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Subject: IAU Executive Committee Working Group Astronomy for Equity and
Inclusion Newsletter #9 January 2021
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IAU Executive Committee Working Group
Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion Newsletter
#9 January 2021
*1) IAU Kickstarts Action on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity*
*2) Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound*
*3) Outreach Initiative at the School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in
Benin4) Largest-ever survey exposes career obstacles for LGBTQ scientists*
*5) Celebrating Women and Girls in Astronomy and Science*
*6) Establishment of the African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)7)
Inclusive Outreach subgroup updates*
*8) Join our Sub Groups*
*9) Subscribe to our Basecamp and join the discussion*
*10) Share your News!*
Dear friends,
Welcome to the ninth issue of the monthly newsletter of the IAU Executive
Committee Working Group Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion.
We wanted to highlight the launch of the IAU Springboard to Action:
Recommendations for improving equity, inclusion and diversity in Astronomy,
and encourage you to join the celebrations altogether with our colleagues
from the IAU EC Working Group of Women in Astronomy highlighting the role
of women scientists in the advancement of science and inspiring girls into
studying Astronomy.
Wishing you all our best,
Lina Canas & Amelia Ortiz-Gil
1) IAU Kickstarts Action on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity
The IAU has today published the document Springboard to Action, which
outlines concrete actions that can be taken by individuals, national
members, and national organisations to improve equity, inclusion and
diversity in Astronomy.
Read the full Press Release here:
https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau2101/
2) Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound
Our Chandra colleagues have published new and exciting sonifications of
astronomical data.
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a
new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects. Data sonification
translates information collected by various NASA missions — such as the
Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space
Telescope — into sounds.
Read the Chandra Press Release here:
https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/sonify2/
3) Outreach Initiative at the School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in
Benin
On December 18, the School of the Deaf in the City of Porto-Novo received
the science dissemination team from the Orion-Benin Astronomical Club.
Several activities were carried including documentary screening,
discovering the solar system using Stellarium, telescope observations and a
brief explanation of the conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn that took
place on December 21. The activity was accompanied by sign language.
We would like to thank Pide Aristide Ahanhanzo for sharing the news with us.
4) Largest-ever survey exposes career obstacles for LGBTQ scientists
*Scientists
who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) are more
likely to experience harassment and career obstacles than their non-LGBTQ
colleagues. A survey of more than 25,000 US-based researchers, including
more than 1,000 who identify as LGBTQ, found that LGBTQ scientists also
experience some health and well-being problems more often than their
non-LGBTQ peers. “The idea that ‘scientists only care about the science’ is
nothing but a fairy tale we tell each other to avoid confronting the dark
realities of academia,” says science journalist Alfredo Carpineti, who
co-founded the UK organization Pride in STEM.*
Read the full article in Nature here:
https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=79464c0107&e=68cfbbac18
5) Celebrating Women and Girls in Astronomy and Science
We encourage you to join the celebrations between and around February 11
and March 8, together with our colleagues from the IAU EC Working Group of
Women in Astronomy
<https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/womeninastronomy/news/#:~:text=This%20project%20aims%20at%20creating,for%20women%20and%20girls%20everywhere.>
highlighting
the role of women scientists in the advancement of science and inspiring
girls into studying and pursuing a career in Astronomy.
Here we list some examples of activities being carried from the community
for the community and shared with us:
i) Conference “Women in Astronomy” held on February 11 at the headquarters
of the Société Haïtienne d’Astronomie with protective measures against
COVID-19 applied. The conference will be held in Haitian Creole.
Links:
https://haitiastronomie.blogspot.com/2020/03/la-societe-haitienne-dastronomie.html
ii) “Reach Across the Stars: Meet Your Female Space & Science Heroes
(virtually!)” webinar was held on January 27, 2021, at 11:00 AM Pacific /
2:00 PM Eastern.
You can find the webinar recording, slide deck, chat transcript, and any
additional resources here:
https://ngcproject.org/reach-across-the-stars-meet-your-female-space-science-heroes-virtually
iii) Legendary astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell spoke with Galician
astrophysicist Ana Ulla about her career in a recent conversation organised
by Agrupación Astronómica Coruñesa Ío.
