1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,740 ‑test 2 00:00:21,740 --> 00:00:24,780 biking 3 00:00:26,780 --> 00:00:29,740 lay 4 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:31,820 ell 5 00:00:31,820 --> 00:00:43,820 antry participants, distinguished, invited guests, members of the press, distinguished ladies, and gentlemen of protocol observed. 6 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:48,820 Is it this presentation is not going to be by power point as you can see. 7 00:00:49,820 --> 00:00:53,660 I can 8 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:57,660 ʻ Liter down document. 9 00:00:57,660 --> 00:01:26,040 Me cancers weeks 10 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,500 Ingredients areuka g靝 Pathel 11 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,360 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, 12 00:01:31,860 --> 00:01:34,900 I'll be speaking on the topic womenossa 13 00:01:35,540 --> 00:01:36,580 gender equality 14 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:38,980 The pioneering role 15 00:01:40,420 --> 00:01:44,120 On radio activity, honor 16 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,060 a teen next century 17 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:49,020 pave the way for it's youth 18 00:01:49,140 --> 00:01:50,880 in countless applications particularly 19 00:01:51,020 --> 00:01:52,840 for the benefit of mankind 20 00:01:52,840 --> 00:02:13,360 작 Yuzusu of radiation in medicine started barely one month after their discovery in 19 in 1896 x-rays were used for the first time to treat cancer patients x-rays were again used for diagnosis during the first world war. 21 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:28,520 자뀵 Complete 22 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:33,520 десяť 23 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,800 熟 24 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:40,800 imated żenia nan tuning jairefwe elwen is the daytime e 25 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,800 ndo e recipe ganstood cho io caniyse laik. 26 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,480 O Nintendo nearly coolest ice ent nokowart nine 27 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:47,800 ini 28 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,800 ndi fa ni tiga 29 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,520 in omos all deynnest of excuse ge 30 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:49,880 ne ek ekonomi 31 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,800 . 32 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,800 Di now 33 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:00,920 amount as engag odd 34 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,800 e 35 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:19,800 kouris in the nuclear industry, aside Marie Kouris included Arane Juliet Kouris, obviously the daughter of Marie Kouris and she discovered the concept of artificial or induced radioactivity. 36 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:27,800 Lesse Meitner, she developed innovative study of radioactivity and nuclear energy. 37 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:35,800 Marie Gopet Meia and she won a Nobel Prize for her work on the shell model of the nuclear structure. 38 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:51,800 Cheon Shon Wu, she developed a process to separate fissionable uranium-235 from uranium-238, which is a key step in accumulating uranium fuel for atomic bomb. 39 00:03:51,800 --> 00:04:19,800 Even though the pioneering work of Marie Kouris as well as the contributions of these notable women mentioned above, gave best to nuclear science and technology, the nuclear industry has been established that women make up fewer than a quarter of the workforce in the nuclear industry worldwide, affecting not only diversity but also competitiveness. 40 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:36,800 For some years, women in nuclear have been advocating for the industry's gender balance, boosting women's participation in leadership and education of the public concerning nuclear. 41 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:59,800 These concerns have also been raised by some notable leaders or personalities in the nuclear industry regarding gender disparity and they include one, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Mr. Rafale Mariano Grossi, he remarked, 42 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:15,800 Having worked in the nuclear industry for many years, I was frequently astonished by the excellent caliber of women working in this profession, but I was disturbed to discover them in such limited numbers. 43 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:33,800 This shows that the nuclear industry is missing out on the world of talent and experience, which is unacceptable, given that nuclear is contributing to global concerns such as health, food security and access to clean energy and clean water. 44 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:41,800 Women are so far being adequately represented in the nuclear field and this is not good. 45 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:56,800 Two, the Director General of World Nuclear Association, Miss Agneta Rizin said, Women are essential to the strong development of the global nuclear sector. 46 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:12,800 To be the most competitive, a business needs to have the best people working for it, the nuclear industry should have programs to attract and recruit women, otherwise they'll be missing out on competitive advantage their talent could bring. 47 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:25,800 When the workforce better reflects the diversity of society, including the representation of women, it also helps to build society's trust in nuclear technologies. 48 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:40,800 The third person who remarks on the gender disparities is the Executive Director of Operations and Development at the Wolfner-Newt Nuclear Power Station in the UK, Miss Gwen Perry Jones, and she said, 49 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:49,800 Despite the fact that there are many smart and highly skilled women working in the nuclear industry, we are still underrepresented. 