What is the GEC?
This is the newest IUIS Committee established at the 2010 IUIS Council meeting in Kobe, Japan. The mission of the Committee is to encourage promotion of women immunologists around the world and to help with career development issues of women and young scientists.
Field of action
We monitor various activities around the world of organizations devoted to these topics and publicize those that are important to our mission. The Committee encourages and offers assistance to IUIS member societies to undertake activities that promote gender equality. The Committee compiles and maintains current a list of outstanding women immunologists around the world, both young and established scientists, to aid organizers of important international meetings in selecting women speakers and assuring their proper representation. The Committee supports attendance of women trainees at various courses, in collaboration with other IUIS Committees, in particular the Education Committee. The Committee organizes various educational and networking activities for women and trainees in association with IUIS member societies and Federations during their meetings and congresses.
GEC Awareness Activities
Choose to Challenge
- Gender Equality in Science: Inclusion and Participation of Women in Global Science Organizations – Results of two global surveys
- Nature ‘Working Scientist’ podcast series – International Science Council
- EMBO Position Paper on Women in the Life Sciences
Resources
List of reports
- Committee Report 2021-2022
- Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) Annual Report 2023
- Annual Report 2022
- Annual Report 2021
- Annual Report 2020
- Annual Report 2019
- Annual Report 2018
- Annual Report 2017
- Annual Report 2016
- Annual Report 2015
- GEC Chair’s report 2014
- GEC Chair’s report 2013
- GEC Chair’s report 2012
- GEC Chair’s report 2011
Menarini Prize for Outstanding Woman Immunologist
Congratulations! IUIS and its Gender Equality Committee (GEC) are pleased to announce Dr. Diane Mathis as the…
Funding Opportunity from IUIS and FOCIS for Young Immunologists from the Developing World
Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology26 February – 1 March 2023Estancia La Jolla Resort…
IUIS-GEC National Gender Equality Campaign – Competition4ideas
The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and its Gender Equality Committee (GEC) are launching…
Travel Award – IUIS/AAI Summer Introductory Course in Immunology
The IUIS Education (EDU) and Gender Equality and Career Development (GEC) Committees and the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) are pleased to…
Travel Award – IUIS/AAI Summer Advanced Course in Immunology
The IUIS Education (EDU) and Gender Equality and Career Development (GEC) Committees and the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) are pleased to…
GEC announces the Competition-4-Ideas Winners
The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and its Gender Equality Committee (GEC) have initiated…
Funding Opportunity from IUIS and FOCIS for Young Immunologists from the Developing World
Application deadline: November 1, 2023, in order to allow time for the US visa for…
2023 Day of Immunology Winners
Congratulations to our 2023 winners! Best International Campaign: Sociedad Argentina de Inmunologia Best European Campaign:…
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