In September 2003, the Cairo office of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organised a meeting to discuss establishing a network of professional Arab women in science and technology.
As a result, the creation of the Arab Network of Women in Science and Technology (ANWST) in Bahrain, was announced during a meeting at the country's Arabian Gulf University in 2005.
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