Bangladesh Open Source Network and EMK Center jointly celebrated International Day of Women and Girls in Science by organizing a series of discussions titled "Be the Agent of Change ''. The aim of this session was to recognize and inform on the role of women and girls in science, not only as beneficiaries but also as agents of change. Both of the sessions were organized in Facebook Live where Kaniz Fatema, the CEO of BdOSN was the host.

In the first episode, we have invited Mahmooda Sultana, Ph.D., Instrument Scientist, Planetary Environments Laboratory of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as the guest speaker on 12 February 2022 at 8 PM. She shared her journey towards NASA to motivate the girls. From this session, the participants received guidelines regarding research activities abroad. 

Awalin Sopan, Principal Research Engineer at Sophos AI has joined as the guest speaker in the second episode on 13 February 2022 at 9 PM. Mrs. Awalin said, “We must ensure that every girl is getting the education they deserve and that they can see a future for themselves in STEM.” She shared tips with the participants on how to achieve engineering jobs in abroad.

This event was organized under the ESDG4Bd-2030 project of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).