Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, Roja Bandari on June 1, 2007 | No Comments »
by Roja Bandari, NWI rapporteur and PhD student in electrical engineering
I have had a chance to watch a movie with Shirin Ebadi, have dinner at the same table with Miread Corrigan, sing the “peel banana” song with Betty Williams, envy Wangari Masthai’s outfit, plan for an NPR interview with Jody Williams and sing, dance and [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, Roja Bandari on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
by Roja Bandari, NWI rapporteur, PhD student in electrical engineering
Getting up wasn’t so easy this morning and my jetlag has been so hard to shake off. I got a cab to get to the conference this morning and had another good conversation with my driver. The Irish are really nice people! It is in the [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, Roja Bandari on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
by Roja Bandari, NWI rapporteur, PhD student in electrical engineering
I don’t know how one can sleep after such a day! I stayed awake in my bed until 4 am thinking about it. So many outstanding speakers from all over the world pumped information into my head all day. It was surreal and I shouldn’t really [...]
Posted in Nobel Women's Initiative, Roja Bandari on May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
by Roja Bandari, NWI rapporteur, PhD student in electrical engineering
As an Iranian-American, I work to help my sisters in Iran while living in the US where my own life is affected by women’s image and position in the society. When I came to the US at the age of 20, I was accustomed to the [...]
