L'association femmes et mathématiques (English: Association of Women and Mathematics) is a

voluntary association A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association, association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteering, volunteers, to form a body (or organ ...

promoting women in scientific studies, research, and

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

created in 1987.Official Association Website Nous Sommes, or About, page This organization currently has about 200 members, including university professors of math, math teachers, sociologists, philosophers and historians that are interested in the "woman question" in scientific domains. The Association's primary objectives include encouraging and promoting women in STEM fields, assisting in communication between mathematicians, and promoting equality between genders. It specifically organizes a forum of young women mathematicians, as well as conferences on different topics related to its objectives. They regularly hold a general assembly, either in Paris or outside of the city, based on various themes. The Association also publishes an academic journal. The association has its headquarters at the Maison des Mathématiciens at l'Institut Henri Poincaré in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. It participates in different initiatives with other scholarly and professional societies, in particular the

Société Mathématique de France Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the sec ...

(Mathematical Society of France), la Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (Society of Applied and Industrial Maths), l'Association des Professeurs de Mathématiques de l'enseignement public (Association of Math Professors and Public Teachers) and l'Union des Professeurs de Spéciales, as well as La Commission Française pour l'enseignement des Mathématiques (the French commission for the teaching of mathematics). The current president of the Association is Anne Boyé, with Laurence Broze and Lisa Morhaim as the vice presidents

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Bibliography

* ''Du côté des mathématiciennes'', Edited by Annick Boisseau, Véronique Chauveau, Françoise Delon, Gwenola Madec, avec la participation de

Marie-Françoise Roy Marie-Françoise Roy (born 28 April 1950 in Paris) is a French mathematician noted for her work in real algebraic geometry. She has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rennes 1 since 1985 and in 2009 was made a ''Chevalier'' of the ...

, through l'Association femmes et mathématiques, Aléas, 2002. * Femmes Et Mathématiques. "Nous Sommes... (We Are...)." Femmes Et Maths. Femmes Et Maths, 30 Jan. 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2013. * ''Rencontres entre artistes et mathématiciennes : Toutes un peu les autres'', by T.Chotteau, F.Delmer, P. Jakubowski, S. Paycha, J.Peiffer, Y.Perrin, V. Roca, B. Taquet, through l'Initiative de femmes et mathematiques, Paris : L'Harmattan, 2001.

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Official Website of the Association
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Official About Page of the Association
{{Authority control Women in mathematics Women's organizations based in France Mathematical societies Organizations for women in science and technology Non-profit organizations based in France Organizations based in Paris Women in Paris