With the recent tragic developments, and IMU's decisions about the ICM 2022 (see here  and here), the second edition of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics - (WM)^2 - becomes a fully virtual event taking place on July 1-2 2022. The (WM)² was originally planned to take place on July 5, 2022, the day prior to the ICM 2022.  The date changed to accommodate the Ceremony for the IMU Prizes (Fields Medal, Abacus Medal, Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, Chern Medal Award and Leelavati Prize), taking place on July 5, 2022.

The program of (WM)² , the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics 2022 features four plenary lectures  by distinguished female mathematicians.

The lecturers are Mina Aganagic, Eugenia Malinnikova , Natalia Vladimirovna Maslova and Maryna Sergiivna Viazovska. More information about them here;

The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) is launching its Webinar Series. The aim is to create exchanges and interactions related to issues around Gender Equality in Science among various scientific communities.

The first session will take place on February 16th, 2022, at 4 pm to 6 pm CET. It is organized by IMU and ICIAM, on the topic of Gender Equality in Mathematics.

See more and register here.

Since its establishment by the UN General Assembly on 22 December 2015, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, taking place on February 11, aims at raising awareness on the issue celebrating women’s excellence in science and reminding the international community that science and gender equality have to advance hand-in-hand to address major global challenges and achieve all the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.

Here are initiatives reported by CWM ambassadors in 2022.

Brazil
Gathering about the SBM/SBMAC Gender and Diversity Committee
In this event, the goal is to present the history and current actions of the Gender and Diversity Committee from the Brazilian Mathematical Society and the Brazilian Applied and Computational Mathematical Society. Also, there will be a brief presentation of the members of this committee and the announcement of the second edition of the Brazilian Meeting of Women in Mathematics.

Colombia
Launch of the Club de Mujeres que Aprenden Matemáticas
The Women Learning Mathematics Club will be officially launched as part of the celebration of the International Day of Girls and Women in Science. The Club is planned and developed at the Departmental Educational Institution Santa María de Ubaté, with the aim of providing spaces to continue promoting meaningful learning experiences that complement, broaden and deepen the processes and concepts addressed in the regular day and continue to motivate the participation of young girls in mathematics. More here.

Live Podcast International Day of Women and Girls in Science/em>
In this celebration we want to invite you to listen to outstanding women scientists from our institution and guests through a live podcast that allows us to make women scientists visible and motivate more girls and women to be interested in these areas.

Ecuador
Posting of Flyers
From February 11, the Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Matemática (SEdeM) will be posting flyers regarding outstanding female mathematicians, statistics on the situation of Ecuadorian women in mathematics and more. More information here.

France
Theater interactive performance in Lyon on the Day of Women in Science
See more (in french) here.

Mexico
Rally de Matemáticas
On February 11, a virtual Rally will be held to commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In addition to math talks aimed at girls and young women, we will make a math rally with some math puzzles, questions about some female mathematicians and other curious facts to promote an approach to the discipline and to women who have participated in it. Registration form here.

Nepal
Celebration of IDWGS 2078 (Nepal Calendar)
This is a virtual event organized by Women of Nepal in Mathematical Sciences (WoNiMS). There will be a floor discussion on Women and STEM in Nepal followed by a talk on "Mathematical and Philosophical Aspects of Zero and One" by Prof. Shankar Raj Pant. More information here.

Panama
Launch of the FUNDAPROMAT Math Almanac 2022
In the FUNDAPROMAT Math Almanac in Spanish, you can find one math challenge every day of the first 3 months of the year 2022. In every month a woman is highlighted who has left a mark in the history of mathematics (link). The official launch of the entire FUNDAPROMAT Math Almanac 2022 will take place on February 11th, 2022 to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Romania
Celebration of one year Monthly seminar "On Mathematics and Life''
We celebrate one year since we started our monthly seminar "On Mathematics and Life'' by lauching a website of our group of Romanian Women in Mathematics (link).

Tunisia
« Portraits and Perspectives »
The Tunisian Women Mathematicians Association, the Cultural Alternative Association, and the Tunisian Sustainable Technologies Association celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on February 11th, 2022. The thema of this year is : « Portraits and Perspectives ». The celebration will take place at the Faculty of sciences of Monastir, Tunisia. It starts at 8h30 am local time and ends at 2h30 pm local time. The aim is to provide the participants with the opportunity of debating about the issue of employment of young science female researchers. The debate will be held in the honorable presence of: -Professor Faten Ben Abdallah, the Ex-Vice-Rector of the University of Monastir. - Professor Sana Salah, the current Vice-Rector of the University of Monastir. - Madame Abir Brahem, the head of the Center of Carrier and Skills Certification, University of Monastir. More information here.

United Arab Emirates
Femmes et mathematiques
Two seminars at the lycée français International Georges Pompidou Dubai for the event "Femmes et mathématiques " (women and mathematics) held by Lama Tarsissi on the 8th of February.

The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) announced Dr. Matilde Lalín (Université de Montréal) as the recipient of the 2022 Krieger-Nelson Prize for her outstanding contributions to research in Number Theory and related areas.

More here.

The CWM called for proposals for initiatives to be held during 2022 to support women in mathematics. The CWM call received 31 applications of which CWM decided to support 10. The website of the AOWM (Asian and Oceanian Women in Mathematics) platform and the update of the website of AWMA (African Women in Mathematics Association), as well as three regional meetings, the third Central Asian Women in Mathematics in Tadjikistan, the second Women in Sage in Africa meeting in Nigeria and the Latin American and Caribbean Workshop on Mathematics and Gender in Oxoaca (Mexico) are selected. The other five supported events will take place in Gabon, Ghana, India, Oman and Brail (II Brazilian Meeting for Women in Mathematics).

CWM approved  the Maryam’s Museum request  to host Remember Maryam Mirzakhani Exhibition permanently.

Maryam Mirzakhani’s family and the Foundation of Maryam Mirzakhani – a charity organization supporting talented girls continuing their study, have prepared a place in her mother’s hometown named Taleghan for a museum named Maryam’s Museum. The Museum is intended to show some of Maryam’s belongings.

Young gifted women in mathematics welcome at the 9th HLF!

At the HLF, all winners of the Fields Medal, the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the Nevanlinna Prize, and the ACM Prize in Computing are invited to attend. In addition, young and talented computer scientists and mathematicians are invited to apply for participation. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (Undergraduate/Pre-Master, Graduate PhD, or PostDocs) are encouraged to complete and submit their applications by February 11 (midnight CET).
The 9th HLF will take place at September 18-23, 2022.
Find here the “Apply Now” flyer and information on the 9th HLF.

Tunisian Women Mmathematicians’ Association (TWMA) best thesis Awards for Tunisian women in pure mathematics and in applied mathematics were given respectively to Dr Sabrine Chebbi from Tunis El Manar University and to Dr Nahed Naceur from Sousse University/Lorraine University. For this edition, the president of the jury for the best thesis in pure mathematics was Professor Hajer Bahouri (University Paris-Est-Créteil-Val-de-Marne) and the president of the jury for the best thesis in applied mathematics was Professor Nahla Abdellatif (Tunis El Manar University).

The Award ceremony was organised by the TWMA at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.