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PWI Magazine - SUMMER 2011
President's Editorial
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Dear members and friends of PWI, The last 3 months since the election of the new board have been exceedingly busy for all of us getting the new board and the new executive team up and running. If you don’t know all of us yet, you can discover the team here. I want to take this opportunity to thank Odile Flament. She has been elected as our new treasurer last May. Her start-up is picking up, she needs to spend every single minute on it. Unfortunately for us she had to step back from her role. We wish her a lot of success in this new adventure....[more] |
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We encourage our Readership to contribute to the content of the PWI Newsletter in order to make the PWI Newsletter a more vibrant and participative communication arena. |
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Topic of the Edition - Mentoring
| PWI mentoring Program Launch | |||
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What is PWI Mentoring? Mentoring is a relationship that is created to share knowledge and experience for learning in a purposeful way. Mentoring is a voluntary, ‘not for profit’ relationship, a developmental partnership between two individuals who each take a defined role: The Mentor is a person with relevant knowledge, skills and experience, while the Mentee is a person who wants to learn from the mentor for her personal ...[ more] |
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| Call for Mentors for the PWI Mentoring Program | |||
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PWI has developed a Mentoring Program specifically for our members. The features of this program are described in the following document 201108_PWI Brussels Mentoring Program.pdf. One of the key benefits of being a PWI Brussels Member is the ability and opportunity to network across boundaries and enhance skills and knowledge within a safe and supportive environment. There are many research papers focusing on female development and progression which have cited mentoring as one of the most significant...[more] |
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| The Art of mentoring: the EPWN program | |||
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Over the last six years the Mentoring Program has become one of the main advantages of EPWN for its members. You - as founder and leader of the program - have achieved outstanding results, congratulations on this success! And a big thank you for your commitment and hard work! Thanks a lot, Alessandra! It is good to hear that my contribution is appreciated … I have put a lot of my passion, energy and time into the Mentoring program. When I initiated the European Mentoring Program over 2 years ago, there were only 6 local ... [more] |
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Management
| Case Study : Diversity Management at Danone | ||
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The first “AXA Wo_Men@Work Award” was bestowed to Albert Ragon, General Manager of Danone Belgium. As you might know, this award goes to managers of companies, champions in promoting a fair gender balance within their company in Belgium. |
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Data protection in the digital age – why should you care? |
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Are you a member of a social networking site? Do you have a loyalty card? Are you paying by credit card? Are you shopping online? These are just a few examples in your daily life when you are sharing personal data with others, such as your e-mail address, birth date or credit card data. But do you really have control over your personal data? Do you know who has access to your personal data? Do you know how others are using your personal data? And what about those photos of yourself that a friend... [more] |
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Women & Career
| Corporate governance: the “KMO Adviesraad“ project | ||
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Ms.Danielle Binnemans, Managing Partner at Experts@Business, an independent resourcing specialist within Interim Management and Business Coaching, lead partner of the UNIZO corporate governance project KMO Adviesraad. |
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| How to get good financial advice. | ||
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In these somewhat uncertain times it is vital to make the best financial decisions for your future. |
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Labour Market
| Lobbying is a matter of “how” … | ||
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PWI – The term “lobbyist” has been traced to the mid-seventeenth century, when citizens would gather in a large lobby near the English House of Commons to express their views to members of Parliament. Can you please define - for people who are unfamiliar with the term - what is “lobbying” nowadays? Mrs.Melia – I would say that “lobbying” is a specific trade, which allows you to position your messages, influence decision-makers and maximize your impact. Lobbying puts you in a position to advocate a defined interest that is affected, actually or potentially, by the decisions of governments and, in the case of Brussels...[more] |
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| Crowdsourcing in action: How to get 200 proposals in 10 days | ||
