On this 8th March, International Women's Day, here are some news about women researchers to highlight the role of women in the field of mathematics. 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! 📝 News 📹 Media 📝 News Eva Gallardo, new president of the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society Eva Gallardo, Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and ICMAT Researcher is, since February 2022, the new president of the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society. The former first vice-president takes over from Francisco Marcellán, who has held the post since 2015, and becomes the second woman to head the scientific society in its 111-year history. BCAM researchers participate in different initiatives for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 February is the day recognised by the UN to promote the access of girls and women to STEM careers In this edition Posdoctoral Fellows, María Ángeles García-Ferrero andJudit Muñoz had participated, in #11F different activities, in #Cuéntame11F initiative and giving talks to different high schools in Bizkaia to raise awareness of the work of women in the STEM field and to learn first-hand about the factors that affect the current situation in order to promote practices that lead to its elimination and achieve gender equality in science respectively. Clementine, Winston Churcill's wife, "one of the condemned" On 30th March 1912, published in the London newspaper The Times, bacteriologist Almroth Edward argued that women should stay out of politics altogether because of their physiological and psychological "deficiencies".  See the full article and more at Mujeres con Ciencia blog. 📹 Media Lore Zumeta PhD Student participates in Gymkana: The Science of data, Mary Eleanor Spear Lore Zumeta, PhD Student in Applied Statistics group, participated in the Gymkana: The Science of Data, Mary Eleanor Spear organised by Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, where she talked about her research on statistical modelling applied to sports injury data. #Cuéntame11F María Ángeles García-Ferrero, Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow at Linear and Non-Linear research group, has participated in #Cuéntame11F.  This initiative aims to enable women scientists from all stages, institutions and all STEM areas to bring their studies closer to society by recording a 3-minute video in which they explain their research to a non-specialist audience. You can vote for the videos from 9th March to 23rd March in Iniciativa 11 de Febrero YouTube Channel. #Voces 11F #Voces11F is the female science and popular science podcast where women scientists have a voice. In today's podcast, March 8th, International Working Women's Day, we are introduced to pioneering women and individual leaders: Noa González Borrajo, María León and María Berenguer. Noa has a PhD in biology and works in Asturias, at the Fundación Oso. María León is a biologist and illustrator, and María Berenguer is a computer engineer and expert in agile methodologies and Srum Master. You can listen to it in the following link. Copyright © 2018 BCAM - BASQUE CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS, All rights reserved. www.bcamath.org

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