IAU Women in Astronomy Working Group activities and survey results
- 1Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER LUPM CC 072 - Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- 2Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Planetary Atmospheres, Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
- *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract
The gender imbalance and diversity dimension of science and technology has become one of the most important and debated issues worldwide, impacting society at every level. The International Astronomical Union, through its Executive Committee Working Group on Women in Astronomy, has been a strong advocate for discussing these themes openly and for supporting initiatives that can improve a more balanced representation of diversity in our community. The IAU Women in Astronomy (WiA) Working Group (WG)'s mandate is to collect information, propose measures, and initiate actions in support of, or to advance equality of opportunity for achievement between women and men in astronomy, in the IAU, and the world at large. It has 198 members as of now from all continents and we look forward to welcoming many more members from all over the world. In this talk, we provide an overview of IAU WiA WG activities as well as results of the recent survey on 'Working Conditions of Women in Astronomy' and the efforts being carried out by the WiA WG Organizing committee and regular members to improve the working conditions of women in Astronomy.
https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/122/members/
How to cite: Pandey-Pommier, M. and Piccialli, A. and the IAU WiA WG members: IAU Women in Astronomy Working Group activities and survey results, Europlanet Science Congress 2022, Granada, Spain, 18–23 Sep 2022, EPSC2022-1175, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1175, 2022.