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Crowdsourcing is a new term that literally means ‘outsourcing tasks to a crowd’. A crowd is a large and diverse group of people, which converges to a website to offer their services, or to participate in a collective enterprise. You will tap into that collectivity to request that they achieve a certain goal. The participants will expect a reward: it can be paying for the work or a prize where only the best wins the award. Participants may even do it for free, just for the recognition. Having established my company not long ago, and still needing a good logo for it, I contacted ...[more] |
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Miscellaneous & mails to the editor
| “Untitled”, an interview with artist Elfriede de Rooster | ||
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PWI – When and why did you decide to become an artist? |
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| Feedback to our editor | ||
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Click here to send feedback, suggestions, interesting links to our editor : Alessandra Zocca |
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| Join Us on LinkedIn | ||
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Click here to join PWI on LinkedIn. |
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PWI Past events
| PWI lunch with Monika Kuschewsky: Data Protection: How it might affect your business – 24 May 2011 | ||
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Monika spoke about a range of issues related to data protection from both a professional and personal perspective. She talked of her concerns about social networking sites and about giving your consent to have this information made public. She particularly addressed the issue around the use of these sites by teenagers and how it can cause problems in later life when future employers subsequently have access to this information. Monika was also concerned about how much information you give away by using credit cards and how this information can be mis-used. Dealing with companies based outside of Europe/North America is also a challenge...[more] | Summer 2011 |
PWI Future Events
| PWI Mid-summer networking drinks – 5 September 2011 | ||
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Vacation Time is over and it is back to work time! Ease this time by enjoying a nice drink and reconnect with your "old" PWI fellows! See you all on September 5th, 2011 The Networking Drinks are always opened to Members and non members. And of course, you will have the opportunity to eat some snacks, and to network in a relaxed atmosphere with other professional women. Click here to register |
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| PWI Mentoring Introductory session – 24 September 2011 | ||
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Information Sessions - These sessions give basic information about mentoring in the PWI Mentoring Program to those who are considering joining the program as a mentor, mentee or volunteer in the Mentoring Team. They can also be an opportunity for potential mentors and mentees to meet. MENTORS will introduce themselves during these two meetings. Registration will be opened soon. Stay tuned |
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| PWI Networking Drink – 3 October 2011 | ||
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Come along and join the PWI team and other like-minded professional women for a drink and some canapés. Networking drinks are opened to members and non-members. |
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| PWI Mentoring Introductory session – 6 October 2011 | ||
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Information Sessions - These sessions give basic information about mentoring in the PWI Mentoring Program to those who are considering joining the program as a mentor, mentee or volunteer in the Mentoring Team. They can also be an opportunity for potential mentors and mentees to meet. MENTORS will introduce themselves during these two meetings. Registration will be opened soon. Stay tuned |
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| VIP night at Brussels Accessible Art Fair – 29 October 2011 | ||
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On Saturday 29 October, PWI is pleased to offer its members an invitation to a special VIP event on the occasion of the BAAF. Brussels Accessible Art is offering 30 invitations to PWI members and their guest.
During this event people can browse and have the opportunity to buy artworks in a very relaxed atmosphere. All the artists will be onsite and will be available to talk to the public about their work. Come along and join others to network, have a glass of champage and listen to some great music! Click here to register |
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| PWI Networking drink – 2 November 2011 | ||
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Come along and join the PWI team and other like-minded professional women for a drink and some canapés. Networking drinks are opened to members and non-members. |
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| PWI Christmas Networking Drink – 1 December 2011 | ||
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Come and join us in celebrating and saying farewell to 2011 a little bit in advance! This will be our latest Networking drink in 2011. And of course, you will have the opportunity to eat some snacks, and to network in a relaxed atmosphere with other professional women. Click here to register |
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Stay tuned for more upcoming events ...
