The Working Group on Women in Physics of the

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP; ) is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the ...

(IUPAP) was formed by resolution of the Atlanta IUPAP General Assembly in 1999. The mandate of the group is: *to survey the present situation and report to the council and the liaison committees and *to suggest means to improve the situation for women in physics. To carry out this charge the Working Group has, among other things, organized six International Conferences (

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, France, in 2002,

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, Brazil, in 2005,

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, South Korea, in 2008,

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, South Africa, in 2011,

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, Canada, in 2014 and

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, UK, in 2017) gathering teams from more than 60 countries that collected data on their local situation of women in

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. It also promoted and collaborated with the elaboration of a global survey of physicists that was carried on by the Statistical Research Center of the

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. The IUPAP Working Group is currently involved in the elaboration of a new survey that will include other natural sciences and mathematics within the framework of the Gender Gap in Science Project funded by the International Council for Science, ICSU. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Working Group Women In Physics Organizations for women in science and technology Physics societies Women in science and technology Scientific organizations established in 1999 IUPAP