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Launching SCGES webinar

The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) is launching its Webinar Series. The aim is to create exchanges and interactions related to issues around Gender Equality in Science among various scientific communities.

The first session will take place on February 16th, 2022, at 4 pm to 6 pm CET. It is organized by IMU and ICIAM, on the topic of Gender Equality in Mathematics.

See more and register here.

Women in Science film festival organized by OWSD

The online Women in Science Film Festival is organized by OWSD in partnership with the International Science Council (ISC) on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, this Friday, February 11.

The festival celebrates the stories and contributions of women in science in developing countries and around the world, with 10 new short films featuring women scientists:

  • 6 films made as part of the second round of the OWSD Visions project, in which OWSD video consultant Nicole Leghissa works with local filmmakers in developing countries to help them tell the story of women scientists in their communities. The new films premiering as fart of this festival feature 6 OWSD members in Benin, Bolivia, the Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Kenya, and Nepal, who are engaged in research ranging from using magnetic refrigeration to help preserve food security, to turning citrus fruit waste into sustainable cosmetics.
  • 4 films produced as part of the International Science Council's Unlocking Science series by BBC Storyworks. These include one film made for OWSD featuring Early Career fellow Elizabeth Bandason, and three others on Battling bias in AI, The female future of science in Africa, and Women in STEAM.

All of the films will be available to view starting Friday 11 February on the Film Festival webpage: https://stories.council.science/women-in-science-film-festival/ (please note that this page will not be available until then).

In addition, on February 11 there will be a panel discussion on Case Studies: Approaches to Storytelling in Science, from 15:00-16:15 CET. OWSD Coordinator Tonya Blowers will moderate a panel of communications and storytelling experts involved with both projects:

  • Megan Lloyd-Laney — Director, CommsConsult
  • Nick Ishmael-Perkins — Senior consultant, Public Value of Science programme
  • Nicole Leghissa — Filmmaker, Coordinator OWSD Visions project
  • Sudin Bajracharya — Filmmaker, Founder, Kathacharya Productions

Registration is available for the panel discussion at: https://bit.ly/ISCOWSD2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2022: Activities around the world reported by the CWM Ambassadors

Since its establishment by the UN General Assembly on 22 December 2015, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, taking place on February 11, aims at raising awareness on the issue celebrating women’s excellence in science and reminding the international community that science and gender equality have to advance hand-in-hand to address major global challenges and achieve all the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.

Here are initiatives reported by CWM ambassadors in 2022.

Brazil
Gathering about the SBM/SBMAC Gender and Diversity Committee
In this event, the goal is to present the history and current actions of the Gender and Diversity Committee from the Brazilian Mathematical Society and the Brazilian Applied and Computational Mathematical Society. Also, there will be a brief presentation of the members of this committee and the announcement of the second edition of the Brazilian Meeting of Women in Mathematics.

Colombia
Launch of the Club de Mujeres que Aprenden Matemáticas
The Women Learning Mathematics Club will be officially launched as part of the celebration of the International Day of Girls and Women in Science. The Club is planned and developed at the Departmental Educational Institution Santa María de Ubaté, with the aim of providing spaces to continue promoting meaningful learning experiences that complement, broaden and deepen the processes and concepts addressed in the regular day and continue to motivate the participation of young girls in mathematics. More here.

Live Podcast International Day of Women and Girls in Science/em>
In this celebration we want to invite you to listen to outstanding women scientists from our institution and guests through a live podcast that allows us to make women scientists visible and motivate more girls and women to be interested in these areas.

Ecuador
Posting of Flyers
From February 11, the Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Matemática (SEdeM) will be posting flyers regarding outstanding female mathematicians, statistics on the situation of Ecuadorian women in mathematics and more. More information here.

France
Theater interactive performance in Lyon on the Day of Women in Science
See more (in french) here.

Mexico
Rally de Matemáticas
On February 11, a virtual Rally will be held to commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In addition to math talks aimed at girls and young women, we will make a math rally with some math puzzles, questions about some female mathematicians and other curious facts to promote an approach to the discipline and to women who have participated in it. Registration form here.

Nepal
Celebration of IDWGS 2078 (Nepal Calendar)
This is a virtual event organized by Women of Nepal in Mathematical Sciences (WoNiMS). There will be a floor discussion on Women and STEM in Nepal followed by a talk on "Mathematical and Philosophical Aspects of Zero and One" by Prof. Shankar Raj Pant. More information here.

Panama
Launch of the FUNDAPROMAT Math Almanac 2022
In the FUNDAPROMAT Math Almanac in Spanish, you can find one math challenge every day of the first 3 months of the year 2022. In every month a woman is highlighted who has left a mark in the history of mathematics (link). The official launch of the entire FUNDAPROMAT Math Almanac 2022 will take place on February 11th, 2022 to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Romania
Celebration of one year Monthly seminar "On Mathematics and Life''
We celebrate one year since we started our monthly seminar "On Mathematics and Life'' by lauching a website of our group of Romanian Women in Mathematics (link).

