The IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) promotes global networks, visibility and support for women in mathematics through events, resources and initiatives.
Marie-Françoise Roy received the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa on December 7 2022 from the University of Bath "in recognition of her distinguished career as a geometer and her leading role as an advocate for women in mathematics".
Oration by Gregory Sankaran here.
CWM Newsletter, Issue 15, December 2025 can be found here. Subscribe to CWM Newsletter here.
News from CWM: Report on the success of the third edition of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics and the joint panel discussion at ICM 2026 in Philadelphia.
other Highlights: from the worldwide "May 12 – Celebrating Women in Mathematics 2026" initiative and film screenings; release of the joint report Towards Gender Equality in Scientific Organizations by ISC, IAP, and SCGES; launch of the SCGES Online Directory; AWM Lecture Series announcements
Article: "Formalizing Mathematics and Making Its Women Visible" by Valeria de Paiva from the Topos Institute, Berkeley.
The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) was established by 9 International Unions, including IMU and has already 21 partners. Third annual report (2022-2023) available here. The purpose of SGES is to circulate information among its partners, and promote cooperation on among them, in particular by supporting women and girls’ equal access to science education and fostering equal opportunity and treatment for females in their careers.
CWM is very excited about the upcoming third edition of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)², on July 22nd, 2026, in Philadelphia. The (WM)² and the CWM Call are CWM’s main signature events, and while we are thrilled to host both initiatives in 2026, we have decided to temporarily postpone the launch of the CWM Call. We expect to open registration for the (WM)² in December 2025 and to launch the CWM Call later in 2026. More.
The CWM 2023 call for Networks, Workshops and other initiatives is opened till 23 December, 2022.
There will be no other CWM call for applications regarding activities in 2022.
Brazilian mathematician at IMPA
Research area: Algebraic geometry, in particular in birational geometry and the theory of extremal rays; Fano varieties, and algebraic foliations
L'Oreal Award for Women in Science in Brazil in 2008, Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries 2020
Invited speaker ICM 2018
led the inaugural World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)2 2018
Vice-chair of CWM for the period 2019-2022
(1947 - 2022)
American mathematician
Research area: structure and representation theory of Lie algebras and related algebraic structures
Polya Lecturer by the Mathematical Association of America, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, President of the Association for Women in Mathematics (2009 - 2011)
ICM 2014 Emmy Noether Lecture
The hybrid event "To constitute a network of Women Mathematicians in South Asian and Middle Eastern Region" will be held on 4 th -5 th October 2022 at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Suhar for two days. The first day (4 th October, 2022) of the hybrid event is in person at UTAS-Sohar, Oman and the second day (5 th October, 2022) of the event will be continued on virtual mode.
The event is sponsored by CWM-International Mathematical Union and UTAS-Suhar.