The International students club “Ibn Sina” has held an open panel-discussion in the premises of the Science and research Institute “Ibn Sina” library on the occasion of the International day of women and girls in science which UNESCO officially and annually marks on the 11th February.
In this students panel with the expected result of new discoveries with regard to the topics of representation of female scientists, the status of the world of female scientists in Palestine, the plan of female participation through history on the plan of philosophy and political theory until today, with reference to the cultural and historical, civilizational, literary and artistic contexts of female scientists, as well as writers in the humanities, those present have had the opportunity to witness a remarkable revival of the discourse in the problematics of women and girls in science.
During this students’ panel with the presiding of prof. Shahab Yar Khan, phD, the supervisor of the Students club, the members of the panel referred to general questions on the topics of female scientist endeavors on the plan of human history and modernity, as well as every relevant scientific research context.
With his introduction prof. Shahab Yar Khan, phD, the supervisor of the students club and professor at the faculty of philosophy, UNSA, referred to the literary and artistic contextualization of the problems with which women are faced throughout history within the frameworks of reality, philosophical and ethical paradigms which have had an effect on the conditions for realizing the emancipation and education of new scientists. Within the framework of his research domain prof., Shahab Yar Khan, phD pointed out the Shakespearean and general literary and cultural predictability and descriptive power of the foundational features of education with regards to female scientists and writers.
The student of the Philosophy faculty, UNSA, Almedina Begović has presented the issue of the discourse surrounding the (under)representation of women in higher education and academia through the prism of sociological studies. Further, Rijad Ahmetović, student of the Faculty for economy and social sciences, IBU, pointed out the key features of gender equality in Palestine.
After that via a video recording, Amina Hadžić, a student at the Philosophy faculty, UNTZ, spoke about the political theorist and scientist Hannah Arendt, and especially about her significant contribution to the scientific discourse.
Furthermore, Merima Buljubašić, student at the Faculty of political sciences UNSA, presented on the topic of female scientists that have left a significant historical mark on the oriental-Islamic civilization with a view on Fatima, the daughter of the Islamic messenger Muhammad (p.b.u.h) as an ethical pivot for a series of oriental and Islamic female scientists.
Conclusively, the president of the Ibn Sina Students club and student at the Philosophy faculty, UNSA, Emin Čamo, in his encompassed the topic of female scientists and authors within the historical shift of civilizations pointing out the crucial and important scientific achievements, discoveries and names in the historical chronology of world-famous female scientists and authors.
After the presentations, those attending had the opportunity to leave comments on the discussed topics, as well as to pose questions to the members of the students’ panel.
The moderator of this program was Emin Čamo, student of the philosophy faculty, UNSA.
