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Accelerating the Participation and Leadership of Women in Chemistry

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From the journal Chemistry International Volume 37 Issue 4

This project will establish a framework for IUPAC to explore the status of women in chemistry globally, identify and disseminate best practices for advancing and securing the participation and leadership of women in chemistry, and to provide international recognition for female chemists. Creating this Task Group within IUPAC provides a strong platform for global review, communication, and recognition. While multiple studies have been published on participation rates of women in science internationally, this data has not been reviewed to determine the specific status of women in chemistry. The Task Group will survey the global landscape in more detail, provide a critical assessment of the existing data, and identify gaps. Based on these findings, additional surveys could be chartered to explore regional and cultural differences.

During the first year, the Task Group will define their vision, develop a strategy, develop the critical assessment of existing information, and seek support from IUPAC leadership. Plans for implementing this strategy will then be developed. The recognition of women in chemistry by IUPAC continues to be a cornerstone of this effort. The Task Group is organizing the 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Awards. This year Awards (see announcement page 15) will be presented at the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, 9-14 August 2015 in Busan, Korea. An award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 11 August 2015, coinciding with the symposium Women in Chemistry: Gaining Momentum, and followed by a reception in honor of the recipients.

This project is supported by the International Council for Science (ICSU); for information about the ICSU Grants Programme, see www.icsu.org/what-we-do/projects-activities/icsu-grants-programme/

For further information about this project, contact the Task Group Chair Carolyn Ribes <> or Angela Wilson <>

www.iupac.org/project/2015-007-1-020

Presentation on 15 August 2013 of Awardees of the IUPAC 2013 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, at the IUPAC Congress in Istanbul: (from left) Yi Xie (University of Science & Technology of China), Kazue Kurihara (Tohoku University, Japan), Mary Garson, (University of Queensland, Australia), Liliana Mammino (University of Venda, South Africa), Elsa Reichmanis, (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Concepcio Rovira (Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain), Angela Wilson (University of North Texas, USA), Evamarie Hey-Hawkins (University of Leipzig, Germany), and with Ihsan Necipoglu (The Dow Chemical Company, sponsor of the presentation) and Nicole Moreau, IUPAC Past President.

Online erschienen: 2015-7-2
Erschienen im Druck: 2015-7-1

©2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2015-0417

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  3. Features
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  5. A Perspective on Chemistry Education
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  7. IUPAC Wire
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  9. IUPAC Announces the Winners of the 2015 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists
  10. The Franzosini Award goes to Magdalena Bendová and Slobodan Gadzuric
  11. Call for Nominations for IUPAC International Award in Crop Protection Chemistry
  12. Polymer International–IUPAC Award—Call for Nominations
  13. Tom Kariuki to head the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
  14. Chemical World Tour—4th Edition
  15. Science an Important Theme at Post-2015 Negotiations in New York
  16. Laudation on behalf of the 80th Birthday of Koichi Hatada
  17. In Memoriam: John William Lorimer
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