New Dimensions of Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in all Fields of Sciences, Arts, and Humanities.

The League is dedicated to promoting excellence in education and science for equitable socio-economic sustainable development and plays an influential role in regional and international science, technology, innovation and education policies and strategies to empower women in Science in a wide range of ways.

In February 2023, the High Representatives of Member States, having met at the United Nations Headquarters, recognized the contribution of the Women in Science International League for 25 years to the UN system in advocacy activities focused on the rights of women in science, by enhancing the social image of women in science, through the promotion of career opportunities for women in science and for girls who are considering science as their career path and through incentivising the private sector to invest in female youth science education and training amongst other initiatives.

The Member States further recognized the advisory role that the Women in Science International League can have in supporting international, regional and local associations, societies, and bodies working on gender equality in all fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM), to implement, monitor, and advance partnerships for sustainable development through contributions to the development of policy, frameworks and action plans.

RASIT is recognized as the first non-governmental body to introduce and support facilitating a United Nations Resolution.

In 2015, RASIT, in collaboration with the Government of Malta, has facilitated the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/212 proclaiming February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Following the adoption of the resolution, RASIT continues to work with UN Member States, Intergovernmental Organizations and the UN and its entities as a main coordinator to commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and further to help achieve equality in science, technology, and innovation for socio-economic sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs.

The Girls in Science 4 SDGs International Platform is a Global Program of the Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT) launched at the United Nations Headquarters by RASIT’s Executive Director, HRH Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite, in 2018 in close collaboration with Portugal, to achieve equity in science and empower girls in science as Today’s leaders for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As the world and its economies become increasingly globalized, it is necessary to think about health in a global context. While there are talks about sustainable development for women’s health, little is mentioned about women’s health for sustainable development. Other than reproductive medicine, the subject of women’s health has not been presented or discussed as fully as possible around the world. As a result, there is insufficient knowledge within academia as well as at healthcare, public- and policy-maker levels on sex- (biological) and gender- (socio-economic) based disparities, climate change and changing patterns of diseases, and increased conflicts and migration in the prevalence, progression and outcome of numerous diseases and conditions, including non-communicable diseases and mental illnesses. This lack of knowledge not only affects women but also men and the whole of society.

There is an urgent need to promote new thinking on the mechanisms that support innovation in women’s health and development programs.

Women are still underrepresented in diplomacy, foreign policy, and public policy, particularly in senior positions. This is despite a proliferation of networks advocating for women across sectors, purported support by numerous governments for increasing women’s representation in negotiations and research illustrating the benefits of including women in negotiations.

The Women in Diplomacy World Forum is established by HRH Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite – RASIT’s Executive Director, to help address this issue, understand what obstacles remain and how it can be overcome. The Forum, also, aims to create better access to and accelerate women’s representation in international organizations, share knowledge and tools to effectively do so and support structural change.

The One Billion Voices Podcast brings voices from around the world. It is a dialogue mechanism between young people and women in experts and professionals in all fields of science and humanities. The One Billion Voices Podcast contributes to realizing the vision of equity, diversity and inclusion in Science and Technology by ensuring that the opinion, views and needs of women and girls are taken into account when designing socio-economic sustainable development programs.

One Billion Voices Podcast aims to implement RASIT’s vision on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Science and Technology which focuses on four main core areas “connect, engage, empower, and inspire”, and further to encourage cooperation with governments and multi-stakeholders in respect to all issues concerning women and girls.

"Gender inequality was created by previous generations and my generation does not need to inherit such acts and behaviors. While previous generations identified the problem and lived on with it for decades my generation is working to identify the factors causing the problem to solve it. This is why I created a Global movement to achieve gender equality in all fields."

HRH Prince Zain El-Hashemite

Founder, "Y 4 X" Global Campaign