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This is a list of notable organizations for women in science and, more generally; science, technology, engineering, and math.


General STEM-oriented groups

International groups who cover the general topics of science, technology, engineering, and math. * 500 Women Scientists * American Association of University Women (AAUW) *
AnitaB.org AnitaB.org (formerly Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and Institute for Women in Technology) is a global nonprofit organization based in Belmont, California. Founded by computer scientists Anita Borg and Telle Whitney, the institute's ...
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Association for Women in Science The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) was founded in 1971 at the annual Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meeting. The organization aims to combat job discrimination, lower pay, and professional isolation. The ...
(AWIS) *
European Platform of Women Scientists The European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS is an umbrella organisation bringing together networks of women scientists and organisations committed to gender equality in research in all disciplines in Europe 27 and the countries associated to ...
* Girl Geek Dinners * Graduate Women in Science (GWIS; formerly known as
Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science (GWIS), formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science (SDE-GWIS), is an international organization for women in science, first established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United State ...
) * International Network of Women in Engineering and Sciences *
Kovalevskaia Fund Ann Hibner Koblitz (born 1952) is a Professor Emerita of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University known for her studies of the history of women in science. She is the Director of the Kovalevskaia Fund, which supports women in science ...
* Laboratoria *
Outreachy Outreachy (previously the Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women) is a program that organizes three-month paid internships with free and open-source software projects for people who are typically underrepresented in those projec ...
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Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is an international organisation that provides research training, career development and networking opportunities for women scientists throughout the developing world at diffe ...
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Stemettes Stemettes is a social enterprise which encourages girls and young women aged 5–25 to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM). Stemettes runs panel events, hackathons, the Student to Stemette mentoring programme supp ...
* Systers *
Women in Technology International Women in Technology International (WITI) is an organization promoting the achievements of women in technology and extending support, opportunities, and inspiration. It was founded by Carolyn Leighton in 1989 as the International Network of Women in ...


Subject-specific groups

International groups who focus on specific topics.


Computing and Information Technology

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AnitaB.org AnitaB.org (formerly Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and Institute for Women in Technology) is a global nonprofit organization based in Belmont, California. Founded by computer scientists Anita Borg and Telle Whitney, the institute's ...
* Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Women *
Association for Women in Computing The Association for Women in Computing (AWC) is a professional organization for women in computing. It was founded in 1978 in Washington, D.C., and is a member of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP). Purpose The pur ...
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BCSWomen BCSWomen is a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT, that provides networking opportunities for all BCS professional women working in IT around the world, as well as mentoring and encouraging girls and w ...
, a specialist group of the British Computer Society * Black Girls Code *
BlogHer BlogHer is an American media company founded by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory des Jardins, and Lisa Stone in 2005. It is an online blogger community and holds a yearly conference for women bloggers. BlogHer is owned by SHE Media which is a division o ...
* Center for Women in Technology *
Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research The Computing Research Association's Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP) has the mission of increasing the success and participation of underrepresented groups in computing research and education at all levels. In pa ...
(CRA-WP) * DC Web Women *
Django Girls Django Girls is an international non-profit organization started by two Polish women, Ola Sitarska and Ola Sendecka, to inspire women from all backgrounds to get interested in technology and to become programmers, offering a safe and friendly env ...
* Girl Geek Dinners *
Girls Who Code Girls Who Code (also known as GWC) is an international nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. The organization works toward closing the gender employment difference in computing. They h ...
* Ladies of Code * LinuxChix *
National Center for Women & Information Technology The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to increase the meaningful participation of girls and women in computing. NCWIT was founded in 2004 by Lucinda (Lucy) Sanders, Dr. T ...
(NCWIT) *
Native Girls Code Native Girls Code (NGC) is a Seattle-based program that focuses on providing computer coding skills with grounding in traditional Indigenous knowledge for Native Americans in the United States, Native American girls aged 12–18 through workshops, c ...
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Pyladies PyLadies is an international mentorship group which focuses on helping more women become active participants in the Python open-source community. It is part of the Python Software Foundation. It was started in Los Angeles in 2011. The mission of ...
* R-Ladies * Systers * Tech LadyMafia * Women Who Code * Women in Data *
Women in Technology International Women in Technology International (WITI) is an organization promoting the achievements of women in technology and extending support, opportunities, and inspiration. It was founded by Carolyn Leighton in 1989 as the International Network of Women in ...


