Release of Journeys of Women in Mathematics
A 20 mn film created by the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics, filmed and edited by Micro-Documentaries, made possible by a grant from the Simons Foundation. Link to the film here.
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Hosting Remember Maryam Mirzakhani exhibition
Remember Maryam Mirzakhani is an exhibition with 18 original posters. Institutions interested in hosting the exhibition can consult the rules of use and contact CWM at exhibition-cwm@mathunion.org. The exhibition opened at the (WM)², the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics, and remained open during ICM 2018.
CWM Call 2019
CWM invites proposals for funding of up to €3000 for activities or initiatives taking place in 2019, aimed at either (a) establishing or supporting networks for women in mathematics, preferably at the continental or regional level, and with priority given to networks in developing or emerging countries or (b) organizing a mathematical school open to all with all women speakers and mainly women organisers or (c) other ideas for researching and/or addressing issues encountered by women in mathematics.
Dusa McDuff awarded Sylvester medal
The Sylvester Medal 2018 is awarded to Professor Dusa McDuff FRS for leading the development of the new field of symplectic geometry and topology. Her outstanding work includes many fundamental theorems and she has been inspirational for generations of mathematicians.
Networks supported by CWM
CWM is using its sponsorship to help establish and foster networks of women mathematicians especially in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Asia. See here. From 2015 to 2022, CWM sponsored events took place in Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Senegal, Tunisia, Kenya, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Nepal, South Africa, Vietnam, Austria, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Italy (ICTP), Macedonia, Nigeria, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Cameroon, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Russia, Turkey, Congo, Pakistan, Gabon, Ghana, Oman.
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CWM Gallery
CWM random collection of photos of women mathematicians. Just to make you realise how many women in mathematics there are, who have overcome the multitude of obstacles placed in their paths.
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Women lecturers at ICM 2018 in Rio de Janeiro
Four women are Plenary Speakers at ICM 2018: Nalini Anantharaman, Catherine Goldstein, Sylvia Serfaty and Lai-Sang Young, out of 21 plenary speakers. The proportion of women giving Plenary or Invited Section Lectures at ICM 2018 is 15 %. See a poster on women lecturers at ICM from the origins (presented at the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics) here.
Faces of Women in Mathematics film ready!
Happy International Women’s Day everyone! And a huge thanks to all the CWM ambassadors and contributors to the Faces of Women in Mathematics film! We ended up getting 146 clips featuring 243 women mathematicians from 36 different countries and speaking 31 different languages. Thanks also to the CWM of the IMU who supported the project. We hope you will enjoy watching it!
The Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences from a Historical Perspective
CWM Panel and Reception Thursday 2 August Room 204 A/B/C 18:00-20:30. All welcome
PANEL 18:00-19:30
Moderator : Caroline Series (Warwick Univ, UK, CWM Vice-Chair)
18:00-18:05 : Introduction
18:05-18:15 Marie-Francoise Roy (Univ. Rennes, France, CWM Chair): Presenting the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics
18:15-18:40 June Barrow-Green (Open University, UK) : Historical context of the gender gap in mathematics
ICM Emmy Noether Lecture in Rio
ICM Emmy Noether Lecture honors women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences, it was presented for the first time in 1994.
At ICM 2018 in Rio the Emmy Noether Lecture will be given by Alice Chang.