Madam Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the international conference of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSDW), formerly the Third World Organisation for Women in Science, took place in June 2010 under the theme "Women Scientists in a Changing World";
2) further notes that South African laser physicist, Dr Christine Steenkamp, was one of three African women scientists who received international recognition for excellence in research;
3) believes that the win by these three African women scientists will inspire and motivate young women in Africa and particularly in South Africa to pursue science and mathematics, which are fields in which women are under-represented; and
4) congratulates Dr Steenkamp for winning the mathematics/physics prize for Africa and for her excellent contribution to science, particularly her pioneering work in the field of vacuum ultraviolet laser spectroscopy.
Agreed to.