Earth & Geosciences

* Association for Women Geoscientists *
Society of Woman Geographers The Society of Woman Geographers was established in 1925 at a time when women were excluded from membership in most professional organizations, such as the Explorers Club, who would not admit women until 1981. It is based in Washington, D.C., and h ...


Engineering

* Society of Women Engineers (US) *
Women's Engineering Society The Women's Engineering Society is a United Kingdom professional learned society and networking body for women engineers, scientists and technologists. It was the first professional body set up for women working in all areas of engineering, pred ...
(UK)


Mathematics

* African Women in Mathematics Association *
Association for Women in Mathematics The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment o ...
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European Women in Mathematics European Women in Mathematics (EWM) is an international association of women working in the field of mathematics in Europe. The association participates in political and strategic work to promote the role of women in mathematics and offers its mem ...
* Femmes et Mathématiques


Medical sciences

* American Association for Women in Radiology *
American Medical Women's Association The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a professional advocacy and educational organization of women physicians and medical students. Founded in 1915 by Bertha Van Hoosen, the AMWA works to advance women in medicine and to serve as a v ...
* Association of Women Surgeons * Kappa Epsilon (founded 1921 to promote woman pharmacists) *
Medical Women's International Association The Medical Women's International Association is a non-governmental organization founded in 1919 with the purpose of representing female physicians worldwide. Esther Lovejoy was its first president. The Association grew from an international me ...
(est. 1919) *
National Association of Women Pharmacists The National Association of Women Pharmacists was founded in London on 15 June 1905, following discussions between Margaret Elizabeth Buchanan and Isabella Skinner Clarke. Early meetings were held at Clarke's home. Membership was restricted to thos ...


Physics

* Working Group on Women in Physics


Sociology

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Sociologists for Women in Society Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) is an international organization of social scientists—students, faculty, practitioners, and researchers—working together to improve the position of women within sociology and society in general. History ...


Statistics

* Caucus for Women in Statistics


Location-specific organizations


Africa


Nigeria

* Medical Women's Association of Nigeria *
Women's Technology Empowerment Centre The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is a non-profit organization that provides technology education for women and girls in Nigeria. W.TEC offers services and programs including mentoring, training, technology camps, awareness campai ...


South Africa

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Women'sNet Women'sNet is a networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action. Issues Some of the issues it has focused on include HIV/AIDS ...
(South African support for women activists using technology)


Uganda

* WOUGNET (Women of Uganda Network)


Asia


Philippines

* WomensHub (Philippines support for women activists using technology)


Europe

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European Platform of Women Scientists The European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS is an umbrella organisation bringing together networks of women scientists and organisations committed to gender equality in research in all disciplines in Europe 27 and the countries associated to ...


Ireland

* Teen Turn * Women in Technology and Science


United Kingdom

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BCSWomen BCSWomen is a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT, that provides networking opportunities for all BCS professional women working in IT around the world, as well as mentoring and encouraging girls and w ...
* GlamSci (organization) *
WISE Campaign The WISE Campaign (Women into Science and Engineering) encourages women and girls to value and pursue science, technology, engineering and maths-related courses in school or college and move on into related careers and progress. Its mission statem ...


= Scotland

= * Equate Scotland * Girl Geeks Scotland


North America


United States

* American Association of University Women (AAUW; founded 1881) *
Association for Women in Science The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) was founded in 1971 at the annual Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meeting. The organization aims to combat job discrimination, lower pay, and professional isolation. The ...
(AWIS) *
Girl Develop It Girl Develop It (GDI) is a nonprofit organization devoted to getting women the materials they need to pursue careers in software development. Founded in 2010 in New York City, GDI provides affordable programs for adult women interested in learnin ...


= California

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San Francisco Women on the Web San Francisco Women on the Web (SFWOW) is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total ar ...


