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<div class=""> Today, Feb 11th, is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! This is a United Nations recognized day and information on several UN websites can be found here:</div>
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<div class=""> <a href="http://www.un.org/en/events/women-and-girls-in-science-day/index.shtml" class="">http://www.un.org/en/events/women-and-girls-in-science-day/index.shtml</a> </div>
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<div class=""> <a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science" class="">http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science</a> </div>
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<div class=""> I would also encourage you to read a joint message from the Executive Director of UN Women and Director-General of UNESCO. It can be found here:</div>
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<a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/2/statement-ed-joint-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science" class="">http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/2/statement-ed-joint-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science</a>
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<div class="">This is a good day to pause and reminder ourselves of the importance and value of making our field accessible to all.</div>
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