Tunisia
« Portraits and Perspectives »
The Tunisian Women Mathematicians Association, the Cultural Alternative Association, and the Tunisian Sustainable Technologies Association celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on February 11th, 2022. The thema of this year is : « Portraits and Perspectives ». The celebration will take place at the Faculty of sciences of Monastir, Tunisia. It starts at 8h30 am local time and ends at 2h30 pm local time. The aim is to provide the participants with the opportunity of debating about the issue of employment of young science female researchers. The debate will be held in the honorable presence of: -Professor Faten Ben Abdallah, the Ex-Vice-Rector of the University of Monastir. - Professor Sana Salah, the current Vice-Rector of the University of Monastir. - Madame Abir Brahem, the head of the Center of Carrier and Skills Certification, University of Monastir. More information here.

United Arab Emirates
Femmes et mathematiques
Two seminars at the lycée français International Georges Pompidou Dubai for the event "Femmes et mathématiques " (women and mathematics) held by Lama Tarsissi on the 8th of February.

 

 

Words of Women in Mathematics in the Time of Corona final version

Access the film "Words of Women in Mathematics in the Time of Corona final version" on the website here.   Film and website are now ready to be shared, disseminated and expanded. The website contains an "Events" page with a list of past and upcoming events, film sceenings and exhibitions. The website also links to social media profiles of facesofwomeninmathematics on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter that we are going to feed.   The film is selected as part of the UNESCO Exhibition "Creative Resilience: Art by Women in Science". The exhibition, that also exists as a virtual museum, contains an amazing collection of art by women scientists.  

Matilde Lalín to Receive the 2022 Krieger-Nelson Prize

Canada

The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) announced Dr. Matilde Lalín (Université de Montréal) as the recipient of the 2022 Krieger-Nelson Prize for her outstanding contributions to research in Number Theory and related areas.

More here.

Result of CWM call 2022

The CWM called for proposals for initiatives to be held during 2022 to support women in mathematics. The CWM call received 31 applications of which CWM decided to support 10. The website of the AOWM (Asian and Oceanian Women in Mathematics) platform and the update of the website of AWMA (African Women in Mathematics Association), as well as three regional meetings, the third Central Asian Women in Mathematics in Tadjikistan, the second Women in Sage in Africa meeting in Nigeria and the Latin American and Caribbean Workshop on Mathematics and Gender in Oxoaca (Mexico) are selected. The other five supported events will take place in Gabon, Ghana, India, Oman and Brail (II Brazilian Meeting for Women in Mathematics).

Maryam's Museum in Taleghan hosts permanently CWM Remember Maryam Mirzakhani exhibition

Taleghan
Iran

CWM approved  the Maryam’s Museum request  to host Remember Maryam Mirzakhani Exhibition permanently.

Maryam Mirzakhani’s family and the Foundation of Maryam Mirzakhani – a charity organization supporting talented girls continuing their study, have prepared a place in her mother’s hometown named Taleghan for a museum named Maryam’s Museum. The Museum is intended to show some of Maryam’s belongings.

9th HLF: application phase has started

Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Germany

Young gifted women in mathematics welcome at the 9th HLF!

At the HLF, all winners of the Fields Medal, the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the Nevanlinna Prize, and the ACM Prize in Computing are invited to attend. In addition, young and talented computer scientists and mathematicians are invited to apply for participation. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (Undergraduate/Pre-Master, Graduate PhD, or PostDocs) are encouraged to complete and submit their applications by February 11 (midnight CET).
The 9th HLF will take place at September 18-23, 2022.
Find here the “Apply Now” flyer and information on the 9th HLF.

TWMA best thesis Awards 2021

Tunisia

Tunisian Women Mmathematicians’ Association (TWMA) best thesis Awards for Tunisian women in pure mathematics and in applied mathematics were given respectively to Dr Sabrine Chebbi from Tunis El Manar University and to Dr Nahed Naceur from Sousse University/Lorraine University. For this edition, the president of the jury for the best thesis in pure mathematics was Professor Hajer Bahouri (University Paris-Est-Créteil-Val-de-Marne) and the president of the jury for the best thesis in applied mathematics was Professor Nahla Abdellatif (Tunis El Manar University).

The Award ceremony was organised by the TWMA at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

CWM Call 2022

The CWM 2022 call for Networks, Workshops and other initiatives is opened till 15 December, 2021.

Because the COVID crisis is far from being over, (totally or partially) virtual on-line events are welcome and non -virtual projects should explain their plans in case they have to turn virtual.

There will be no other CWM call for applications regarding activities in 2022.