineer who is now looking to encourage young people, and girls in particular, to pursue careers in STEM. Read her interview here! 
My name is Ohemaa Adjei Andoh. I am the founder of PM STEAM Educational Center and Girls in Science and Technology (GIST). Previous to these positions, I was a Cementing and Stimulations Engineer with Schlumberger, an Oil and Gas Service providing company. There I worked on projects in Ghana, Nigeria and supported projects on the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mauritania.
Find out more about International Women's Day and related resources below:
Official website: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
2022 Theme: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme
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Will you #BreakTheBias for International Women's Day & beyond?
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