GYA Co-Chair Priscilla Kolibea Mante, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana I was Born in Accra, Ghana, to parents who were both teachers. Nonetheless, I hated going to school. My maternal grandmother always had to bribe me with…
Jane Yau (Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany) In Hong Kong, China, the little girl in the picture loved to learn at school and was very curious. In the village where she grew up, she loved to…
Dominika Latusek-Jurczak (Kozminski University, Poland) The sky’s the limit! That’s what the little girl in this picture firmly believed. But then she was told that there wouldn’t be many chances for her in life. The little girl had dreams, but…
Amarjargal Dagvadorj (Parliamentary Research Service, Mongolia) I was ten years old in this picture. At that time, only a few people had personal cameras in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. Those with cameras used to stand in the capital’s…
Ana Elizabeth Ochoa Sánchez (Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador) I was born on January 24, 1986 in a Latin family. My father is a doctor, and my mother is a primary school teacher. My brother was born four years later. I…
Ramia AL BAKAIN (University of Jordan) Success is to focus on your positives, and to make your strengths stronger and stronger. Since I entered primary school, I have hoped to put a positive imprint on this world through science, which…
Fatin Aliah Phang (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) I am a Chinese descendant, born in Sarawak, Borneo Island, and access to education – particularly science education – was considered a privilege when I was growing up. Due to racial tensions during the…
Flávia Ferreira Pires (Universidade Federal da ParaÃba, Brazil) Though my paternal grandmother was a school teacher who loves to read and write poetry, my maternal grandmother could barely read and write. Both grandmothers were from a generation where schooling was…
The GYA Strategic Project The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) launched a new report at an online event with contributions from the lead author, strategic project co-leads, distinguished professors and UNESCO in LAC. See the full programme of the…
The Climate Impacts Awards, fund researchers to take on important questions relating to life, health, and wellbeing, with creative approaches that push boundaries. They plan to spend £16 billion by 2032 to advance scientific discovery and take on the world’s…
The GYA Women in Science Group conducted a survey in 2021 among GYA members on discrimination and harassment at their workplace, led by GYA member Jonas Radl (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) and GYA alumna Shaheen Motala-Timol (Tertiary Education…
In December 2022, more than 15 GYA members and alumni served as panelists and speakers as scientists from around the world gathered at the World Science Forum (WSF) in Cape Town, South Africa, to focus on the social and economic…