DATE: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:01:20 +1000
SUBJECT: Women in Astronomy



Dear all,

Following on from the good discussion at last week's ASA meeting about  
women in astronomy, several people have asked me about relevant  
mailing lists and links that were mentioned during this session. Here  
is a summary:

* American Astronomical Society "Women in Astronomy" mailing list:
    - subscription info and back issues at
http://www.aas.org/cswa/AASWOMEN.html
      (one digest email per week; extremely informative)

* AAS Women in Astronomy blog:
    - http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
    - following on from the questions raised at the ASA, an excellent  
discussion on whether
      astronomers should change their name when they get married is at
      http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/06/name-game.html and
      http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=130053915504

* AAS Committee on Status of Women in Astronomy
    - http://www.aas.org/cswa/
    -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Committee-on-the-Status-of-Women-in-Astronomy/43977374494
    - twice-yearly newsletter at http://www.aas.org/cswa/STATUS.html

* IYA "She is an Astronomer" project:
    - http://www.sheisanastronomer.org/
    - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44717767162

* IAU Working Group on Women in Astronomy
    - http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/IAU-WIAWG/

* Australian Institute of Physics "Women in Physics" WWW page (slowly  
being revamped):
    - http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/wip

* Examples of "family-friendly" fellowships available in Australia:
    - http://www.science.usyd.edu.au/wisci/family.shtml
    - http://www.uq.edu.au/equity/index.html?page=11462
    -
https://intranet.csiro.au/intranet/executive/scienceteam/PayneScottAward/PayneScottOverview.htm
      (accessible from CSIRO only)

regards
Bryan

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