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.
CWM Initiatives
CWM Grants
CWM offers grants and sponsorship for various types of activities. For more details about the activities supported see here.
(WM)²: World Meeting for Women in Mathematics
CWM is organising a satellite meeting of ICM 2018: (WM)²: World Meeting for Women in Mathematics to take place in the same venue as the IMC in Rio on 31 July 2018 immediately before ICM2018.
The Gender Gap Project
CWM is leading the project "A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It ?" funded by the International Council for Science (ICSU). The award is of 300,000 Euros for the period 2017-2019. CWM was one of the two lead applicants.
To go to the project website, with a summary, up to date news and information, click the Link below.
CWM Networks
CWM is using its sponsorship to help establish and foster networks of women mathematicians especially in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Thus far we have assisted with the following multi-country or multiregional networks:
CWM Ambassadors
CWM has established about 120 special correspondents worldwide, each of whom has the job of disseminating information such as CWM funding calls in her geographical or mathematical neighbourhood, and also of keeping CWM informed about activities or initiatives to be announced on this website.
CWM Posters and flyers
CWM posters and flyers are now available. For more information and to get good quality versions for display, click the Link below.
News, grants and activities
To get the latest updates on the activities and events concerning the Committee for Women in Mathematics please visit the CWM News.
CWM is very deeply saddened by the untimely death of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first female Fields medallist and an inspiration to us all. Her beautiful mathematics will stand as a memorial long after those of us who have had the privilege of knowing her personally are gone. For more information and links to some of the many tributes see the link below. For more information and links to some of the many tributes see the link below. Fore more information see here.
CWM cooperates with the Organisation for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD). Founded in 1987, OWSD is the first international forum to unite eminent women scientists from the developing and developed worlds to promote their representation in scientific and technological leadership. OWSD offers generous awards to scientists throughout the developing world at different stages in their careers as well as providing research training, career development and networking opportunities. The Call for Applications for the 2018 OWSD PhD Fellowships for women scientists in the developing world is now open with a deadline of June 1, 2018.
“…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)