🟣 Gender Equality Newsletter

At BCAM we continue to work on the Gender Equality Plan in order to offer equal opportunities for the team of the centre.
We encourage you to engage in BCAM efforts to increase the presence of women in our activities. Be active in promoting women's presence whenever you organize an event or invite a researcher!

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Latest News

Matematikhariak, BCAM´s scientific outreach initiative, wins the Special Gender Perspective Mention at the STEAM Euskadi Sariak Awards

BCAM has won, with its initiative MATEMATIKHARIAK, the Special Gender Mention of the fourth edition of the STEAM Euskadi Sariak Awards, in the category of ‘STEAM education initiatives promoted by socio-economic entities’. These awards are organized by the Department of Education of the Basque Government in collaboration with the Basque Innovation Agency-Innobasque, within the STEAM Euskadi Strategy. The Special Gender Mention also comes with a financial endowment of 1,000 euros that we will use to further implement our outreach initiatives.

With the support of the STEAM Euskadi seal, BCAM will continue to expand and improve its program to reach an even wider audience and promote curiosity about mathematics.

BCAM´s Postdoctoral Fellow Verónica Álvarez Castro wins the Frances Allen Award from the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence for her doctoral Thesis

The Frances Allen Awards, named in honor of the influential computing pioneer Frances Allen, aim to promote the visibility and recognition of women in the field of artificial intelligence. The award for Verónica Álvarez Castro's PhD Thesis highlights her outstanding role in the AI scientific community and her contribution to the empowerment of women in this constantly evolving field.

Luz Roncal, Ikerbasque Research Associate at BCAM, is the new President of the International Relations Commission of the RSME

Relations with international institutions, particularly with mathematical societies in other countries, and international action represent a fundamental part of the RSME's activities.

Verónica Álvarez Castro participated in lastest edition of "Matemáticas en la vida cotidiana" talks in Bidabarrieta Kulturgunea

Youtube link

Género y Comunicación en la Ciencia

BCAM attended this conference, which is aimed at all those who want to learn about and delve into the reality of scientific communication with a gender perspective. This second edition was held on Tuesday 4 June at the Iberdrola Tower in Bilbao and provided an insight into the best practices and tools for achieving truly inclusive communication.

All the presentations are available online at this link

Transgender scientists speak up about the challenges they face in academia and share how to support them

A group of 24 transgender scientists describe what it’s like to be a transgender person in STEAM. In a commentary published on 14 March 2024 in the journal Cell, they discuss the historical origins of trans marginalization, explain how this affects trans people’s careers in science and medicine, and lay out actions that cisgender individuals and institutions can take to support trans people in STEAM.

Link to paper

MujeresxÁfrica programme: Myriam Sonia Djoukwe Tapi interview

We are proud to be part of MujeresxÁfrica and to contribute to the empowerment of women in science, reaffirming our conviction that diversity is the engine of innovation. This year, we are working with Myriam Sonia Djoukwe Tapi, researcher at the University of Douala, Cameroon. Visiting Fellow at Mathematical and Theoretical Biology line.

Interview

Activities

BCAM COURSE
Basic Gender Equality Training

Ester Escudero Espinalt (Co-funder of ERROTIK Feminist Social Initiative Co-operative) & José Luis Izaguirre (Equality and Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant at Egaleco Lab)

17 September, 2024 (09:00-12:00)

BCAM

Registration

CONGRESS
Mujeres Por África. Science By Women

Myriam Sonia Djoukwe Tapi will participate with a talk tittled 'Estimation of profuction losses caused by miridae: a mathematical modelling approach'

25 June, 2024 (12:00)

Aula Now is Africa, UNED (Vitoria - Gasteiz)

More info

Women in the media

Onintze Zaballa was interviewed by El País

Oninzte Zaballa, Postdoctoral Researcher at BCAM, speaks with El País

Verónica Álvarez Castro talked to Deia

Verónica Álvarez, Postdoctoral Fellow at BCAM and the recent winner of the Frances Allen Award, was interviewed by Deia (text in Spanish)

Berria interviewed Judit Muñoz Matute

Judit Muñoz, Postdoctoral Fellow at BCAM, was interviewed by Berria on being elected to the European Mathematical Society Young Academy 2024-2027 committee(text in Basque)

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