50 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,800 There is still work to be done. 51 00:06:52,800 --> 00:07:07,800 Workplace diversity benefits us all and I completely support initiatives that encourage women to enter the profession and show them how to advance to high position. 52 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:21,800 The fourth one, and certainly not the last, this was made by the former president of women in nuclear and former manager of nuclear facilities and laboratories in Germany, Miss Gabrielle Voigt, and she said, 53 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:35,800 While there is a growing proportion of women in senior positions, technical ones in every branch of nuclear science and technology, women are still underrepresented. 54 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:49,800 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is heartwarming to note that much progress in nuclear and many groundbreaking discoveries are credited to the contributions of women scientists. 55 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:58,800 However, to date, women remain underrepresented in many areas of science, including nuclear security. 56 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:15,800 So, it's something being done to change the status quo, the answer is yes, and I will take you through some efforts being done by the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as other organizations. 57 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:27,800 International Atomic Energy Agency is the world's center for cooperation in the nuclear field and depends upon stable pool of qualified technical professionals to fulfill its mission. 58 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:42,800 The agency is working hard to raise the percentage of women in all employment categories under the general scheme, gather for more women in nuclear, how to close the gender gap. 59 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:51,800 The agency has initiated the following. The first is the fellowship programs for females. 60 00:08:51,800 --> 00:09:07,800 As we all probably may know, the International Atomic Energy Agency has since time in memorial supported many people through fellowship programs, scientific visits, training and so on and so forth. 61 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:13,800 And the fellowship programs affect or the benefit both men and women. 62 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:29,800 But recently, in a very recent time, the agency has launched a new fellowship program after Maria Sledowska-Puri to increase the number of women working in nuclear science and technology. 63 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:42,800 The MSc fellowship program is to financially support young women up to 100 female graduate students per year to help close a persistent gap in the nuclear field. 64 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:54,800 Under the MSc fellowship program, the IAE will provide scholarships for up to two years for women pursuing graduate degree in nuclear science and technology. 65 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:03,800 The IAE will also be offering the IAE to supplement the expert knowledge gain during their studies. 66 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,800 The second initiative is the celebration of International Day. 67 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,800 We focus on nuclear. 68 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:27,800 So in the quest to showcase inspiring stories of women in nuclear, the IAE hosts or celebrates International Women's Day and in 2019, the program was dubbed inspiring stories of women in nuclear field. 69 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:36,800 A dynamic event to inspire the audience in our individual and collective efforts for gender equality. 70 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:45,800 And the event featured short stories by accomplished women in nuclear, each with a unique story to tell. 71 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,800 The third is becoming a voice for gender. 72 00:10:49,800 --> 00:11:05,800 So under the general theme, together for more women in nuclear, the IAE is hoping to become a global voice promoting gender parity and even broader gender equality in the nuclear sector. 73 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:26,800 Through the concrete, through concerted efforts that have been rolled out, and the agency continues to lead the discussion on gender equality in nuclear matters, ensuring that both men and women can equally contribute and benefit from peaceful uses of nuclear. 74 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:32,800 Discussion panels and webinars organized by women and for women. 75 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:39,800 So IAE has in recent times organized panel discussions and webinars to bring visibility to women. 76 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:49,800 And one such program was the first IAE webinar to encourage women for careers in accelerator science and technology. 77 00:11:49,800 --> 00:12:01,800 At the program, the panelists remarked, the low representation of women working with particular accelerators, weakening the diversity and competitiveness of our field. 78 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:07,800 Therefore, we need to do more outreach to increase our numbers. 79 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:15,800 Parity in leadership. And this is another initiative that the International Atomic Energy Agency is pushing for. 80 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:24,800 It has been noted that women do not have the same time to invest in their careers to be considered for promotion. 81 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:34,800 The same being that in many societies and family arrangements, family care is still the primary responsibility of women. 82 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Making childcare something that disproportionately affects women and creates barriers to their participation in the former labour market, the nuclear sector included. 