Global Gender Gap Index 2014: 75th

Activities for women in science

At the second Russian conference “Women – mathematicians” in 1994, held in Pushchino, it was established Russian Association “Women in Science and Education”. This Association is headed in the last 20 years by Galina Y. Riznichenko, professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The Association WSE has divisions in different Russian cities and also carries out the work through these divisions. Every year it organizes three different conferences:

1. The International Conference MATHEMATICS. COMPUTER. EDUCATION. This conference takes place every winter in scientific Moscow region centers of Pushchino or Dubna.
2. Conference “Women in Mathematics. Education. Information technology”. The conference takes place annually in the different cities of Russia.
3. Conference “Nonlinear world”, a conference-dialogue between scientists and representatives of art and culture. The conference takes place in the different cities of Russia.

In 2015 the conference MCE took place in winter in Pushchino, the conference “Women in Mathematics. Mathematical Education” took place in May at the Kazan’ State University, the conference “Nonlinear world. Kurdyumovsky readings” took place in April in Tver.

The 23th International conference МCE will be held in January 25-30, 2016, Dubna, Russia. The Official Conference Website is http://www.mce.su/