Cheryl Praeger had been appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in 1999. She is ppromoted to Companion in 2021 "for eminent service to mathematics, and to tertiary education, as a leading academic and researcher, to international organisations, and as a champion of women in STEM careers." See here.
In 2021, CWM call received 23 applications of which CWM decided to support 6 projects.
Three women in mathematics, Sanoli Gun, Neena Gupta and Neela Nataraj were elected fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences. See here
Prof. Neela Nataraj is also a member of the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics.
DORA MUSIELAK, Research Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, will deliver the tenth talk of the CSHPM Online Colloquium series.
DATE: January 15th
TIME: UTC 19:00; Vancouver 11:00; Edmonton 12:00; Regina/Winnipeg 13:00; Montreal/Toronto 14:00; Halifax 15:00; St. John's 15:30
TITLE: Prime Mystery: Sophie Germain and Fermat's Last Theorem
Laila Soueif is a Professor of Mathematics at Cairo University and a founder of the March 9 Movement for University Autonomy in Egypt. See more information about her here.
Signatories of the call ask their colleagues as well as mathematical societies to support her and her children by writing to relevant authorities. See more here.
Scientists around the world have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Women are hit particularly hard, especially those at an early stage of their careers.
The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science calls for all individuals and institutions engaged in science to join forces in supporting women colleagues whose research careers are jeopardized by the pandemic. See here.
Women scientists around the world: strategies for gender equality
An article by Marie-Françoise Roy, former chair of CWM, entitled "Building a Worldwide Community of Women Mathematicians", describes the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)² as one of the main initiatives of CWM. The article has been published in Notices of AMS (March 2023), and can be found here.
IMU CWM lead the project "A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences:
How to Measure It, How to Reduce It ?" funded by the International Science Council (ISC), in cooperation with IUPAC.
The project website, with a summary, up to date news and information, is here.
The Gender Gap in Science Book can be found here. It can also be ordered as a printed book through many retailers worldwide.