Spotted by our Members
| AXA Wo_Men@Work Award | ||
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Second edition coming now. 2 ways to participate:
Spotted by: Armelle Loghmanian |
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| Women in business: Interview with Lieve Mostrey | ||
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Lieve Mostrey, Executive Director and Chief Technology and Services Officer of the Euroclear group, was interviewed by the AmCham on women in business, the value they can bring and the challenges they are facing. |
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| Créez votre propre entreprise avec l'aide du ELLE Belgique et d'IDEALY! | ||
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En septembre, un grand concours permettra aux plus créatives, aux plus aventureuses, aux plus motivées d'entre vous de créer leur entreprise. A gagner: coaching, financement et accompagnement par des pros avec Idealy. Commencez dès aujourd'hui à peaufiner l'idée qui occupe vos nuits. Osez griffonner sur une serviette en papier le projet professionnel de vos rêves...: Click here Spotted by Odile Flament |
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| Study Finds More Female Angels Equals Bigger Investments | ||
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When an angel investor group has more than 10 percent women, the number or size of investments increases, says new research.....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca and Armelle Loghmanian |
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| What the Hell is Creativity, this abused word? | ||
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So what the hell is creativity, this abused word? My gut feeling says that, taking it to extremes, it is the ability to make others believe in somebody, in something said, done, designed, discovered, composed or produced… it does not really matter in what form/shape creativity appears. It is not even necessary that everybody defines it as creative. Creativity might be - from a different perspective - .Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| BOOK: Me and My Web Shadow By Anthony Mayfield | ||
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'Me and My Web Shadow' - How to Manage your Reputation Online book by Anthony Mayfield all about Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Blogging. ....: Click here Spotted by Beverley Sinton |
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| UN: barriers to gender equality remain | ||
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Women around the world are many steps closer to attaining economic and political equality – but there is still much work to be done. This is the message of Progress of the World's Women 2011-2012: In Pursuit of Justice, a significant report released on Wednesday by UN Women, a UN agency founded in 2010 to campaign for global gender equality. ....: Click here |
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| Does Your Power Style Support Your Job Search? | ||
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There's nothing like the feeling of powerlessness that comes over people when a job they really wanted slips through their fingers. The tough questions begin when hardworking professionals with great networking skills find themselves watching people with less impressive track records scoop up the jobs they crave. Baffled by this turn of events, people often begin asking themselves questions like, "Why them and not me? What do they have that I don't have?" ....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| 3Plus International: Women Worth Knowing | ||
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Interesting Group! What they do:
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| Glass Ceilings: Unconscious Bias Still Holding Women Back | ||
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While the numbers of women reaching junior and middle management levels are rising, efforts to increase their representation at senior management levels appear to have stalled. Although flexible working, awareness raising, mentoring and training can play a role in changing this, many argue that a bigger obstacle – unconscious bias – is harder to overcome. ....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| Lack of Women on Corporate Boards: The Problem or A Symptom? | ||
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Britain is inching toward following other countries (including France, Spain, and Norway) in introducing compulsory quotas for the number of women on corporate boards. There is no doubt that in boardrooms around the world, women are in short supply. Clearly – and unfortunately – gender equality is still a long way off, and there is only slow progress toward achieving it.....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| When Will Women Become Equal On Boards? | ||
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“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” — Lady Gaga Those words may not hold true for a woman dreaming about becoming a corporate director. Last week, Bloomberg’s annual analysis of Standard & Poors’ 500 companies showed that more than 90% of the firms have female directors. However not a single company, including Discovery .....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| Social Media Reality Check: 10 Things to Keep Top-of-Mind | ||
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As the US summer sets in, we thought it high time to take a time out and do a social media reality check. We execute social media campaigns for a variety of organizations, from events to government and nonprofits to associations. With every campaign, there's always a mental checklist we keep as we create and implement strategies to ensure our efforts are goal-focused, measurable and successful. ....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| Birth Order | ||
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Does childhood position in the family have an impact on success in the workplace? Are firstborn children more likely to be high achievers than their younger siblings? Not necessarily, according to AHEAD’s recent survey of 6381 high achieving candidates and contacts. In fact 40% of respondents were the firstborn of two or more children and another 9% .: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| Third International Conference on Women's Safety: Building Inclusive Cities | ||
