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Post on 11 February 2021 by Anne Marie Steiger
February 11, 2021
Kaitlin Emmons, Margarita Kalinina-Pohl, Nomsa Ndongwe
In observance of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science globally celebrated on February 11, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that “advancing gender equality in science and technology is essential for building a better future.” The UN Secretary-General’s view is one shared by CNS, whose latest event, a course for nearly 80 female professionals from 23 countries across Africa, aimed to advance women in STEM through WMD nonproliferation training.
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) continued its fifth year of collaboration with the African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) on building capacity in WMD nonproliferation and security in the African continent targeting women in STEM. Building on the successful outcomes of an earlier fruitful partnership on advancing women in STEM, CNS
Herman Halushchenko, Vice President of NNEGC Energoatom Popular on social media
Energoatom plans to continue mutually beneficial contracts with American companies with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of State. This involves supplies of nuclear fuel, custom-developed technologies for Ukraine and prospects of nuclear energy development in the country for the next half a century
I visited Washington in October, where I met with Ted Garrish, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy; representatives of the U.S. Department of State; officials of the Atlantic Council, including John Herbst, Eurasia Center Director; Maria Korsnick, President of the U.S. Nuclear Energy Institute; and Bud Albright, CEO of the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council. These kinds of meetings are truly inspiring. In the course of discussions with American colleagues, I received full support for our intentions reg