WISCA — Women in Science Central Asia. Tulip with five pearls.

FIVE COUNTRIES. A SHARED SCIENTIFIC FUTURE.

Bringing Central Asia’s
Women Scientists
into Focus

Discover the women shaping research across Central Asia. Connect through knowledge, across disciplines and borders.

Find a Scientist ↗Join WISCA →
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THE WISCA DIRECTORY

Connecting Minds.
Advancing Science.

Start with a country or a field of research.
Find expertise. Begin a conversation.

Newest Scientists

MEET OUR FIRST MEMBERS

SCIENCE AS A COMMON LANGUAGE

Knowledge travels.
So should opportunity.

Central Asia’s scientific future is stronger when its women are seen, heard and connected.

WISCA is a nonprofit initiative bringing visibility to women scientists across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Through an accessible directory and a shared regional identity, we aim to support scientific dialogue, encourage cross-border connections and make women’s expertise easier to discover.

Become a WISCA member →
01 / VISIBILITY

Make expertise visible

A place to discover women and the questions their research explores.

02 / CONNECTION

Open an intercultural dialogue

Build the foundations for exchange across countries and disciplines.

03 / SCIENCE DIPLOMACY

Find common ground

Let shared scientific questions bring the region closer together.

Arina Myassoyed, founder of WISCA

A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER

A regional vision.
A personal beginning.

I’m Arina Myassoyed, a neuroscience enthusiast and the founder of WISCA — Women in Science Central Asia. I created this independent non-profit initiative with a simple purpose: to bring the region’s women scientists into focus.

Supporting women in science feels natural to me. Behind every research question is a person whose curiosity, patience and work deserve to be seen. I want more women to find recognition for what they contribute — and more young women to see a place for themselves in science.

Across Central Asia, there is so much we can learn from one another. My hope is that WISCA makes a first introduction easier: discovering someone’s work, starting a conversation, or finding a shared question across borders. That is where this initiative begins.

Arina MyassoyedFounder, WISCA · Neuroscience enthusiast

YOUR WORK BELONGS IN THE PICTURE

Let’s put your
science in focus.

Are you a woman scientist connected to Central Asia? Apply to become a WISCA member and share your work with the region.

BECOME A WISCA MEMBER

Every connection starts
with an introduction.

Tell us about your research, your interests and your connection to Central Asia through our Google application form.

Submit Application ↗

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