Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2015
Volume 60, Number 4
Saturday–Tuesday, April 11–14, 2015; Baltimore, Maryland
Session Y8: Invited Session: The 5th International Conference on Women in Physics, Reflections and Going Forward |
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Sponsoring Units: CSWP FIP Chair: Susan Blessing, Florida State University Room: Key 4 |
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:30PM - 1:57PM |
Y8.00001: The 5th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics: Making progress in the number of women in physics around the world Invited Speaker: Beth Cunningham A short report on the 5th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP) will be presented. In particular, a summary of the structure of the 5th ICWIP that occurred in Waterloo, Canada in August 2014 will be provided and placed into context of the previous four conferences. In addition, a synopsis of the recent efforts that are happening around the world to encourage girls and women to participate in physics will be given. Several US projects have been very successful in introducing girls to science and physics (e.g., ``Expanding Your Horizons'' intervention) and encouraging undergraduate women physics majors to continue into physics careers (e.g., Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics). Projects from other countries, such as the Juno Project in the UK that rates physics departments on their climate for women, might be implemented by US physics professional societies as well as colleges and universities. Several projects originating from the conference will be described: the new ``HERstories: Encouraging words from women in physics'' video based on interviews with delegates of the Conference, the My STEM Story project (http://mystemstory.wlu.ca), and the proceedings of the conference. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:57PM - 2:24PM |
Y8.00002: Gender Equity in Physics Practice: The Indian Context {\&} the Social Impact of Policy Invited Speaker: Prajval Shastri The gender gap in the physics profession that is seen world-wide has been attributed to multiple factors. The applicability of these factors is explored in the context of physics practice in India, using available empirical investigations and theoretical insights from gender studies. Indications are that girls are as interested in science as boys at the high-school level. In the profession, however, there is a significant gender gap. Data show that it is caused not only by the discriminatory familial responsibilities that women encounter in their personal lives, but also by gender-discriminatory attitudes in the scientific workplace. Although the Government of India, which is the major funder of scientific research and higher education, has acknowledged the gender disparity and initiated several measures to address it, these measures also come from a gendered perspective, and are therefore likely to be limited in their long-term effectiveness. Policy measures must address the gender discrimination in the workplace as well in order to achieve gender equity. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 2:24PM - 2:51PM |
Y8.00003: ICWiP panelist Invited Speaker: Kathryne Sparks Woodle |
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 2:51PM - 3:18PM |
Y8.00004: Perspective on IUPAP-ICWIP conferences and USA Participation Invited Speaker: Herman White Starting in 1999, the (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) IUPAP, General Assembly, passed a resolution to form an IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics. This lead to a number of international conferences that focused on analyzing the then current status of and progress in promoting women in physics for each country and world wide as well as sharing physics research progress and participation. I was twice a member of the USA delegation and participated in two of the last three of these conferences. I will present a perspective on the USA participation and contribution to the efforts of the conferences. [Preview Abstract] |
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