Women represent 25% of Arab researchers and five receive prizes

L’Oreal, UNESCO and the National Council for Scientific Research (NCSR) honored 5 Arab women researchers who received the l’Oreal-UNESCO prize for Women in Science (Levant and Egypt Fellowship) 2014.  The event was held last week with the participation of the Minister of Culture, Raymond Oreyji.  The General Secretary of NCSR, Muin Hamzeh, noted in his keynote address that Arab women constitute 25% of Arab researchers and women in higher education constitute 65% of total in the Arab region but only 11% of international scientific institutes are headed by women.
Winners of the L’Oreal-UNESCO prizes for women in science included Dr. Rihab Naser from AUB for her experimentation on a new drug to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, Professor Samaher Hussein Ali Al Janabi from Babel University for her research to develop health care applications, Assistant Professor Rana Said from the Amman Ahlieh University for her research to develop technologies to examine drug samples, Assistant Professor Nuritan Abdel Tawwab from Cairo University for her research on patient’s reaction to a new Hepatitis C drug according to their DNA map, and Professor Ilham al Khatib of the East Jerusalem University for her research project on dental health of pregnant women and children.
Source: Al-Safir 1 November 2014