= Nevada

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The Diana Initiative The Diana Initiative is a computer security conference based in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the stat ...


= Washington, D.C.

= * DC Web Women


Pacific


Australia

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Victorian Medical Women's Society The Victorian Medical Women's Society (VMWS) is the longest-running association of women medical practitioners and medical students. It was established in Melbourne, Australia in 1895/1896 and is one of the oldest active medical organisations in t ...


Inactive organizations

* Ada Initiative (closed 2015) * WorldWIT (closed in 2007)


Events

* ACM-W * African Summit on Women and Girls in Technology


See also

* African-American women in computer science * African women in engineering * American Association of University Women * * * Coalition to Diversify Computing *
Diversity in computing Diversity in computing refers to the representation and inclusion of underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals, in the field of computing. The computing sector, like other STEM ...
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Gender disparity in computing Gender disparity in computing concerns the disparity between the number of men in the field of computing in relation to the lack of women in the field. Originally, computing was seen as a female occupation. As the field evolved, so too did the dem ...
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History of women in engineering The history of women in engineering predates the development of the profession of engineering. Before engineering was recognized as a formal profession, women with engineering skills often sought recognition as inventors. During the Islamic Golden ...
* History of women in engineering in the United Kingdom * Index of women scientists articles *
International Day of Women and Girls in Science The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the full and equal access and participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ...
* List of female Nobel laureates *
List of female scientists before the 20th century This is a ''historical'' list, intended to deal with the time period where it is believed that women working in science were rare. For this reason, this list ends with the 20th century. Antiquity * Gargi Vachaknavi (7th century BCE), Indian p ...
* List of female scientists in the 21st century * List of female scientists in the 20th century *
List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science This list of science and technology awards for women is an index to articles about notable awards made to women for work in science and the STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields generally. It includes awards for astronomy ...
* List of African-American women in STEM fields * List of inventions and discoveries by women *
List of women's organizations This is a list of women's organizations ordered by geography. International * Alliance of Pan American Round Tables – founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas * Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945 * Associated Cou ...
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List of women in mathematics This is a list of women who have made noteworthy contributions to or achievements in mathematics. These include mathematical research, mathematics education, the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach, and mathematics contests. ...
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Matilda effect The Matilda effect is a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists whose work is attributed to their male colleagues. This phenomenon was first described by suffragist and abolitionist Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–98) in her ...
* Occupational sexism * STEM pipeline *
Structural inequality in education Structural inequality has been identified as the bias that is built into the structure of organizations, institutions, governments, or social networks. Structural inequality occurs when the fabric of organizations, institutions, governments or soc ...
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Timeline of women in science This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women f ...
* Timeline of women in science in the United States *
UKRC The UKRC (UK Resource Centre) is a UK organisation for the provision of advice, services and policy consultation regarding the under-representation of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment (SET). It is funded by the ...
* Women in archaeology * Women in climate change * Women in chemistry *
Women in computing Women in computing were among the first programmers in the early 20th century, and contributed substantially to the industry. As technology and practices altered, the role of women as programmers has changed, and the recorded history of the fiel ...
* Women in engineering * Women in engineering in the United States *
Women in medicine The presence of women in medicine, particularly in the practicing fields of surgery and as physicians, has been traced to the earliest of history. Women have historically had lower participation levels in medical fields compared to men with occu ...
* Women in physics *
Women in science The presence of women in science spans the earliest times of the history of science wherein they have made significant contributions. Historians with an interest in gender and science have researched the scientific endeavors and accomplishments ...
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Women in STEM fields Many scholars and policymakers have noted that the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have remained predominantly male with historically low participation among women since the origins of these fields in the 18th ce ...
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Women in the workforce Since the industrial revolution, participation of women in the workforce outside the home has increased in industrialized nations, with particularly large growth seen in the 20th century. Largely seen as a boon for industrial society, women in ...


External links


Earth Science Women's Network



Girls into Geoscience

SONAC: Sisterhood of Native American Coders

PyLadies

R-Ladies

Women in Geospatial

Women in GIS

Women's Engineering Society

Women Who Code


References

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