On 11 February, Elhuyar paid particular attention to the many projects that bring together women and girls scientists throughout the year. In this way, it has organized or prepared the following actions around this day:

1- In San Sebastian, International Women's Science Day begins today with numerous activities until February 14. Nine Basque institutions (CIC nanoGUNE, Physics Center - CFM, CIC biomGUNE, Donostia International Physics Center - DIPC, Biodonostia, Tecnun-School of Engineers, Ceit, POLYMAT and Elhuyar) have joined together to develop a broad program of activities '2020' women. The aim of this initiative is to make the work of women working in science visible, to break the belief that scientific-technical activities are a matter for men and to promote the choice of scientific studies between girls and adolescents. Various activities have been organised (workshops, public talks, Ginkana, visits, etc.) aimed at all ages (families, adolescents, adults…) and has the active participation of Elhuyar. Thus, tomorrow, Saturday, February 8, the families will be held and the University Campus of Ibaeta will be held a ginkana for families in charge of Elhuyar. The teams must pass all the tests that will be hidden on the Ibaeta campus. More information and full programming: https://bizilabe.elhuyar.eus/es/news/elhuyar-emakumeen zientziarien-international-egunean-euskal-erakundea merged

2- Elhuyar has launched #Showcase O11 in 21 stores in Bilbao, Ermua and Soraluze. Elhuyar has provided merchants with information on 8 women scientists for window mounting. In this way, they will become disseminators of the life and work of these women scientists and contribute to the visibility of the participation of women in science. They will be available from 7 to 21 February. In addition, in these shops in Bilbao on 10, 11 and 12 February, experiments related to these scientists will be carried out by young people from Bizilabe. The shops of Ermua and Soraluze, however, will be visited by the young people of Bizilabe from these municipalities on Thursday, February 13.

3- On 11 February, in the afternoon, experiments and workshops of science and technology directed by female researchers will be held in the Market Square of Ermua, aimed at children aged 6-12. Under the guidance of these professional researchers, energy experiments (thermodynamic properties, rocket magic, density mystery) or technology workshops (household cleaning microrobots, silent and noisy alarms) will be conducted, among others. This free initiative will take place between 5.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. More information and full programme: https://bizilabe.elhuyar.eus/eu/ermua/berriak/ekintzak ugar-izango-dira-ermuan-women-scientific-international-

4- 15 February Festival Bizilabe STEAM in Basauri. This is a festival in which young people from Nerbioi-Ibaizabal show what they have learned for four months in the Bizilabe workshops. Together with professional researchers, they will guide the activities of the festival. The program will consist of science and technology workshops, ginkana-scientist or “Escape-room”, among others. Lorea Argarate (Telecommunications Engineer and DJ member “Las Tea Party”) will close the festival. More information and full program: https://bizilabe.elhuyar.eus/es/nerbioi-ibaizabal/news/otsailaren-15ean-bizilabe-steam-festibala-ospatuko-da-basaurin

5- Special Teknopolis television programme. On the one hand, Txelo Ruiz Vázquez, Doctor of Industrial Engineering and Professor of the Faculty of Informatics at UPV, and Itziar Garate López, astrophysicist and professor of physics at the School of Engineering, will analyze the situation of women in science. On the other hand, the microbiologists of the UPV/EHU Lucía Gallego Andrés and Sandra Sánchez Urcopa will talk about the exclusion of women in medicine.

6- Elhuyar magazine will open the EKINEAN section, which collects interviews with young researchers. More information: https://aldizkaria a.elhuyar.eus/ekinean/