AMONET in action

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AMONET in action
EPWS General Assembly and Conference 2010 Women
in Present and Future European Research Royal
Belgium Museum of Natural Sciences

• Ana M. Lobo
• AMONET
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
• aml_at_fct.unl.pt

Brussels 2010-06-11
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Proportion of female researchers by sector, 2003
Source European Commission, She Figures 2006, p.
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Associação Portuguesa de Mulheres Cientistas t
esoura
Source National Policies on Women and Science in
Europe (UE, 2002) - Portuguese Government M
mulhers H homens
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Associação Portuguesa de Mulheres Cientistas

• Portuguese Association of
• Women Scientists
• AMONET
• - founded in November 2004
• - public in May 2005
• - 175 members

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Associação Portuguesa de Mulheres Cientistas

• AMONET
• is national

Açores Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo
Branco Coimbra Évora Faro Guarda Leiria Lisboa Mad
eira Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana do
Castelo Vila Real Viseu
members
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Associação Portuguesa de Mulheres Cientistas

• AMONET - the name of a lower Egypt Goddess who
  generates
• - the North wind that brings life and knowledge
  out of chaos and
• blows wisdom into the minds of the ruling
  classes

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cartoon

• Cartoon escadas

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Amonet activities
AMONET activities

• International meetings biannually
• Women as role-models
• Calendars with important Portuguese women
  scientists or cartoons
• Science4all for children, young people, family
  members, blinds
• Education of academics, politicians MP in
  gender matters

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AMONET international meetings

• II International Meeting 2009 flyer

Branca Edmée Marques (1899-1986) a pionner First
Full Professor at the Faculty of
Sciences University of Lisbon
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AMONET women as role-models

• Elvira Fortunato recipient of the biggest
  research award ever received from EC by a
  Portuguese scientist

• Specialist in transparent electronics
• The Portuguese Parliament congratulated her in a
  plenary session
• She received the gold medal of her native city
  of Almada
• The President of hte Republic granted her the
  Order of Henrique the Navigator on the 10th
  June 2010

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AMONET calendar
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Science4all

• Teach science to
• children
• young people (girls boys)
• family members
• blinds
• Fenomena from daily life
• Home laboratory ?

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Science4all

• Teach science to
• children
• young people (girls boys)
• family members
• blinds
• Fenomena from daily life
• Home laboratory KITCHEN

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The Kitchen is a Laboratory
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Molecular Gastronomy
A Spoon full of Molecules
Paulina Mata Faculdade de
Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
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All food is composed of molecules
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Butter
COMPOSITION lipids - 80 - 82 water 15,6 -
17,6 proteins 0,9 lactose 0,1 calcium
0,024 phoshorus 0,023 vitamines A, D and
E salt ? 1,2
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cream
butter
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Shaking to make butter...
Mixing
Tasting
Measuring
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The path to the chair

• Gráfico do Vasco último

Portugal
Portuguese Women Full Professors