Women in Mathematics Day 2026

The International Women in Mathematics Day is celebrated annually on 12 May , to honour the achievements and contributions of women in mathematics.

More details about The May 12 Initiative can be found  here (  https://may12.womeninmaths.org/)

It takes place on this day to mark the birthdate of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician and a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University who was the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal. 

The Women in Mathematics Day Ireland is a one-day conference  coordinated by the Irish Committee for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Mathematics (ICEDIM) ( https://www.irishmathsoc.org/icedim/), a sub-committee of the Irish Mathematical Society (IMS) (https://www.irishmathsoc.org/). 

This year, the Women in Mathematics Day will be hosted by the School of Mathematics and Statistics  (SMS) at TU Dublin (TU Dub). It will take place on Tuesday 12th May 2026 at the Grangegorman campus (exact venue TBA).

The previous two  meetings were as follows:

• The 2025 event (Women in Mathematics Day 2025) was held at University of Galway on Monday 12th May 2025
• The 2024 event (Women in Mathematics Day 2024) was held at the University of Limerick on Friday 10th May 2024