Coordination of May12
In the period 2019-2024, May12
Six regional associations of women in mathematics from around the world came together to launch the first May12 celebration at international level in 2019 and created a coordination group for the initiative. It is important to note that May12 is the first and unique initiative linking regional organizations for women in mathematics worldwide.
The coordination group of the May12 initiative initially included representatives from the European Women in Mathematics (EWM), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), the African Women in Mathematics Association (AWMA), Indian Women and Mathematics, Colectivo de Mujeres Matemáticas de Chile and the Women's Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society. Once GCD-UMALCA (Commission on Gender and Diversity (Comisión de Género y Diversidad) de UMALCA (Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe) was created, it replaced Colectivo de Mujeres Matemáticas de Chile in this list, in 2022.
The following people have been part of the May12 coordination group: Nikita Agarwal (India), Carolina Araujo (Brazil), Christina Brech (Brazil), Petra Bonfert-Taylor (USA), Paramita Das (India), Loredana Lanzani (USA), Mojgan Mahmoudi (Iran), Marie Francoise Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), Olga Paris-Romaskevich (France/Russia), Marie-Francoise Roy (France), Elisabetta Strickland (Italy), Petra B. Taylor (USA), Andrea Vera Gajardo (Chile), Lori Watson (USA). The Committee for Women in Mathematics of the International Mathematical Union (CWM) members belonging to the May12 coordination group were not acting as CWM representatives but as individuals.
The budget of May12 is very limited, corresponding to a total of approximately 10k euros over the past six years, and it has been exclusively used for the creation, improvement and maintenance of the website, which needs to be updated for each annual campaign. The necessary financial support has been secured from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), EWM or AWM, depending on the year.
May12 now sponsored by CWM
A major change occurred in 2024, since CWM officially decided to sponsor the May12 Initiative, with approval from the IMU Executive Committee. The domain name womeninmaths.org is now owned by IMU and financial support for the initiative will be provided by IMU through the CWM budget.
