Welcome to the website of the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science

In order to promote gender equality in science, a number of international scientific organizations who took part in the project A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It? wish to act together to further promote this goal by continuing and enlarging the work accomplished so far, in particular by supporting women and girls’ equal access to science education, fostering equal opportunity and treatment for females in their careers. For this purpose, they established a Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) in September 2020.

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Latest News from the Committee

Women in scientific organizations: global evidence from science academies and unions

The 13th SCGES webinar is organized jointly with ISC and IAP. A special webinar from the ISC, IAP and SCGES on International Day of Women and Girls in Science – 11 February 2026 On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, ISC, IAP and SCGES invite the global science community to the presentation…

SCGES Fifth ANNUAL REPORT

The 2024-25 SCGES report, compiled after the Committee’s fifth year of existence, is evidence of its current and future work on this endeavor. Starting with a short synthesis by SCGES chair Carol Woodward, it contains a synthesis of the information obtained from Collecting Data on Gender Balance in Partner Unions, Working Group reports and short…

SCGES Recommendations for Scientific Unions

SCGES Recommendations for Scientific Unions provide a roadmap to foster systemic change and advance gender equality in science in Scientific Unions, and promote it in their scientific communities. They rely on theGender Gap in Science (GGS) Project findings. Version in .pdf available here. .Also: SCGES Recommendations for Instructors and Parents available here, SCGES Recommendations for…

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