Week of Women in Science and Education

Author Nikola Kalchev on 30 April 2016 in News

Bertha von Suttner, a the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905; unknown authour, public domain

Starting on Monday, 2 May, a thematic Week of Women in Science and Education, which promotes the creation of articles about notable women from the CEE region, who contributed strongly to science and education in the region, will be run. Notable female Nobel Prize winners from the region are Marie Curie, Bertha von Suttner, Herta Müller and participants are encouraged to write about them and other notable scientists and workers in education from the region.

There are three special prizes:

A book about Marie Curie (in six languages), a Wikimedia Polska bag, and a Wikimedia Polska T-Shirt
A Wikimedia Polska bag, and a Wikimedia Polska T-Shirt
A Wikimedia Polska bag

The participants will be ranked by highest number of words written, whereby only newly created articles with at least 300 words will be taken into consideration.

Read about how to participate here.

One Response to “Week of Women in Science and Education”

Announcement: Winners of the Week of Women in Science and Education – CEE Spring says:

2016-05-12 at 15:36

[…] as we promised, our winners will receive their prizes 🙂 Thank you […]

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