Every year, the Fondation L'Oréal and UNESCO celebrate the scientific excellence of five eminent women scientists, each from a major region of the world. In 2021, the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards honors Laureates in the field of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science. See  here.

LAUREATE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANS

Professor Alicia DICKENSTEIN – Mathematics Professor of Mathematics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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"Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19" - celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in Maroua on February, 10.
We are going to celebrate it in person while respecting the barrier measures against COVID 19. The number of participants is limited.

Professor Ulrike Tillmann has been named as the next Director of INI, a position she will take up from 1 October 2021.

Cheryl Praeger had been appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in 1999. She is ppromoted to Companion in 2021 "for eminent service to mathematics, and to tertiary education, as a leading academic and researcher, to international organisations, and as a champion of women in STEM careers." See here.

Three women in mathematics, Sanoli Gun, Neena Gupta  and Neela Nataraj were elected fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences. See here

Prof. Neela Nataraj is also a member of the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics.

DORA MUSIELAK, Research Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, will deliver the tenth talk of the CSHPM Online Colloquium series.

DATE: January 15th
TIME: UTC 19:00; Vancouver 11:00; Edmonton 12:00; Regina/Winnipeg 13:00; Montreal/Toronto 14:00; Halifax 15:00; St. John's 15:30

TITLE: Prime Mystery: Sophie Germain and Fermat's Last Theorem

Laila Soueif  is a Professor of Mathematics at Cairo University and a founder of the March 9 Movement for University Autonomy in Egypt. See more information about her here.

Signatories of the call ask their colleagues as well as mathematical societies to support her and her children by writing to relevant authorities. See more here.

Scientists around the world have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Women are hit particularly hard, especially those at an early stage of their careers.

The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science calls for all individuals and institutions engaged in science to join forces in supporting women colleagues whose research careers are jeopardized by the pandemic. See here.