Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Dr. Saima Shabbir

  Country: Pakistan

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2017

  Project/Action: Fellow becomes first female faculty member to receive tenure

  Policy Area(s): Professional Growth

  Dr. Saima Shabbir, 2017 fellow of Pakistan, was promoted to Associate Professor and
  awarded permanent tenure at the Institute of Space Technology in Islamabad. Saima is
  the first female faculty member of the Materials Science and Engineering Department –
  as well as the first female faculty member of her university – to achieve tenure.
  “I submitted the tenure and promotion application right after the completion of my
  TechWomen journey. The valuable skills developed during the TechWomen program
  really helped me in preparing an effective application dossier. I’m really grateful to the
  TechWomen program for changing lives and shaping futures.”
  Dr. Shabbir is currently a Fulbright Scholar and postdoctoral research fellow at
  Pennsylvania State University.

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  Report Date: 9/10/2018

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  Fellow(s): Mercy Sosanya

  Country: Nigeria

  Region: SSA

  Cohort: 2015

  Project/Action: Fellow awarded international PhD fellowship

  Policy Area(s): Professional Growth

  2015 fellow of Nigeria Mercy Sosanya was awarded an International Fellowship by
  the American Association of University Women. AAUW, established in 1881, is
  one of the world’s leading supporters of graduate women’s education, funding
  more than 13,000 women from more than 145 countries since its inception. The
  AAUW International Fellowship, awarded to women pursuing graduate or
  postdoctoral studies in the U.S., focuses on female students who are committed
  to the advancement of other women and girls.
  Mercy is currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin’s
  Department of Nutritional Sciences, where her research focuses on the
  nutritional status of vulnerable populations in northeastern Nigeria. Her
  fellowship is supporting her project of creating and evaluating the effectiveness
  of a novel digital behavior change tool on the nutritional and health status of
  teenage mothers and their young children.

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  Report Date: 9/10/2018