Merck Basis (www.Merck-Basis.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘Worldwide Day of Ladies and Ladies in Science 2025’ along with African First Women, and their companions like African Ministries of Well being, Schooling, Gender&Data and Academia.
Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis and Most Influential African Girl (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023&2024), highlighted, “At Merck Basis, we have a good time the Worldwide Day of Ladies and Ladies in Science 2025 by actively supporting and empowering ladies in science and know-how. Whereas ladies have made outstanding progress of their careers, they’re nonetheless considerably underrepresented in these fields. Our mission is to bridge the gender hole and be sure that ladies have equal alternatives to thrive and lead in science and know-how.”
Merck Basis yearly launches their MARS Awards to encourage and acknowledge ‘Finest African Ladies Researchers’ and ‘Finest Younger African Researcher’. The purpose of MARS Awards is to empower ladies and younger African researchers, advance their analysis capability and promote their contribution to STEM (Science, Know-how, Engineering and Arithmetic).
Just lately Merck Basis CEO hosted the digital Award Ceremony along with their companions Africa Reproductive Care Society – ARCS, Manipal College and African Union Scientific Technical Analysis Fee to acknowledge African Researchers for his or her beneficial analysis work and contribution to empowering ladies and youth in STEM in Africa with particular deal with ‘The Position of Scientific Analysis in Ladies Well being and Reproductive&Fertility Care’.
Watch Merck Basis Africa Analysis Summit MARS 2024 Award Ceremony video right here:
In the course of the ceremony, Merck Basis CEO additionally introduced the Name for Functions for his or her MARS Awards 2025.
Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej additional emphasised, “In partnership with my pricey sisters, African First Women, we’ve got been remodeling the affected person care panorama in Africa by offering medical coaching to younger docs in lots of crucial medical specialties. Out of the overall 2200+ scholarships supplied, about 1050 scholarships are for girls medical graduates. That is near 50% of the overall Merck Basis Alumni, which is a superb milestone for us.”
Merck Basis strongly believes that Schooling is without doubt one of the most crucial areas of ladies empowerment and serves as the bottom and key think about driving an impactful change.
“Along with African First Women, we’ve got has contributed to the way forward for greater than 700 deserving African ladies by offering scholarships to proceed their schooling and likewise by offering important college gadgets for 1000’s of schoolgirls via our “Educating Linda” program in lots of African nations akin to Burundi, Malawi, Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and extra.
Furthermore, we’ve got benefitted 1000’s of ladies via our consciousness marketing campaign which incorporates releasing many inspiring youngsters’s storybooks, animation movies and songs to help lady schooling and finish little one marriage”, shared Senator Kelej.
In partnership with The First Women of Africa, Merck Basis additionally launched the 2025 Version of their annual awards of finest Media work, Movie, Tune and Vogue Designs to Help Lady Schooling and lift consciousness on different delicate social points.
Merck Basis has additionally launched and launched fascinating storybooks for youngsters to underline the significance of ladies’ schooling and allow them to achieve their potential in STEM. The storybooks can be found in three languages: English, French and Portuguese.
Moreover, Merck Basis has tailored their storybooks to create fascinating animation movies with the aim of reaching out to the communities to boost consciousness on the essential supporting lady schooling and ending little one marriage. Watch Journey into the Future Animation Movie right here:
Furthermore, via their “Our Africa” TV program, Merck Basis emphasised on the significance supporting lady schooling via many episodes and has devoted 3 episodes out of the 15 episodes to this subject. The pan African TV program is conceptualized, produced, directed, and co-hosted by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Basis. The TV program has been broadcasted on Nationwide TV Stations of many African International locations like Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Namibia, Mauritius, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and lots of extra.
Watch the certainly one of Episode of “Our Africa by Merck Basis” TV program on Supporting Lady Schooling:
Merck Basis has additionally launched many inspiring songs with African Artists to help lady schooling.
Watch, share&subscribe “Ladies Can” track right here, sing by Cwesi Oteng from Ghana and Irene Logan from Liberia:
Watch, share&subscribe the “Like Them” track right here, sung by Kenneth, a well-known singer from Uganda:
Watch, share&subscribe “Take me to College” track right here, sung by Wezi, Afro-soul singer from Zambia, to help ladies’ schooling:
Watch share&subscribe “Tu Podes Sim” Portuguese track, which suggests “Sure, You Can” in English by Blaze and Tamyris Moiane, singers from Mozambique in English right here:
Watch, share&subscribe “ABC, 123” by Sean Ok from Namibia track right here:
Watch, share&subscribe “Brighter day” track by Sean Ok and Cwesi Oteng from Namibia and Ghana respectively:
Particulars for MARS AWARDS 2025
Abstracts are invited from closing yr African PhD college students and younger investigators concerned in analysis associated to both of the next matters:
1) Ladies’s Well being
2) Infertility and Reproductive Well being
All candidates must be based at African Analysis Institutes and Universities, though collaboration inside Africa in addition to outdoors can be welcome.
Final Date of Submission:
Functions might be submitted until thirtieth June 2025
The right way to apply:
Apply by clicking:
Alternatively, the Functions and abstracts might be submitted by way of e mail to mars@merck-foundation.com, together with CV (together with Title, Gender, Nation, College/Hospital Title, E-mail tackle, Cellular Quantity) and the summary doc as an attachment.
Different Particulars:
All Abstracts will probably be peer reviewed.
Analysis Awards will probably be devoted for 2 classes of Finest African Ladies Researchers and Finest Younger Africa Researchers.
Winners will probably be eligible for Analysis Coaching in a prestigious Analysis Institute in India.
Prime Winner(s) will probably be invited to attend the twelfth Version of Merck Basis Africa Asia Luminary 2025.
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Contact Detials:Mehak HandaCommunity Consciousness Program Supervisor+91 9310087613/ +91 9319606669mehak.handa@exterior.merckgroup.com
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