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Once you start collecting photos of women mathematicians, you realise just how many there are. Looking across the generations, how striking it is to see how women have overcome the multitude of obstacles placed in their paths, each with achievements which in their time were extraordinary. Among our own generation, probably the first in which women have been able to study and hold positions truly without barriers, we find a baroness, some chevalières and some dames, members of scientific academies and winners of prestigious awards, and above all, so many women who have achieved `firsts’.
On this page you will find a selection of profiles of some female mathematicians from Latin America. Please let us know if you are aware of other good sources which might be included.
On this page you will find some general sources for biographies of women mathematicians. Please let us know if you are aware of other good sources which might be included.
This website is the reponsibility of the IMU's Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM). Communications concerning the website can be directed to cwm.info@mathunion.org.
The website was originally created by the Women in Mathematics Webpages Advisory Group under the oversight of the International Mathematical Union and under the leadership of its then President, Ingrid Daubechies. It was designed as a service to the international community and launched on August 12, 2014, immediately prior to the ICM in Seoul.
CWM has established over 150 special correspondents worldwide, each of whom has the job of disseminating information such as CWM funding calls in her geographical or mathematical neighbourhood, and also of keeping CWM informed about activities or initiatives to be announced on this website.
Recently various bodies have issued statements or produced policy documents outlining their commitment to promoting full participation of female mathematicians. `Good policy’ refers to institutional policies aimed at removing potential barriers to women in the workplace, of example lack of access to suitable childcare facilities. We start with some items about the issues and examples of good practice for bringing children to conferences.