The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) has published three sets of recommendations, now available on its website and as downloadable PDFs. These documents offer guidance for promoting gender equality in science, both within scientific communities and at various levels of influence. The recommendations include:
SCGES Recommendations for Scientific Unions (link).
(WM)² will take place the day before the ICM 2026 and promises a vibrant day of mathematical excellence, community building, and dialogue. The program will feature invited research talks, a public lecture, a poster session, and meaningful discussions on advancing the participation and visibility of women in mathematics worldwide.
The III World Meeting for Women in Mathematics — (WM)² has been approved as a satellite event of the ICM 2026. (WM)² will take place the day before the ICM 2026 at July 22, 2026. More information coming soon here.
CWM Ambassador Jaqueline Mesquita from Brazil has been appointed President of the Mathematical Union for Latin America and the Caribbean (UMALCA). She is the second woman and the youngest person ever to hold this position. The CWM congratulates Jaqueline on this remarkable achievement.
The Asian Oceanian Women in Mathematics (AOWM) has announced its new logo. The final design was created following a logo competition and combines ideas from the selected proposals. The new logo and further information about the competition can be found on the AOWM website.
May12 is a joyful opportunity for the mathematical community to celebrate women in mathematics. The celebration takes place every year, all around the world, since 2019.
The May12 website for the 2025 edition is now available. There you will be able to propose your events of the year 2025 (taking place from May 1 to June 15). The event will appear on the website (including map and list) after moderation*.
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society are pleased to announce that Monica Vişan, Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will be the 2026 AWM-AMS Emmy Noether Lecturer. The Noether Lecture will be delivered at the Joint Mathematics meetings, to be held in Washington, DC, January 4 – 7, 2026. Press release.
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America are pleased to announce that the 2025 Etta Zuber Falconer Lecturer will be Olivia Prosper Feldman, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee. The Falconer Lecture will be delivered at the MAA MathFest, to be held in Sacramento, CA, from August 6 – 9, 2025. A full press release is attached.
The Association for Women in Mathematics is pleased to announce that the 2025-2026 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize has been awarded to Ling Xiao, Associate Professor of mathematics at the University of Connecticut. Xiao has been selected to receive the Michler Prize for her research accomplishments in geometric analysis and partial differential equations. Professor Xiao will spend an upcoming semester visiting Cornell. Press release
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics are pleased to announce that Professor Yongjie Jessica Zhang will be the 2025 Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. The Kovalevsky Lecture will be delivered at the 2025 SIAM/CAIMS Annual Meeting taking place in Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 28 - August 1, 2025. Press release.