Paris, France: 15 March 2019

by | Mar 15, 2019 | Postcards from Abroad

Notes from UNESCO: Being a fellow at UNESCO has many advantages. Last Thursday night, I was allowed to attend the L’Oreal – UNESCO For Women in the Sciences awards ceremony. This is a black-tie event that has been held for the last 20 years at UNESCO. There are...

Paris, France: 11 March 2019

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Postcards from Abroad

Notes from UNESCO: Another fantastic week at UNESCO. It started with His Excellency and ended with International Women’s Day. On Monday and Tuesday, George Papagiannis conducted nine interviews for the podcasts Olivia and I helped produce, Many Voices, One...

Paris, France: 2 March 2019

by | Mar 2, 2019 | Postcards from Abroad

Notes from UNESCO: What a week! It started with the President of Iraq visiting UNESCO. I was so close to Barham Salih, I could have reached out and touched him, too bad a velvet rope stood in my way and of course the fear of being tackled by his military escort. I...