List of organizations for women in science

This is a list of organizations for women in science and, more generally, the "STEM" fields (science, technology, engineering, and math).

General STEM-oriented groups

(science, technology, engineering, and math)

American Association of University Women
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...

(AAUW)
Women in Science International Trust (WISIL)
Association for Women in Science
Association for Women in Science
The Association for Women in Science is a national advocacy organization championing the interests of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics across all disciplines and employment sectors.-History:...

(AWIS)
European Platform of Women Scientists
European Platform of Women Scientists
The European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS is an umbrella organisation bringing together networks of women scientists and organisations committed to gender equality in research in all disciplines in Europe 27 and the countries associated to the European Union’s Framework Programmes for Research...
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)
Third World Organization for Women in Science
Third World Organization for Women in Science
Third World Organization for Women in Science awards fellowships in science to female postgraduate students from third world nations. Because of the lower cost of living and tuition, however, the student recipients are sent to good universities in countries such as South Africa and Pakistan.Its...
WomenTechWorld
Society of Women Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
The Society of Women Engineers , founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for...

(SWE)

Subject-specific groups

Computing and Information Technology

Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...

Committee on Women
Association for Women in Computing
BCSWomen
BCSWomen
BCSWomen is a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, with the aim of supporting women working and considering a career in Information Technology....

, a specialist group of the British Computer Society
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
BlogHer
BlogHer
BlogHer refers to a group blog and online community, and to an annual blogging conference for women. Three of the 2005 conference organizers, , , and , began a company, Blogher LLC, which in 2006 also began a blog ad network...
Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing research
DC Web Women
DC Web Women
DC Web Women is a nonprofit professional organization for women in technology and new media based in the Washington, DC area. Established in 1999, it has an email discussion list and sponsors monthly workshops and networking events....
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)
Women in Technology International
Women in Technology International
Women in Technology International is a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of women in business and technology. It was established in 1989 by Carolyn Leighton as an email-based information network business....
WorldWIT
Worldwit
WorldWIT WAS a global online discussion community for women in business and technology.It was founded in 1999 as ChicWIT, in Chicago. ChicWIT was followed by MassWIT in Boston, NycWIT in New York City, and CapitolWIT in Washington, D.C. In October 2005 there were over 80 WorldWIT chapters in...
WOUGNET
WOUGNET
Women of Uganda Network is Ugandan non-governmental organization dedicated to aiding women and women's organizations in the use of information and communication technologies . WOUGNET is a member of the Association for Progressive Communications .-History:WOUGNET was set up in May 2000 by women's...

(Women of Uganda Network)

Earth sciences

Association for Women Geoscientists
Association for Women Geoscientists
The Association for Women Geoscientists is a professional organization which promotes the professional development of its members, provides geoscience outreach to girls, and encourages women to become geoscientists. Membership is open to all who support AWG's goals...

Mathematics

Association for Women in Mathematics
Association for Women in Mathematics
The Association for Women in Mathematics is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences. Equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences are promoted. The AWM was...

Medical sciences

American Association for Women Radiologists
American Association for Women Radiologists
The American Association for Women Radiologists is a professional association founded in 1981 as a resource for "professional socialization" for women in a male-dominated field of radiology....
American Medical Women's Association
American Medical Women's Association
The American Medical Women's Association is a professional advocacy and educational organization of women physicians and medical students. Founded in 1915 by Bertha VanHoosen, the AMWA works to advance women in medicine and to serve as a voice for women's health...
Association of Women Surgeons
Association of Women Surgeons
The Association of Women Surgeons is an international organization of women who practice in surgical specialties which remained male dominated for years after women entered medicine in large numbers...
Kappa Epsilon
Kappa Epsilon
Kappa Epsilon is a professional pharmacy fraternity founded by Zada M. Cooper on May 13, 1921. It was founded with the purpose of uniting female pharmacy students in an era when women were a minority in the profession. Today, KE has 38 collegiate chapters and 10 alumni chapters...

(founded 1921 to promote woman pharmacists)

Social sciences

Society of Woman Geographers
Society of Woman Geographers
The Society of Woman Geographers was established in 1925 at a time when women were excluded from membership in most professional organizations, such as the Explorers Club, who would not admit women until 1981....

Sociology

Sociologists for Women in Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Sociologists for Women in Society is an international organization of social scientists--students, faculty, practitioners, and researchers--working together to improve the position of women within sociology and society in general.- History :...

Location-specific organizations

Africa

Women'sNet
Women'sNet
Women'sNet is a networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action.-Issues:...

(South African support for women activists using technology)
WOUGNET
WOUGNET
Women of Uganda Network is Ugandan non-governmental organization dedicated to aiding women and women's organizations in the use of information and communication technologies . WOUGNET is a member of the Association for Progressive Communications .-History:WOUGNET was set up in May 2000 by women's...

(Women of Uganda Network)

Asia & South Pacific

WomensHub
WomensHub
WomensHub is a Philippines-based non-government organisation that supports "women struggling for self-determination" in using ICTs, or information and communication technologies.This organisation recently completed three years as a collective...

(Philippines support for women activists using technology)

North America

American Association of University Women
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...

(AAUW; founded 1881)
Association for Women in Science
Association for Women in Science
The Association for Women in Science is a national advocacy organization championing the interests of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics across all disciplines and employment sectors.-History:...

(AWIS)
Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE), National Research Council
United States National Research Council
The National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...

of the National Academies
DC Web Women
DC Web Women
DC Web Women is a nonprofit professional organization for women in technology and new media based in the Washington, DC area. Established in 1999, it has an email discussion list and sponsors monthly workshops and networking events....

(Washington, D.C.)
Graduate Women in Science
Graduate Women in Science
Graduate Women in Science , also known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an organization for female graduate students in science, first established in 1921....

(GWIS; also known as Sigma Delta Epsilon) (multiple national chapters)
Harvard Women in Chemistry (HWIC)
Harvard Women in Physics (HWIP)
National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (National IWITTS)
RUWINS http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dougproj/ruwins/seminarseriesarchive.html (Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ)
Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST)
Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe (WISHR) http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~wishr/ (founded 1989)

Regional or international

Third World Organization for Women in Science
Third World Organization for Women in Science
Third World Organization for Women in Science awards fellowships in science to female postgraduate students from third world nations. Because of the lower cost of living and tuition, however, the student recipients are sent to good universities in countries such as South Africa and Pakistan.Its...

General STEM-oriented groups

Subject-specific groups

Location-specific organizations

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