International Society of Muslim Women in Science*

The International Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS) was founded in
2010 and has grown to its current sice of over 300 members from 31 countries.
It has been very effective in forming networks, making collaborations among
members, connecting institutions in different countries, providing an overal
extraordinary enthusiasm for staying in science and making contributions
in the respective scientific fields. They are very pleased to share their
achievements with other members through the ISMWS newsletters. However,
staying in scence, particularly with a family, means facing many chanlleges.
The other hard challenge is to survive their enthusiasm in contributing
to science. There is a serious need for morale, professional, and financial
support for the Muslim women in science, particularly in developing as well as
in countries where they are minorities. This presentation seeks ideas and
possible help from APS membbers on resolving the issuses. I will give a
few selected examples of difficulties and some possible venues to help.