83 00:12:46,800 --> 00:13:08,800 To achieve this and sustain gender parity, the agency promotes an enabling environment in which everyone feels welcome and can thrive regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities or any other characteristics. 84 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:17,800 Six initiative introduction of nuclear and isotopic science into the curricula of high schools or secondary schools. 85 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:25,800 This is under the concept catch them young and keep them forever. 86 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:31,800 Building the next generation of leaders in nuclear science is something the agency is working on. 87 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:52,800 An example is what the agency is doing to support teachers in 17 countries across Asia and Pacific with the early introduction of nuclear science into education for the students including girls to equip them pursue advanced studies in nuclear science. 88 00:13:52,800 --> 00:14:03,800 This initiative aims to reach at least one million students between 12 and 18 within a short time. 89 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:13,800 School outreach for basic and tertiary institutions inspiring tomorrow's science today. 90 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:24,800 And that is one of the initiatives of the IE and they have presented a new nuclear science and technology educational resource material for secondary schools. 91 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:33,800 Tomorrow's scientists are today's students and how can we inspire the next generation to choose science as a career. 92 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:46,800 That is the question a new educational resource package developed by the agency in partnership with educational and communication aspects from around the globe aims to answer. 93 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:59,800 The goal of the project is to make nuclear science more interesting, attractive to students and to encourage young people to enter the field of nst. 94 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:07,800 There are several initiatives of the IE and if we can go to the website of the agency we can find them. 95 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,800 There are too many to list them. 96 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:21,800 So I will shift to efforts being done or being made by other organizations to ensure achievement of gender parity. 97 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,800 And the first one is United Nations. 98 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:33,800 United Nations under the nuclear arms control expert is pushing to bring gender equality to their work. 99 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:40,800 UN experts are hoping for a future where women and men have equal representation. 100 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:53,800 This view was expressed during the 10th Treaty on Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Integrating Gender Perspectives into NPT review process. 101 00:15:53,800 --> 00:16:15,800 The conference highlighted the importance of advancing gender equality in work related to this armament in non-proliferation and in raising greater awareness about the way in which nuclear weapons affect men and women differently. 102 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:26,800 Another international organization doing something about the gender disparity is International Gender Champions. 103 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:32,800 The International Gender Champions IGC is a leadership network. 104 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:43,800 It's an international network with over 284 champions and 268. 105 00:16:43,800 --> 00:17:01,800 The IGC brings together decision makers to bring down gender barriers and they advocate that 50% of the world population were on the same visibility as the other 50%. 106 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:14,800 What they are saying is that 50% obviously the men are already being known. 107 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,800 They are just moving on in terms of percentages in workforce. 108 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,800 But the other 50, the women are lagging behind. 109 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:31,800 The International Gender Champions are advocating for equality in the workforce. 110 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:47,800 The Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Antonio Guterres and the Director General of the IAEA are both members and there are several notable personalities being part of the International Gender Champions. 111 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:56,800 They are a strong force to help change the status quo regarding gender disparity in nuclear. 112 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:09,800 Aside from the efforts of the IAEA and the international organization, are there efforts being done by ourselves that is women for ourselves. 113 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:19,800 I will spend the rest of the time to look at the efforts being done by women themselves that is women ourselves because I am one of them. 114 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:28,800 I am so as a woman in this room to change the status quo of low numbers of women in nuclear industry. 115 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:37,800 I am going to talk about women in nuclear which is a global movement for a global change. 116 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:53,800 Women in nuclear or WAN Global was founded in 1993 as a global organization which supports and encourages women working in nuclear industries throughout the world, particularly energy and radiation applications. 117 00:18:53,800 --> 00:19:05,800 The goal of WAN Global is to advocate for stronger roles for women in nuclear science and technology and to increase awareness of the importance of gender balance 118 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,800 in historically male-dominated fields. 119 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,800 It also promotes these areas to women making career choices. 