Global Gender Gap Index 2014: from Burkina Faso 110th, South Africa 18th, Kenya 7th (only the three countries were women in mathematics workshops were organized are listed. For other African countries GGGI see http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2014/rankings/).

Since Bonn’s EWM general meeting, the main AWMA (African Women in Mathematics Association) activity was its first General Meeting in Lake Navaisha, Kenya from 16-18 july 2015, in the framework of a AMUCWMA/AWMA workshop. The theme of the workshop was “Women in Mathematics for Social Change and Sustainable Livelihoods”. This workshop was a follow-up one of a series workshops jointly organized by AMUCWMA (African Mathematical Union Commission on Women in Mathematics in Africa) and CIMPA (International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics). The first one was held in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), 26th-27th October 2012, and the second one was held at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Cape Town, 17t th-19th of July 2013.

The main objective of this workshop was to bring together women from various countries within the continent to a platform where they can present their work, exchange experiences and discuss initiatives that promote Mathematics with the aim of addressing social change and creating sustainable livelihoods. There was also plenary sessions from invited speakers representing various African regions as well as experts from elsewhere to address and facilitate specific themes of the workshop. More precisely, the event had four main components:

• scientific lectures by renowned mathematicians in their area of research,
• lectures on women mathematicians situation in Africa,
• scientific presentations of the work of some participants,
• the first General Assembly of AWMA since its establishment in 2013.

The workshop attracted 43 participants from at least 17 African Countries within the continent: Algeria [1], Burkina Faso [1], Cameroon [2], Ivory Coast [3], DRC Congo [1], France [2], Gabon [1], Ghana [1], Kenya [11], Morocco [3], Nigeria [5], Senegal [3], South Africa [5], Tanzania [1], Uganda [1], Tunisia [1], Zimbabwe [1].

The aims of the first AWMA General Assembly were multiple, mainly adopt the report of activities of the period 2013/2015, adopt the logo of AWMA and approve the new website of AWMA.

It was noted that several national associations for Women in Mathematics have been created since 2013 in Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia. See more information on Women in Mathematics activities in Africa on AWMA website http://africanwomeninmath.org/