Space - the next frontier for gender equality? Europe s space agency launched a mission this week to take on more women astronauts as it kicked off its first recruitment campaign for more than a decade.
Nearly 60 years since the first human blasted off into space, women account for just 11 per cent of the 560 people who have traveled beyond the earth s atmosphere, according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
NASA astronaut Anne McClain assists fellow NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Nick Hague as they check their spacesuits on 18th March, 2019. PICTURE: NASA
But following in the footsteps of NASA, the Paris-headquartered European Space Agency said it wanted to ensure greater diversity among its astronauts.
February 9, 2021 1:36 pm
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with responsibility for research and development, Martin Heydon, has today (Tuesday, February 9) highlighted the vital role that research and innovation will have in helping the agri-food sector to deliver on sustainability objectives.
Minister Heydon’s remarks came as he delivered a keynote speech at a high-level EU event on ‘Research and Innovation in Agri-food Systems’.
Today’s event, which had close to 500 registered participants, focused on EU research opportunities for universities and industries for the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) period.
Speakers at the EU event
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Space - the next frontier for gender equality? Europe’s space agency launched a mission this week to take on more women astronauts as it kicked off its first recruitment campaign for more than a decade.
Nearly 60 years since the first human blasted off into space, women account for just 11% of the 560 people who have traveled beyond the earth’s atmosphere, according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
But following in the footsteps of NASA, the Paris-headquartered European Space Agency (ESA) said it wanted to ensure greater diversity among its astronauts.
International Working Group of public and private sector bodies and experts tasked with exploring space-related legal innovations
Creation of a Space Dispute Guide, encompassing a set of proposals to support global space-related disputes
Training of judges to become space-related dispute experts Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 1 February 2021: In 2021, the Dubai Interna
Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 1 February 2021: In 2021, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) will embark on a new Courts of the Future initiative, activating Courts of Space.
The launch of the project signals to the international space community the intent of the UAE to play a leading role in advancing its judicial systems to specifically direct capacity and capability to commercial space-related disputes.
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