120 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:27,800 Membership of WAN Global includes women and men working professionally in medicine and healthcare in related authorities, industry and in research. 121 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:33,800 The members have a common commitment to provide information or communication with the public. 122 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:47,800 WAN Global is helping to change the perception of girls and young women about nuclear science and technology by increasing the girls exposure to nuclear related topics from a young age 123 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:56,800 and by building a strong network of women and creating access to role models for the next generation. 124 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:05,800 WAN Global is a global women empowerment championship with a slogan, together we are change makers. 125 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,800 So I will look at some specific initiatives by WAN Global. 126 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:15,800 First they have joined forces with the International Atomic Energy Agency 127 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:35,800 focusing to challenge gender imbalances of human resource strategists in the nuclear power sector and to explore gender balance and inclusion trends present in the global nuclear industry that can be applied in other industries as well. 128 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:41,800 Two, organizing WAN Global annual conference. 129 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:53,800 So right from the time of its establishment, WAN Global has organized annual conferences which is a unique occasion for WAN Global community to meet. 130 00:20:53,800 --> 00:21:08,800 Each year, one of the WAN Global chapters proposes incorporation with the board a program including the WAN General Assembly, technical conferences, workshops and technical tools. 131 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:13,800 Usually the WAN Global excellent award is presented at this event. 132 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:23,800 For the WAN Global community, this is an excellent opportunity for networking, learning from each other and nurturing friendship. 133 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:31,800 I must say that I'm standing here today because of attending such a program barely two years ago. 134 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:39,800 When I got involved with women in nuclear, I happened to be one of the sponsors by IEA to attend the program in Spain, Madrid. 135 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,800 And so during that one, we started talking and I'm here. 136 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:51,800 And so I'm encouraging all the young ladies here to join WAN Global women in nuclear. 137 00:21:51,800 --> 00:22:07,800 So the 2021 WAN Global annual conference was hosted by WAN Canada and it was just last week from 17th to 21st October under the theme positively charged for success. 138 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:14,800 This was a virtual event due to COVID-19. 139 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:22,800 So we look at the third initiative by WAN Global and this is celebration of excellence through prizes and award schemes. 140 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:27,800 The association organizes WAN Global excellence award. 141 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:37,800 These awards give visibility to our dees and offer them opportunities to interact with and inspire students about their work. 142 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:48,800 WAN explains everyday relevance of a subject such as nuclear medicine or nuclear power children are inspired to learn. 143 00:22:48,800 --> 00:23:00,800 Through such interactions, WAN can change the mindsets of the public and show how women are making an impact in science for other generations to follow. 144 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:13,800 WAN Global is a national, national and institutional platform for inspiring gender equality in the nuclear sector, but advocating the establishment of regional, national and institutional chapters of women in nuclear. 145 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:26,800 So over the years, WAN has been making strong efforts to support the creation of regional chapters, a crucial pillar to expand its network and legitimacy. 146 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:54,780 menī fillè każīna cheeptes un accessible 找 imaging aêad N imposing ione aê expectations na 147 00:23:54,780 --> 00:23:59,780 하고 al bi falling galleries sleeping in the說 is 148 00:23:59,780 --> 00:24:09,420 sumring Renie 149 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:17,140 presentations 150 00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:21,200 – timeline theme of the 151 00:24:18,260 --> 00:24:21,680 kilometres to provide access 152 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:40,320 space between the 153 00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:23,220 programme to 154 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:37,680 mention sisters. 155 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,680 in nuclear as well. 156 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:44,680 So the agency has taken concrete steps to improve the representation of women in the 157 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:50,680 secretariat through targeted recruitment efforts and awareness raising activities and have seen 158 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:59,680 some improvements in the representation of women at the agency but they are not quite ready to rejoice. 159 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:06,680 Currently, the representation of women at the IAEA is the highest so far in the history 160 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,680 of over 60 years of the agency's existence. 161 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:19,680 Women is making up to 30.2% of staff in the professional and higher categories. 