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Standing Committee on Gender Equality in Science
Background
The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) is an independent committee formed in 2020 by nine international scientific organizations, among which IUBS, most of them are full members of the International Science Council (ISC). These founding partners had worked together on the ISC supported project A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?, which became known as the “Gender Gap in Science Project”.
At the time of the 2022-23 report, SCGES has 23 partners, most of which are ISC International Union Members. They represent scientists around the world, brought together across disciplines to promote gender equality in science.
Goals
The aim of SCGES is to ensure liaison amongst international scientific unions to foster gender equality and the implementation of recommendations of the “Gender Gap in Science Project”, especially in the scientific communities that the scientific unions represent.
SCGES works to encourage and systematize the exchange of information on gender equality and women in science amongst scientific unions. The present report, is evidence of its current work on this endeavor. It contains brief reports from 20 partners of SCGES, all of which have a stated commitment to gender equality. Exchanging information on all related issues and making them visible is a major motivation for the partners who work together in SCGES.
SCGES Officers
Catherine Jami, Chair of the SCGES
Carol S. Woodward, Vice-chair of the SCGES
Marie-Françoise Roy, Communication officer of the SCGES
Mark Cesa, Treasurer of the SCGES
Nathalie Fomproix, SCGES Officer (IUBS)
SCGES Partners
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) with ACMs Women in Computing (ACM-W)*
International Astronomical Union (IAU) with its Women in Astronomy Working Group (WAWG)*
International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) and its webpage on Gender Equality in Science*
International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
International Mathematical Union (IMU) with its Committee for Women in Mathematics (CMW)*
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and its webpage on Gender Equality in Science
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) with its Working Group for Gender Equality (WGGE)*
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) and its Gender Equity and Diversity Committee.
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and its page on Gender Equality
International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST)*
International Union of Immunological Sciences (IUIS) and its Gender Equality Committee.
International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) with its Committee on Ethics, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CEDEI)*
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) with its Women in Physics Working Group (WiP)*
International Union of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM) with its Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Task Group (WiMPBME)
International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)
International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
Union Internationale de Spéléologie/International Union of Speleology (UiS)
World Anthropological Union (WAU)
Former SCGES partner
Gender in science, innovation, technology and engineering (GenderInSITE)*
* founding partners
Activities
Reports
Starting with a short synthesis, each SCGES Annual Report contains short reports by each of the members of SCGES, all of which have a stated commitment to promote gender equality and women in science. Exchanging information on all related issues and making them visible is a major motivation for the partners who work together in SCGES.