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🎖 120 years ago, Polish-French scientist Marie Skłodowska–Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize.

Today as in 1903, European women are leading excellence in research and innovation.

Of the 74M people working in science and technology in the EU, 52% are women. A figure that has grown over the years, bridging the gender gap.

We want to give every woman, from Faro to Kyiv, opportunities to usher in a new era of research.

Discover how: https://europa.eu/!x9wRVT

#WomenInScience

Apizo Hafeez

1160 yrs ago, Female-Muslim scholar Fatima al-Fihri founded the world’s 1st univ., University of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco.

Prominent figures associated to the univ. incl. philosopher & mathematician Ibn Rushud, Ibn Khaldun historian, Al Idrissi geographer who drew land maps of the world, Pope Sylvester II who learnt Arabic numerals & took the knowledge to the Western hemisphere.

Today, visitor can tour the library & view its 4000+ orig. manuscripts, incl. Ibn Khaldun's famous work, Muqaddimah.

@EU_Commission
...and she's still the only person to have received two Nobel prizes in two different categories (chemistry and physics.)

Sarah Gannon

@EU_Commission