162 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:26,680 Also two of the six deputy director-genres of the IAEA are women. 163 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:34,680 An example of success in reaching gender parity in the senior roles at the agency is the division of information. 164 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:48,680 While it is historically a male-dominated field, active campaigns and sourcing strategies resulted in targeted outreach to many qualified women candidates. 165 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:55,680 At the office of legal affairs, most professional staff are women. 166 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:02,680 Not only is the director a female, two of the three section heads are women. 167 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:08,680 Meaning that 75% of the senior staff are women at OLA. 168 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:13,680 Furthermore, there are 11 female lawyers and 10 male ones. 169 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:19,680 OLA is also trying to ensure gender parity among the young interns. 170 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:24,680 Certainly something is working which we can all applaud and be happy about. 171 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:30,680 So I will look at the success story of women in nuclear global. 172 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:42,680 With the initiative grow out, the membership of the professional body currently stands as 35,000 from 129 countries. 173 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:49,680 There are 42 national, regional and international chapters throughout the world and is still growing. 174 00:26:49,680 --> 00:27:08,680 The success stories or case studies presented by participants at a women program is being considered for development into an IAEA tech dog series on guidelines and recommendations for human resources development strategies for gender balance. 175 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:17,680 Successful development of this tech dog series would be a big push towards gender parity. 176 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,680 A success story of women in nuclear Africa. 177 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:26,680 As I said, two years ago we all met in Madrid and that is where the story started. 178 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:35,680 So after several unsuccessful days to establish a woman in nuclear regional chapter in Africa, 179 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:40,680 when Africa has been established and inaugurated in September 2020. 180 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:45,680 Currently there are 10 when Africa national chapters. 181 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:51,680 Seven of them had been established within the last one year, including Ghana. 182 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,680 The membership of women Africa is over 400. 183 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:01,680 Some initiatives of women Africa have been rolled out including standard for nuclear, 184 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:12,680 which is being championed by South Africa and radiation emergency preparedness response expert group being championed by Morocco. 185 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:20,680 We are not talking about what women in nuclear Ghana is doing. 186 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:28,680 Women in Ghana is a member of women in nuclear global. 187 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:33,680 The membership includes women working professionally in medicine and health, 188 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:40,680 in regulatory authorities, in industry education and training as well as research. 189 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:53,680 The vision of women in Ghana is to be a medium for change of information and awareness creation of the immense contribution of nuclear science and technology 190 00:28:53,680 --> 00:29:04,680 and of safe sea measures that are in place to ensure the protection of the public and the environment thereby enhancing quality of life. 191 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:15,680 The mission of women in Ghana is to develop discussions with the public on the safe and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. 192 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:31,680 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the goal for the establishment of women in Ghana is to ensure that the talent and expertise of career women in the nuclear industry will be hand-less for socio-economic growth of the country. 193 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:39,680 Members of women in Ghana have a common commitment to provide information and communication with the public on nuclear matters. 194 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:51,680 Since the establishment of women in Ghana, awareness creation of nuclear science and technology in some second-side constitutions has been done in Accra. 195 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:59,680 However, with the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the program has been put on hold for now. 196 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:11,680 Notwithstanding the current pandemic and associated restrictions, women in Ghana seek to carry out her mission through outreach and seminars in sexual institutions. 197 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:16,680 And this we are trying to do via webinars. 198 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:28,680 It has been observed that in today's world, organizations led by inclusive leadership teams make effective decisions that deliver better results. 199 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:41,680 A society organization in the present century is unlikely to function effectively without equal participation in leadership by women. 200 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:49,680 Leadership by women is vital to increase the pace of societal transformation at home and at the workplace. 