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Third International Conference on Women's Safety: Building Inclusive Cities - Conference Background Paper` ....: Conference Background Paper available here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| BOOK : Dance with Chance | ||
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Looking back, it may seem obvious that there was insufficient risk management in the financial industry. In a new book called ‘Dance with chance, making luck work for you’ authors Spyros Makridakis, Robin Hogarth and Anil Gaba suggest that while there are events that you can’t anticipate, there are better ways of dealing with risk... [More] or Click here to read some excerpts of the book Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| Have you developed your "Roadmap To Excellence"? | ||
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Have you developed your ”Roadmap To Excellence”? by Donald Hoffert President RTE LLc |
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| International study :"Belgium has two cities in top three of cities with highest quality of life" | ||
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International study: "Belgium has two cities in top three of cities with highest quality of life" Click here Spotted by Beverley Sinton |
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| Apero Entrepreneurs Bruxelles | ||
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Friendly entrepreneurs are meeting every first Thursday of every month somewhere in Brussels.an "Apéro entrepreneur" is a good occasion to share, talk, meet other entrepreneurs from Brussels around a good glass in a friendly atmosphere.Registrations can be done via facebook : Click here Next one: Apero Entrepreneurs Septembre 01.09.2011 (19:00 - 23:00) Via LaManna 235 Avenue Louise 1050 Bruxelles Spotted by Rozenn Trebossen |
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| SlamGuru | ||
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SlamGuru brings you the most social tennis experience ever. Build your tennis network by playing matches, meet opponents of your opponents, earn points and feats, and compete for the top ranking ....: Click here Spotted by Alessandra Zocca |
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| BOOK : How to Leave Twitter By Grace Dent | ||
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Three years ago columnist and author Grace Dent joined new social network site Twitter, mainly as a place to dump her surplus jokes, rant about garbage TV and post exclusive j-pegs of her hot new toenail-varnish. But as every ‘re-tweet’ and ‘Follow Friday’ saw her audience figures soar by tens of thousands, Dent found herself centre-stage in an all-consuming highly addictive social network revolution... Click here Spotted by Beverley Sinton |
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Upcoming Events in Belgium
| Coaching Culture and Competitive Advantage | ||
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RobinsonHenry in partnership with ING & Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School invites you to the second in a series of interactive seminars for CEOs and HR Executives on Tuesday September 20th 2011 from 17.30 to 20.30 at The British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, Boulevard Bischoffsheim 11, B-1000 Brussels Register now, places are limited! ...[more] |
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Upcoming Women Events Worldwide
| What the UK can learn from Australia about Women on Boards - 01 September 2011 | ||
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Come listen to Claire Braund, co-founder of Women on Boards, the leading advocate for improving gender diversity on Australian boards speak about the Australian story. What is Australia's track record of success around women gaining access to board positions in business, government, community and not-for-profit sectors? ...[more] London, [click here to register] | Summer 2011 |
| 14 th W.I.N. Conference - Rome, Italy - October 5-7th, 2011 | ||
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Come join us in Rome to prepare for the future, recognize emerging possibilities and realize new opportunities. Discover how to create the companies you want to run, work for and buy from. Gain insight into evolving career opportunities, become clear about your purpose and enthusiastic about your potential. Put your heart and authentic leadership into action! |
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| 7th edition Women's Forum Global Meeting 13-15 October 2011, Deauville, France | ||
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SPECIAL PRICING for PWI members up to 1000 € discount. Interested? email us The Women’s Forum has chosen for its 7th edition to draw inspiration from these remarkable events, and to hold the 2011 Global Meeting on the theme of What if?: Challenge, imagination, commitment. The focus is on what the future could bring us, politically, economically, socially, and technologically, and what committed actors can do to tip the balance for a better world. [more] |
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| TIAW Global Forum and World of Difference Awards - October 26-28th, 2011- Washington, DC | ||
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On October 26, 27 and 28, 2011, women leaders, thoughtful strategists, from around the world gather at the Canadian Embassy 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 for the 2011 TIAW Global Forum and World of Difference Awards. |
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| Women of Science - 2011 International Year of Chemistry (IYC) | ||
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The year 2011 will coincide with two important anniversaries in chemistry world: the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize awarded to Madame Marie Curie and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies. Who was the most famous woman scientist in history before Marie Curie? The first and only scientist women for centuries was... [more] |
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