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To the women in mathematics around the world:
This is a gentle reminder to encourage you to contribute to the new film
Words of Women in the Time of Corona.
Please send your contributions by April 21, 2021 to
irina.linke[at: replace by usual symbol]icloud.com by Wetransfer [https://wetransfer.com/]
with
1) A video clip with a short personal observation about how the pandemic has affected you as a mathematician,
personally and/or professionally. Preferably, use your original language (8-30 seconds).
2) An English translation of your words.
3) A photograph of your desk/workplace (home office?).
We are looking forward to your contributions!
Best wishes,
Claudia, Eriko, Eugenie, Sonia, Sylvie
and Irina (filmmaker)
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A story in The Wire about five women Ph.D. research fellows at the National Institute of Technology Surathkal, and how they came to work in Mathematics(by Nandita Jayaraj).
An article in Current Science, 114 (2018), no. 12: Gender sensitization in Indian science: attitudes and action items (by Shubha Tole and L.S. Shashidhara). (While this article originates in the report on the Young Investigators' Meeting 2018 in the biological sciences, the article is highly relevant to mathematics community as well.)
A story in Quanta Magazine entitled: Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem (by Erika Klarreich)
A story in The Better India entitled Meet Parimala Raman, Mathematician & Fellow of All 3 Indian Academies of Science! (by Vidya Raja)
The Newsletter of the Committee for Women in Mathematics
People: The IWM Directory
Among its objectives, IWM would like to build a network of women mathematicians working in India. With this in mind, IWM aims to create a directory of women who have earned a Ph.D. in mathematics and are working in India. Modalities of how this will be achieved are being discussed.
Watch this space!