The Standing Committee on Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) issued its first annual report. SCGES has 15 partners representing scientists around the world, brought together across disciplines to promote gender equality in science. The aim of SCGES is to ensure exchange of information amongst international scientific unions to foster gender equality and the implementation of recommendations of the “Gender Gap in Science Project.” (Information about this project can be found here.)
This report, compiled after the committee’s first year of existence, is evidence of its current and future work in this endeavor. It contains brief reports from the 15 partners of SCGES, all of which have a stated commitment to gender equality, on structures and activities within their organizations that support gender equality. The report is enlightening in the various avenues that can be taken to support gender equality.
More information about the SCGES can be found here: https://gender-equality-in-science.org/.
The first annual report of the SCGES can be found here: https://gender-equality-in-science.org/2021/09/25/first-scges-annual-report/.
Authors:
Carol S. Woodward is a mathematician at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the SIAM Vice President-at-Large. Her research includes portable numerical software, time integration methods, and algebraic solvers.
Guiying Yan is a professor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). She is a Vice-President of National Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences. Her research includes graph theory and its applications.