CWM is the committee of the IMU concerned with issues related to women in mathematics worldwide. Its objectives are:
To propose, encourage and facilitate activities of the IMU or other bodies which would tend to increase the visibility of women in mathematics and lead to an increase in their representation in the community at all levels and in all parts of the world.
To promote international contacts between national and regional organisations for women in mathematics, in particular facilitating the building of networks at the regional or continental level.
To provide a website which is a repository of information for and about women in mathematics worldwide and to enable efficient communication among the international community of women mathematicians.
News and Events
CWM Initiatives
CWM News
Suggestions for CWM News items can be sent to cwm.info@mathunion.org.
CWM News Archives can be found here.
CWM annual call
The CWM 2024 call for Networks, Workshops and other Initiatives closed on January 05, 2024, receiving a total of 39 applications from many different countries. The selection of initiatives to be supported by CWM will be published by February 16, 2024.
Reports on previous CWM annual calls can be found here.
World Meeting for Women in Mathematics
The third (WM)² will take place the day before ICM 2026 and promises a vibrant day of mathematical excellence, community building, and dialogue. The program will feature invited research talks, group discussions, a poster session, and a panel discussion on "Imagining Mathematics in the Future: Hopes and Challenges.
Date: July 22, 2026
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA; either in person or online
Registration here.
CWM Newsletter
SCGES
The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science was established by 9 International Unions, including IMU. Its purpose is to circulate information among its partners, and promote cooperation on initiatives between them.
The Gender Gap Project
The final report of the 2017-2019 project "A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It ?" lead by CWM and funded by the International Council for Science (ICSU) can be found here.
CWM Ambassadors
CWM has established about 140 special correspondents worldwide, each of whom has the job of disseminating information received from CWM, and also of keeping CWM informed about activities or initiatives to be announced on this website. See their list here
CWM Posters and flyers
CWM printers and flyers are available. The flyer is two sided and is designed to be folded along vertical lines into three.
Organizations by country
Organizations for Women in Mathematics are listed in alphabetical order by country here. There are also trans-continental organizations for Africa (AWMA) and Europe (EWM). The USA based AWM has many international members.
List of events
There are many mathematical events held each year organised by and specifically aimed at women mathematicians. Here is a sample, listed with the most recent first. Please contact us with details of any relevant events, past or future, that you would like to suggest we add.
CWM Gallery
CWM random collection of photos of women mathematicians. Just to make you realise of how many women in mathematics there are, who have overcome the multitude of obstacles placed in their paths.
OWSD
CWM cooperates with the Organisation for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD). OWSD is one of the 11 partners of the Gender Gap in Science project.
News, grants and activities
“…is it really possible not to stretch out one’s hand, is it possible to refuse to help someone who is seeking knowledge and cannot help herself reach its source? After all, on woman’s road, when a woman wants to take a path other than the well-trodden one leading to marriage, so many difficulties pile up. I myself encountered many of these. Therefore I consider it my duty to destroy whatever obstacles I can in the paths of others. ”
Sofia Kovalevskaia (1850-1891)