https://spacewatch.global/tag/diversity/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/diversity/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/eight-steps-to-advance-diversity-at-esa/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44216 The European Space Agency (ESA) introduced eight steps to advance diversity and inclusiveness as part of its Agenda 2025 to complete the ESA Transformation, ESA said. The Agency claims that these steps will contribute to strengthening innovation and motivation, decreasing resistance to change, and fostering knowledge sharing. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/spacewatchgl-opinion-say-yes-to-diversity-and-gender-equality-in-the-space-sector-a-look-at-the-diversity-and-gender-equality-project-group-of-the-sgac/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43560 Diversity is difficult to measure and quantify, given all the aspects and shapes it takes, yet it is easy to witness and observe the lack of it in many fields including the space sector. If the space sector and all its disciplines should be used to help improve life on earth and observe it (amongst other purposes), shouldn't it be represented by all terrestrial individuals equally? In an ideal world, yes! But history and social biases have prevented our progress towards this perfect world, and we find ourselves today with a space sector still dominated by cis white-male individuals.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/spacewatchgl-opinion-the-sgac-project-groups-the-largest-most-diverse-project-teams-in-the-space-sector/ Sat, 06 Aug 2022 08:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42518 The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) was conceived at UNISPACE III in 1999. The purpose of SGAC was, and remains, to support the United Nations Programme on Space Applications as a representative of university students and young space professionals ages 18-35 across the globe.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-prof-chris-welch-on-27-april-2021/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31817 Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Professor Chris Welch, Head of Space Payloads Laboratory + Director MSc Space Studies, International Space University, Strasbourg, France. This event will take place on 27 April 2021 at 4:00 pm CEST. Although not widely known, since the start of the space age there have been a number of space art projects with works being flown on satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/space-cafe-webtalk-recap-vera-pinto-on-the-societal-benefits-of-space-for-equality-and-inclusion/ Fri, 22 May 2020 07:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22789 This week’s Space Café WebTalk took place on 12 May 2020, featuring Vera Pinto, Policy Coordinator and Equality Coordinator at the European Commission Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), in conversation with Torsten Kriening, co-publisher of SpaceWatch.Global and COO of ThorGroup GmbH.]]>