The Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers (PASEA) 2024 was the sixth in the series of this school which was first hosted in Abuja, Nigeria as the West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA) in 2013. This edition of the Summer School was hosted by the Monastir Science Palace, Tunisia from 28th August 2024 […]
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2021, AMANAR 2.0: A refuge in the stars, Middle East and North Africa
Sahrawi People Find “A Refuge in the Stars”
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The Amanar 2.0 project is educating and inspiring the Sahrawi population using astronomy as well as recording their traditional astronomy knowledge. Amanar 2.0 is a follow-up of the 2019 Amanar: Under the Same Sky project, both funded by the IAU OAD. It is an initiative to stimulate teachers, support schools, and provide inspiration through astronomy […]
AMANAR 2.0 has the main goal of providing scientific education and inspiring children living in the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria) and to promote common understanding and a sense of world citizenship. It will be developed considering the experience gained from the previous 2019 edition and using the already established strong contacts at the […]
Like other STEM fields, astronomy suffers from under-representation of women and minorities and lack of role models to inspire the next generation of astronomers, including Lebanon. The project core is a platform called She Speaks Science www.shespeaksscience.com, that aims to make science accessible and promotes women in STEM, one story at a time. Scheherazade, […]
Project report The 2nd Regional Workshop of IAU South West and Central Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development was held on 20 September 2018 in Byurakan in frame of the meeting “Instability Phenomena and Evolution of the Universe” dedicated to Viktor Ambartsumian’s 110th anniversary. The workshop: • Brought together astronomers from the region • […]