Gender related policies of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

SILVINA PONCE DAWSON

Conferencia; International Conference of Mathematicians; 2018

International Mathematical Union

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) was created in 1922 to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity. In 1999 the IUPAP General Assembly decided the creation of the Working Group on Women in Physics with the mandate of evaluating the situation of women physicists worldwide and suggesting ways to improve it. Since its creation, the Working Group has done a very intense activity that helped bring the issue upfront in many countries and made the physics community aware that there was a problem that called for specific actions. It also prompted the formation of Working Groups in all continents leading to the conformation of a network of women physicists that spans over more countries than IUPAP members. In this talk I will give a brief description of the main activities that the Working Group has taken part of and of its future perspectives.