Duties and areas of work
The Chair of the Women’s Council of the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemical Research works to support the women employed at the institute, protect their rights and interests and develop their research careers.
Main responsibilities and duties:
1. Supporting research and professional work
Encouraging women scientists: helping women and young female scientists take an active part in research (grants, projects, patents and publications).
Professional development and career growth: helping female staff and doctoral students improve their qualifications and advance to management and research positions.
2. Social and legal protection
Protecting labour and social rights: monitoring working conditions and social guarantees (maternity leave, financial assistance, etc.) for women at the institute.
Moral and social support: helping organize targeted assistance for female staff in need of social protection, who have lost a breadwinner or are in need.
3. Educational and organizational work
Organizing events: holding educational and scientific events on important dates and holidays (for example, 8 March and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science).
A healthy environment: fostering a healthy psychological and moral climate among women in the team and monitoring respect for gender equality.
4. Cooperation with state and public organizations
Implementing the instructions and decisions of the Committee on Family and Women, the trade union and higher organizations on women’s issues.
Making proposals to the institute’s management on improving the working and living conditions of women.
Biography
O.X. Mamajanova has 18 years of work experience.
O.X. Mamajanova has worked at the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemical Research since 2008. She is a senior researcher with a PhD in Biological Sciences in the institute’s Department of Soil Genesis, Geography and Digital Mapping.
Main activities and achievements:
author of more than 110 scientific articles in soil science and agrochemistry;
active participant in national and international scientific and practical conferences;
throughout her research career she has taken part in a number of applied, international, innovative and fundamental projects in the institute’s research plans;
2023: in her research in the districts of the Sokh river fan in the Fergana region she developed 1:50,000 digital soil and salinity maps for the efficient use of irrigated soils and introduced the soil map and salinity cartograms into practice;