SciDev.Net reporters across the developing world describe exciting initiatives aimed at supporting innovation in local communities and remote areas.

Interest is growing in tools and innovations that can ease the workload imposed on women farm workers, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.

Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan talks to SciDev.Net about hopes for science in the Middle East, science diplomacy and the role of women scientists.

Awards for young female scientists in developing nations are giving them motivation and global acclaim.

Developing countries need more women scientists. Jeanne Therese H. Andres charts the obstacles and how to overcome them.

Women from Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, Peru and the Philippines tell SciDev.Net how they realised their dreams of careers in science.

Nearly forty years since its inception, India's Barefoot College has trained 15,000 women in a range of poverty-stemming skills.

African Women in Agriculture Research and Development is helping researchers bring the fruits of their labour to those who most need it.

Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.

In Latin America, women are overtaking men in several fields of scientific research, but few occupy senior decision-making roles, reports Paula Leighton.

The dramatic scientific advances enjoyed by India's urban elite have passed the country's rural poor by, reports T. V. Padma.

Zohra Ben Lakhdar leads by example in showing how Tunisians can join the science community by persevering — regardless of gender.

Female traditional leaders in South Africa are leading an initiative to protect and sustainably exploit the country's indigenous knowledge, reports Emmanuel Koro.

Ehsan Masood describes the changes that are making it easier for women in Pakistan to pursue careers in science.