↑ UNESCO finds that about 24% of doctoral students in the science fields are women. In 2013, Sa'id co-authored a report that found that 5–20% of Nigerian university students enrolled in physics were women.[6] Women are about 14% of the Nigerian academics.[8]
↑ In April 2012, militants of the Islamist group Boko Haram killed 16 people and wounded many more at a church on the university campus, as part of a campaign to eliminate Western education and establish an Islamic State. Sa'id knew two of the people who died that day; She was home with her children. Security has been built up at the university since the attack.[6]
↑ As part of her STEM outreach work, Sa'id gave the keynote address at the Annual Gala Dinner of the Visiola Foundation on ngày 2 tháng 5 năm 2015 in Abuja.[18]
↑ She tells women in northern Nigeria about how she pursued university degrees while a young mother, 10 years out of secondary school, to encourage them to go to college.[2]
↑ Champions are "those who have distinguished themselves in works related to peacebuilding, women’s participation in public service and decision making and women in creative enterprise." They are profiled in workshops, radio talk shows, social media, and round table discussions, such as events at Bayero University Kano with its students to discuss women champions and their role in peace building, enterprise, or academia.[21]