201 00:30:49,680 --> 00:31:00,680 Women leaders are likely to provide an integrated view of work and family resulting in an engaged and promising personal and professional future. 202 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:14,680 It has been suggested that a threshold of 30% of women participation in leadership is a critical mass required for women to have an impact in boardroom dynamics. 203 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:22,680 And we no longer need to explain why increasing number of women in nuclear is important. 204 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:36,680 If the nuclear industry is redescribing itself to achieve the productivity improvements necessary to be a competitive contributor to the energy mix, it needs to be more creative. 205 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,680 Finally, my conclusion remarks. 206 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:57,680 From the ongoing, it is critical that nuclear institutions should be committed to gender equality and support the ability of individuals, all of them, regardless of gender, to equal contribution to and benefit. 207 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:07,680 Gender lies at the heart of the United Nations. 208 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:20,680 It is vital to fully realize the involvement of the SDGs. 209 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:26,680 I will just take some few quotes and I am done. 210 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:34,680 First from Gertrude B, a core winner of 1988 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. 211 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,680 She said, 212 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,680 Don't be afraid of hard work. 213 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,680 Nothing worthwhile comes easy. 214 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:47,680 Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. 215 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:55,680 In my day, I was told women don't go into chemistry and I saw no reason why we couldn't. 216 00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:05,680 Mary and Fox, first female chief executive of North Carolina State University, a former chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, also said, 217 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:10,680 Women have a place at the table when it comes to science. 218 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,680 Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 219 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:23,680 And the very final one by General Sportnick, former director general for research at the European Commission, he said, 220 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:33,680 Let's keep up the good work done so far while continuing to push towards the full inclusion of women in scientific life. 221 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:38,680 Women deserve it and science will benefit from it. 222 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:49,680 And on that note, I want to thank you so much for bearing and going along with this long trail of presentation. Thank you. 223 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,680 For that presentation, we'll take questions now. 224 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,680 Okay, we have some questions from our audience. 225 00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:07,680 Good morning and thank you for the interesting presentation and I hope all regulators in women in nuclear because we shouldn't promote nuclear applications. Thank you. 226 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:17,680 Thank you very much for the questions. The role of regulators, those who ensure that we use radiations properly. 227 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:25,680 I think I can link their roles as similar to what is being done by the international bodies. 228 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:36,680 Regulators are to ensure that radiations are used properly so that we don't harm the public and we don't leave any problem for the environment. 229 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:49,680 And so regulators in promoting the industry ensures that was recruiting people to ensure the gender parity are considered. 230 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:59,680 So their advertisement and so on ensures that at the end of the day, they will pick men as well as women so long as they are qualified. 231 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:15,680 And if you are looking at the role of regulators in terms of ensuring the proper use, then I think that is a different level, which I'm sure the regulator when they are here can talk about. 232 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:28,680 But at the end of the day, the regulator is the institution that ensures proper use of radiation through a number of processes starting from notification, authorization, inspections and so on. 233 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:34,680 And this is out of the jurisdiction of what we are talking about now. 234 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:40,680 But in terms of the recruitment processes, they are fair to women. 235 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,680 I must say that I started as a regulator myself. 236 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:49,680 My 15 years of radiation protection was with the regulatory body of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. 237 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,680 When I was employed, I was posted to the radiation protection board. 238 00:35:53,680 --> 00:36:00,680 At the time, it was the regulator and service provider at the same time. 239 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:06,680 So I worked with the RPI for 15 years before my institute was established. 240 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,680 And at the time, I was the only lady appointed. 241 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:20,680 In fact, at the time, we were about 30 people appointed, but I was the only one picked by the radiation protection institute and how continued with them until my institute was established. 