science de lay talking about their work and telling others why they chose to pursue a career in research by. the way it's very. brave science is fascinating for every child with a boy or girl that was the message at the heart of the un's international day of women and girls in science this year which took place on february eleventh. its goal is to substantially raise the number of women active in research in a range of disciplines. female scientists also took to instagram to talk about their experiences the channel women doing science introduced a different female researcher every week in an effort to banish stereotypes can ashit bishop for example is a molecular biologist at the university of miami in the us. and the lab her work focuses on the genetic factors that play a role in the development of breast cancer and in a free time she volunteers as