women in science

News 19 Jan 2023

How a new generation of women are changing wheat science

Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Over the past 12 years, the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum award has supported 66 early-career women scientists as they build a stronger, more inclusive community of wheat scholars fighting hunger worldwide.

In the media 9 Aug 2021

11 Women You Didn’t Know Revolutionized the World of Science

Nutrition, health and food security

Source: HelloGiggles (9 Aug 2021)

A list of women leaders in STEM features Evangelina Villegas—a plant chemist at CIMMYT during its early days whose ground-breaking work on quality protein maize helped combat malnutrition among developing communities.