242 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,680 They never discriminated against us. 243 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:29,680 And over the years, they have recruited a lot more women into the authority. 244 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:30,680 Thank you. 245 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:31,680 Thank you. 246 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,680 My question is regarding wind global leadership. 247 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:41,680 Do we have regulators holding a leadership position in the wind global? 248 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:57,680 Yeah, the positions as we know wind global is an association, a professional body. 249 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:05,680 So positions holding it's not by appointment is by selection or elections. 250 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:11,680 And it goes through the normal electoral processes with the conditions and so on. 251 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:21,680 So if a regulator qualifies and applies, I'm sure the person will get the necessary support through elections and be appointed. 252 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,680 Thank you. 253 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,680 Thank you very much, we have another question. 254 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,680 Good morning. 255 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,680 Thank you for that presentation. 256 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:43,680 I was thrilled when the MC was mentioning the citation of the presenter and of course the presenter presented a presentable presentation. 257 00:37:43,680 --> 00:38:01,680 My question is especially in this part of the world, just like you mentioned in the presentation, women are settled with the responsibilities of the families and that tends to hinder their growth in the sciences, especially particular to nuclear science and technology. 258 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:12,680 Now we've seen the citation of the presenter and it's obvious he was rising to a high level of position in the nuclear science and technology. 259 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,680 Now what advice do you have for our sisters here in Africa? 260 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:33,680 How do they balance in between your family responsibilities and progression in nuclear science and technology to attain such kind of position you attained? 261 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,680 Thank you. 262 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:36,680 Thank you very much. 263 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,680 This is a familiar question, I think it always comes up. 264 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:49,680 It's never easy for women because as we all know, the family. 265 00:38:49,680 --> 00:39:02,680 So if you are a woman and you are working in the industry, whether you are a regulator, a scientist, a researcher, working in the medicine, medical center, whatever, you have to find a way of balancing how do we do it. 266 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:15,680 We look at the family settings and then make use of available hands, available, reliable hands that you can find within the family settings to be able to make progress. 267 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,680 I will use my own story. 268 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:30,680 When I joined the radiation protection of the gun atomic energy commission a long time ago, it's actually one week to 27 years. 269 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:41,680 I was there working young scientists, then I saw an advert about fellowship for PhD, I had then finished my master's. 270 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,680 So I applied. 271 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:48,680 I just would like to apply because it was given to me too. 272 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,680 So I applied. 273 00:39:50,680 --> 00:40:00,680 Then expecting and I had to go and post the thing within few months I got a response that they have received my application they will get back to me. 274 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,680 And before I could even deliver I got the scholarship. 275 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:08,680 So here my I haven't even had the baby yet. 276 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,680 I have a scholarship to go and do PhD in South Africa. 277 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:20,680 So I continue with the processes putting all the necessary efforts. 278 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:24,680 Then the child came now how to go to South Africa I didn't abandon the program. 279 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:31,680 I continue but I had to depend on reliable hands so I left the child in the family in the hands of relatives. 280 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,680 So we build on those kind of systems. 281 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:41,680 So if you have an auntie, a sister, a relative, we can do that. 282 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:47,680 And then if there is a school, a good school for creche and so on, we have to also use that. 283 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,680 Now I went I came back and I'm here. 284 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,680 I have to be going back and forth all the time but I continue with that. 285 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,680 But then I made use with family and also available creches at the time. 286 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:09,680 So please if you are a young lady and get opportunity to further your studies, don't give up because of family commitments, make plans for rates. 287 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,680 And then you also had to put in extra hard work. 288 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,680 You had to bend the midnight candle. 