Committee on Women in Statistics

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Objectives and Expected Products

• To promote and strengthen the representation of women statisticians in the ISI and its Associations.
• To help in providing opportunities for women members to assume active and visible roles in the ISI and other statistical associations.
• To collect information on women in the statistical professions in different countries and to facilitate the flow of information among women statisticians.
• To stimulate interest in statistics among women and encourage women students in schools and colleges to study statistics.
• To support the compilation of statistics on women, with a view to generating relevant studies concerning women’s roles in the various activities in their countries.

Committee's Website

ISI Committee on Women in Statistics (cw-isi.org)

Activities

• Value of Networking and Mentoring to Achieve Your Best: Do you have to be a Superwoman to be Successful? (8 November 2023; video)
• Women statisticians in ISI, how to advance your career? (23 March 2023; video)
• International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS) 2022 Virtual Conference
• Working Group on International Year of Women in Statistics and Data Science

Reports

• CWS Report 2021
• CWS Report on Networking Reception and Roundtable Discussions, at ISI WSC 2017
• CWS Report on Networking Reception and Roundtable Discussions, at ISI WSC 2015
• CWS Report 2015
• CWS Report 2014
• CWS Report 2013
• CWS Report 2011

Supporting network: country/region representatives

Africa

• Grace Bediako, National Development Planning Commission, Ghana
• Annette Okoth, Masinde Muliro University, Kenya
• Adedayo Adepoju, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Eidth Umeh, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
• Eno Akarawak, University of Lagos, Nigeria
• Lao Kenao, Ministry of Agriculture, Togo
• Sheila S. Mudenda, Central Statistical Office, Zambia

Asia and Oceania 

• Gayatri Vishwakarma, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Inst & Research Centre, India
• Michiko Watanabe, Management Committee, Keio University, Japan
• Tae Rim Lee, Korea National Open University, Republic of Korea
• Allyson Seyb, Stats NZ, New Zealand
• Saleha Naghmi Habibullah, Kinnaird College for Women, Pakistan
• Cathy Chen, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
• Nedret Billor, Auburn University, Turkey/USA

Europe and North America

• Diana Stukel, Management Committee, FHI 360, Canada/USA
• Blagica Novkovska, University for Tourism and Management in Skopje, North Macedonia
• Marjut Pietiläinen, Statistics Finland, Finland
• Elizabetta Carfagna, University of Bologna, Italy
• Eva Laczka, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary
• Maria Ivette Leal de Carvalho Gomes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Zagorka Lozanov-Crvenkovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
• Emma Rourke, ONS, UK
• Cathy Furlong, Integrity Management Services, USA
• Amanda Golbeck, Management Committee, University of Arkansas, USA
• Jiayang Sun, George Mason University, USA
• Shili Lin, Management Committee, Ohio State University, USA
• Besa Shahini, University of Tirana, Albania
• Arijana Amina Ramic, Assistant Head of Unit at Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Germany
• Tetiana Kobylynska, Department of Economic Security, Public Management and Administration Polytechnic State University, Ukraine
• Milica Maricic, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Latin America

• Diana Kelmansky, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Teresita Evelina Terán, National University of Rosario, Argentina
• Cristina Cuesta, National University of Rosario, Argentina
• Mariza de Andrade, Mayo Clinic, Brazil
• Vera Tomazella, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
• Mercedes Andrade Bejarano, Universidad del Valle Cali, Colombia
• Leticia Ramirez, CIMAT, Mexico

Middle East

• Reem Elsybaey, CAPMAS, Egypt
• Embarika Farouk Abouellail, CAPMAS, Egypt
• Nehall Ahmed Farouk, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt
• Manal Sweidan, Department of Statistics, NSO, Jordan
• Nadia Lkhoulf, High Commission for Planning, Morocco
• Bouchra Bouziani, High Commission of Planning, Morocco
• Rania Abu Ghaboush, Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestine
• Latifa Al Shehhi, Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), United Arab Emirates

ISI PO Committee Liaison

• Olivia van Dijck-Timbol