In their plans to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science (http://www.un.org/en/events/women-and-girls-in-science-day/index.shtml), Ambassador Maira Mora, Director General of the Permanent International Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, recognises the role of DESY and GENERA in facilitating women ́s career advancement specifically in physics research field (http://www.cbss.org/international-day-women-girls-science-2017/).