289 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:23,680 You had to do the office work daytime in the evening you are doing family work in the nighttime that is when you are working for yourself. 290 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:38,680 When everybody is asleep that is when you are working and when you balance this that way I think you can achieve the high that and when small opportunities come you don't put it down you accept. 291 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:44,680 And as you do small, small things before you know it you are doing bigger things and you are growing your career. 292 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,680 Thank you very much. 293 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,680 Thank you very much Prof. 294 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:56,680 We have a question from our online viewers so. 295 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:11,680 Okay, we have some question from some from DM by she's accent Professor regarding women in the nuclear industry, her strategy. 296 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:17,680 Regarding women in the nuclear industry, her strategy do you approach to sensitize them to integrate. 297 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:24,680 Since it is difficult to convince especially professional women. 298 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,680 That's a question. 299 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:35,680 About nuclear convincing professional women about nuclear. 300 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:46,680 I think if you're ready working like we are working at atomic energy and then we have professionals who are nuclear related and those who are working at atomic energy. 301 00:42:46,680 --> 00:43:01,680 And those who are not, we can only make in roles when we have dialogues discussions and so on about nuclear, breaking the language down to the level that they can appreciate. 302 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:05,680 And that is what we can do also for the general public. 303 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,680 We cannot go about using. 304 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:30,680 We have to come down to the level showing them the same poor things about nuclear to the level that they appreciate and for them to know that with that nuclear and lots of the benefit that we're enjoying in all the areas I mentioned, we cannot. 305 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:41,680 There are certainly some areas that there's no other solution to it except using nuclear. So we have to find simple ways simple terms, friendly ways to make our story. 306 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:54,680 And that is what we intend to do as soon as possible. Unfortunately, COVID is not helping that much but COVID has also shown us some easy flexible ways of doing it, doing programs. 307 00:43:54,680 --> 00:44:02,680 We don't have to really travel to hear at work study my office and do this presentation, probably I should have taken that option instead of driving. 308 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:20,680 So we can still continue having this kind of interruption using zoom or virtual means to make our story but we have to break the information down to the level that a non technical person can understand and appreciate. 309 00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:24,680 Thank you very much for that. 310 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:40,680 Those joining us online, you can raise your hands after the presentation is done to ask your questions with subsequent presentations that will come up. Please raise your hands in the zoom and then your mic will be unmuted for you to ask your questions. 311 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,680 We'll move on to our next speaker. 312 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,680 Someone is asking the question. 313 00:44:47,680 --> 00:45:07,680 This speaker mentioned that when Ghana is relatively new. I wanted to ask, are there any challenges that you encountered to establish win Ghana and if they were, how did you go about them and are there also success stories in establishing win Ghana. 314 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,680 Thank you very much. 315 00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:28,680 We started with success stories today is 26 October. So in two days win Ghana will be exactly one year. It was first day 30th of October 2020 when when Ghana was established. 316 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:39,680 And we have then gathered over 80 database of women working in the industry. Not everyone is very active, but at least over 30 of them. 317 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:59,680 And so together we have come up with programs that we want to plan we have already done some of them as I said we've done outreach at some schools recently with it to one was to a tertiary institution around we did it by zoom then another one also by zoom we joined the 318 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:14,680 program and you want to run similar programs in other tertiary institutions. We are hoping that we can get to the second risk was because if we can make nuclear known to the young ones, it can change your mindset. 319 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:26,680 Let them do science pursue nuclear options and then we can get going in terms of increasing professionals in nuclear especially women professionals regarding hurdles. 320 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:43,680 I think we didn't encounter much obviously finance is always an issue but there have been some ways as to how to make progress. This, as I said was a push from when Africa also receiving the push from wind global. 321 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:53,680 So the support to get things done had been. Okay, except the financial which we are working on to improve it. 322 00:46:53,680 --> 00:47:04,680 Okay, thank you very much for all the questions will take for now profit be around if you have any further questions, please reach out to him. I'm sure she'll get them and said for you.