The IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) promotes global networks, visibility and support for women in mathematics through events, resources and initiatives.
Half of the world population consists of women. However, women represent only about a third of scientists; this proportion falls under 15% among the leaders of the scientific community. An increasingly large number of initiatives seek to remedy this situation, which is detrimental to science as well as to women. These initiatives are at the local, national, regional, or international level, within or across scientific disciplines.
CWM is happy to report on the success of the two activities it organized around ICM 2026 in Philadelphia in partnership with the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM): the third edition of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)² and the panel discussion "Finding and Defining Success in Mathematics: Pathways and Measures.”
We warmly invite the entire mathematical community to attend or watch the panel discussion “Finding and Defining Success in Mathematics: Pathways and Measures,” which will take place on July 24, 3:00-4:30 PM, at the ICM 2026, with the participation of Annalisa Crannell, Fern Hunt, Emily Riehl, and Shelby Wilson.
CWM is happy to share news about the third edition of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)², a satellite event of the ICM 2026, which will take place on July 22, 2026, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, and will also be accessible online. The program includes four research lectures, group discussions over lunch, a poster session, and a panel discussion. Please visit the (WM)² webpage for details and updates.
The May12 website for the 2026 edition is now available at may12.womeninmaths.org.
In 2026, two films are available to watch freely, from 1st to 20th of May (registration link).
- "Je suis Sophie Germain/I am Sophie Germain" with subtitles in many language, in the occasion of the 250th aniversary of Sophie Germain's birth on 1st of April 1876.
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society are pleased to announce that
Registration for the upcoming World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)² is now open!
To register for (WM)², please visit the ICM 2026 registration page.
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics are pleased to announce that Professor Fioralba Cakoni will be the 2026 Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. The Kovalevsky Lecture will be delivered at the 2026 SIAM Annual Meeting taking place in Cleveland, Ohio, July 6 –10, 2026. The Kovalevsky Lecture honors Sonia Kovalevsky (1850–1891), the most widely known Russian mathematician of the late-nineteenth century.
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America are pleased to announce that the 2026 Etta Zuber Falconer Lecturer will be Christina Edholm, associate professor at Scripps College. The Falconer Lecture will be delivered at the MAA MathFest, to be held in Boston, MA, from August 5–8, 2026. The Falconer lectures were established in memory of Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002).
This report "Towards gender equality in scientific organizations - Assessment and recommendations" by International Science Council, InterAcademy Partnership and Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science presents the most comprehensive global assessment to date of gender equality in scientific organizations. The analysis draws on institutional data from 136 organizations, survey responses from nearly 600 scientists, and a dozen interviews with representatives of scientific organizations.