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"Just 24% of the members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences are women," says Rosaura Ruiz, the academy's president.

TWAS, The Royal Society, London, and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are launching a major study on the governance of geoengineering.

TWAS is aiming to assist the training of a new generation of taxonomists in the developing world.

Colombia’s International Centre of Physics, which began as a training centre for young physicists, is now pursuing a broad research agenda with economic growth in mind.

TWAS is hosting the 13th annual meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South

Efforts to improve public health in Pakistan have received a boost through an innovative programme that delivers basic medical care through the internet.

"Targeting TB in South Africa", an article in the most recent issue of the TWAS Newsletter, takes a look at the tuberculosis research being conducted by TWAS Associate Fellow Valerie Mizrahi

Lidia Brito from Mozambique, the new head of UNESCO's science policy division, outlines her plans for helping to strengthen the role of science in both development and diplomacy

Globalization is a driving force in today’s world. And, not surprisingly, it’s a source of a great deal of discussion and debate

"It's the landscape that defines the Mediterranean region," says Paolo Lombardi, director of the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office. "And we are treating the Mediterranean region's landscape badly."