The project МАТЕМАТИКА, through a land of mathematics tells stories of ten Russian women from nine different cities who contribute, directly or indirectly, to the research in mathematics. Each one of them, in her unique way, is engaged into mathematics.

Russia is a very special place for mathematics, and this project is an attempt to sketch an impression of modern Russian mathematics in many of its different aspects.

The choice of the 10  heroines reflects the will to learn and share the stories of women, their fights and their dreams, to celebrate them, be impressed and inspired.

In order to put this project in place,  a Russian mathematician (and interviewer) and a French photographer, Olga and Bertrand, are travelling through Russia from Khabarovsk to Saint Petersburg, in order to meet the heroines of МАТЕМАТИКА. From their discussions and impressions, an exhibition and a book will be created.

The exhibition will be premiered at the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics, (WM)² on  July 1 2022.

The 2020 Emma Castelnuovo Award was given during the ICME 14 in Shanghai to NCTM – the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (USA and Canada). The congress was delayed, and then took place as a Hybrid Conference from July 11 to 18, 2021. The Award Lecture was held by Trena L. Wilkerson.

Emma Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician who dedicated her work, research and books on teaching mathematics. She died in 2014. In honor of her contributions and impact, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) decided to name the Award for Excellence in the Practice of Mathematics Education in her name on the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2013. The first Emma Castelnuovo Award was given in 2016. Find here more information on Emma Castelnuovo and the Award.

Distinguished University of Washington mathematician will lead international math institute

The Board of Trustees of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) announced on June 15, 2021 the appointment of Tatiana Toro to the position of Director of MSRI. Toro is the Craig McKibben & Sarah Merner Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle. MSRI is one of the world’s leading centers for collaborative research in mathematics, overlooking the campus of the University of California, Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay. Read more about the announcement here.

UMALCA (Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe) recentey launched its Commission on Gender and Diversity (Comisión de Género y Diversidad de Umalca, CGD-Umalca.

Its members are

• Carolina Araujo, Impa, Brasil
• Gabriela Araujo, UNAM, México
• Eugenia Ellis, UdeLAR – Uruguay
• Gabriela Ovando, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
• Eddy Pariguan, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
• Andrea Vera-Gajardo, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

See more information here. Face book page here.

CWM and EWM are organizing a joint meeting on Gender Gap in Science Project that will take place on 16 March 2021, 16:00-18:00 CET. In the meeting, Colette Guillopé, Helena Mihaljević, Rachel Ivie and>Marie-Françoise Roy will present various chapters from the final report of the Gender Gap in Science Project.

The registration for the event is open here . The registration deadline is March 14 and the link to the event will be emailed to registered participants on March 15.

The Gender Gap in Science Projec is a multidisciplinary project in which eleven organisations contributed to the analysis of the gender gap in science from three complementary perspectives:

• The Global Survey of Scientists addresses issues related to the absence of role models, feelings of exclusion, harassment, low participation, and retention rates.
• The Study of Publication Patterns provides insights on the proportion of women as research authors or the presence of women publishing in top scientific journals.
• The Database of Good Practices introduces a conceptual framework to analyse good practices, in order to provide evidence of effectiveness and impact.

Further information about the project can be found here.

May 12 was chosen for the Celebration of Women in Mathematics because it is the birthdate of Maryam Mirzakhani. The initiative was  proposed by the Women's Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society and voted by a vast majority of attendees to (WM)², the World Meeting for Women on Mathematics on last July 31 in Rio.

Several suggestions for local activities around May 12 are listed here. Please feel free to organize one and mention it on May 12 website. Free screenings on line of Picture a scientist are proposed in agreement with Roccofilms.

In the countries where there are restrictions to gatherings because of the coronavirus crisis, organizing collective events with physical presence might  be difficult this year. But, adapting our suggestions, it might be possible to organize events differently and virtually. .

The initiative is  supported by several organisations for women in mathematics worldwide (European Women in Mathematics, Association for Women in Mathematics, African Women in Mathematics Association, Indian Women and Mathematics, Colectivo de Mujeres Matemáticas de Chile and the Women's Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society).

More information here.

EWM and MATH+ are organizing a panel discussion on gender balance in mathematics in connection with the movie "Picture a Scientist".
 
The panel discussion will take place on March 11 from 19:30-21:00 CET. The panel will start by a 30-min talk by K. Clancy on sexual harassment (and more generally gender gap). The talk will be followed by a panel discussion involving her as well as Ingrid Daubechies, Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, Bernd Sturmfels, and Andrea Walther.
Register for the discussion panel here.
The link to the panel will be emailed to everyone who registers latest on March 9.