The IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) promotes global networks, visibility and support for women in mathematics through events, resources and initiatives.
The non-profit organization Mothers in Science is conducting an international survey to address the systemic career obstacles and inequalities faced by parents in STEM (pre-pandemic), which have been recently magnified by the coronavirus pandemic- especially for mothers.
The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program awarded three students a grant to complete a PhD program in their home countries: Benin, Indonesia and Uganda. The three of them are women and CWM wishes to congratulate them !
Christelle Judith Agonkoui is a Beninese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics (IMSP) of the University Abomey-Calavi.
The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science was established by 9 International Unions, including IMU. Its purpose is to circulate information among its partners, and promote cooperation on initiative for gender equality in science among them, and between them and other organizations, in particular by supporting women and girls’ equal access to science education and fostering equal opportunity and treatment for females in their careers.
The CWM 2021 call for Networks, Workshops and other Initiatives is opened till 15 December 2020.
Because of the COVID crisis, (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 2021.
Olena Vaneeva from the National Academy of Sciences in Kiev is the first mathematician to win the L'Oreal International Rising Talents award for women.
Ilka Agricola (University of Marburg) was elected the new president of the German Mathematical Union (DMV). Her term of office will start in January 2021. More information in the DMV news blog.
Prof. Agricola will be only the second woman in this role, after Ina Kersten (DMV president from 1995 to 1997).
Susanna Terracini is the winner of the J.P.Schauder medal,
Established in 2013, the AWM Joan & Joseph Birman Research Prize recognizes exceptional research in topology and geometry by a woman early in her career. The biennial presentation of this prize serves to highlight to the community outstanding contributions by women in the fields of topology and geometry and to advance the careers of the prize recipients. The award is made possible by a generous contribution from Joan and Joseph Birman.
First awarded in 1981, the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research is aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing research in the field of mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, medical sciences, earth and space sciences or technological sciences.
Panelists: Viincen Delecroix (France), Hélène Barcelo (USA), Andrea Vera Gajardo (Chile), Sorelle Toukam Tchoumegne (Cameroon) and Georges-Philippe Gadoury-Sansfacon (Canada), chair Marie-Françoise Roy
The video of the panel discussion is available here.