Ghada Farouk Named Vice-President of Ain Shams University

In conjunction with World Women's Day celebrations, Egypt's Dr. Ghada Farouk took the helm as the first woman president of Ain Shams University.

Prior to taking up her new position, she was appointed head of the department of urban design and planning.

Farouk had also participated in the preparation of the strategic urban development plan (SUP) of 50 cities, managed by UN-Habitat as a team leader and urban planner. She had also participated in the implementation of the “Regional Urban Sector Profile Study” (RUSPS) research action-oriented project sponsored by UN-HABITAT in both Suez and Alexandria cities.

She also conducted applied research about the demarcation of needs in existing cities using GIS and demographic data, in order to define comprehensively the deprived areas in el Menya City.

He continued: "There is growing evidence that gender bias in science is leading to worse outcomes, from drug tests that treat the female body as an aberration, to search algorithms that perpetuate bias and discrimination. Yet in too many places around the world, women and girls’ access to education is limited or denied completely."

Gutress also noted that women make up under a third of the workforce across science, technology, engineering, and maths and even less in cutting edge fields. Just one in five professionals working on Artificial Intelligence is a woman.