31 Days of Notable Women- Dr. Amina Benkhadra, Minister of Environment

Dr. Amina Benkhadra, Morocco’s Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment

She has earned a degree in Civil Engineer Mining and PhD in Engineering in Mineral Sciences and Techniques, Ecole National Superieure des Mines, Nancy; Certificate of Commercial and Industrial Geography, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. 1982-84, Head, Mining Studies and Control Department, Valorisation and Studies Division, BRPM; 1984-90, Head, Mining Studies, Mining Projects and Studies Division, BRMP; 1990-94, Head BRMP’s Holding Division; 1994-97, Director, Mines, Energy and Mines Ministry; 1997-98, Secretary of State, in charge of mining sector development; since 1998, General Manager, BPRM; since 2000, Member, Experts Committee on Investments Promotion; General Manager, Office National de Recherches et d’Exploitations Pétrolières.

Member: Bou Regreg Association; Moroccan Research & Development Association. Vice-President: Paris-Nancy-St Etienne Mining Engineers Association; National Chorus Association.

Source: http://www.weforum.org/contributors/amina-benkhadra?fo=1

“31 Days of Notable Women” my special blog is coming for Women’s History Month!

Every March I post one blog per day on notable women and their amazing accomplishments. Come join me to learn about women in science, women inventors, politicians and poets, freedom fighters and artists.

Many of these women have been buried in history, their stories ignored or never told…..meet amazing people whose voices have been silenced, but who are finally being given the credit they deserve!

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Diane Tegarden

Looking for modern day women inventors….

As many of you may know, during Women’s History month in March I blog every day about amazing but unheralded women who are inventors, artists, writers, political leaders, scientists, pilots, world leaders, doctors, astronomers and authors. These are women who have made history but not gotten the acclaim they deserve. I call the blog “31 Days of Notable Women”.

Here’s your chance to be glorified! If you are (or know of) a woman whose time has come, please email me at rosefirewalker@aol.com so I can give you the attention you so justly deserve. I’ll need time to research and write your short bio, so let’s get the ball rolling.

Looking forward to getting to know some of you amazing women,
Diane Tegarden

31 Days of Notable Women- Dr. Eleanor Baum- famous firsts

Dr. Eleanor K. Baum (1940 – ) the Dean of Engineering at Cooper Union and the Executive Director of the Cooper Union Research Foundation, is the first female engineer to be named dean of a college of engineering in the United States.

Source Cited: http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=224