English with Galician, Spanish subtitles: http://ow.ly/2hlt50D6Ppu
Spanish dub: http://ow.ly/X5zD50D6Ppt
iv) Chatea con una astrónoma (Chat with a female astronomer)
On February 18th, from 10h to 22h (UT+1) he Women in Astronomy Commission
of the Spanish Astronomical Society will organize the 4th edition of
“Chatea con una Astrónoma” (Chat with a female astronomer). During this 12
hour-long activity anyone can connect to the online chat to talk with a
female professional astronomer. The chat will be conducted mainly in
Spanish.
More details:
https://www.sea-astronomia.es/comision-mujer-y-astronomia-11-de-febrero#chat
We want to thank the IAU National Outreach Coordinator for Haiti Rulx
Narcisse and the IAU National Outreach Coordinator for Bahrain Myriam
Al-qashab for sharing the news
6) Establishment of the African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)
The establishment of the African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)
under the African Astronomical Society (AfAS). Astronomy and space sciences
are experiencing significant growth in Africa. For the benefit of all, the
AfNWA initiative would like to guarantee female participation at all levels
of these new and important developments, to improve the status of women in
science in Africa where currently in most of the countries the number of
female researchers is < 25% (see UNESCO 2019 Women in Science report), and
to use astronomy to inspire more girls to do STEM.
For more information about AfNWA objectives and activities please see:
https://www.africanastronomicalsociety.org/afnwa/.
The AfNWA aims to connect and give more visibility to all women working in
astronomy and related fields in Africa. If you identify yourself as such,
please join the Network and become a member by filling AfNWA Membership
Form at:
https://www.africanastronomicalsociety.org/who-is-a-member-of-afnwa/
*We wish to thank the AfNWA team, Mirjana Povic, Vanessa McBride, Somaya
Saad, Priscilla Muheki, Carolina Odman-Govender, and Nana Ama Browne Klutse
for sharing the news.*
7) Inclusive Outreach subgroup updates
The Inclusive Outreach (Inspiring Stars) subgroup is completing its first
deliverable: a "starter set" to help people active in the outreach field
get started with inclusive practices so that also public with sensor and
motor impairment can benefit of their outreach efforts. The set will
include an introductory section to inclusive outreach, a basic good
practices document, a set of simple activities with detailed instructions,
and a contact to get assistance if needed. The intent is to encourage
people and provide practical assistance as they are starting their
activities in the field. The team is targeting the month of March to have
this initial material finalized and published, at which time it will be
announced through the IAU WG and IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
channels.
For more information please contact iau-inclusiveoutreach en uai.it
We would like to thank Cesare Pagano, coordinator of the Inclusive Outreach
subgroup for sharing the news with us.
8) Join our Sub Groups
The IAU EC WG on Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion sub-groups are subsets
of the working group created to focus, both discussions and actions, on the
different fields across inclusion.
The sub-groups
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Intend to build upon specific networks within IAU and bring in external
expertise, with their members steering and informing the WGs global actions.
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Identify specific needs in the community and draft courses of action and
guidelines, aligned with both the IAU Strategic Plan 2020-2030 and the
Springboard of Action leveraging all dimensions of inclusion on research,
outreach, education and development.
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Are in contact and close collaboration with each other through email,
basecamp or online meetings, accessing the intersectionality aspects
inherent to the field, avoiding duplication of the efforts carried.
We would like to invite all of you to join one or more of the subWGs
according to your particular interests and expertise. Further information
about the subWGs can be found here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hDLxesChwb3Piu37byvYGSgqYE8X3woCynFXKorpgcE/edit?usp=sharing>
.
9) Subscribe to our Basecamp and join the discussion
We have set up a common Basecamp dedicated to all communications. As we
understand that not all tools are 100% accessible we want to offer various
channels tailored to our different needs. As all the actions carried by the
WG, our suggestions are open for discussion and we intend to involve our
members as much as possible. Therefore if you identify any tool that would
suit you please kindly let us know and we will try to implement it.
You can subscribe to our Basecamp by sending a message to Amelia Ortiz-Gil
and Lina Canas with the subject: Inclusion WG Basecamp at astro4inclusion
[at] oao.iau.org.
10) Share your News!
Reach out to us and share news, activities, articles, resources and events
from the astronomy community for inclusion around the world. We are looking
forward to reading your contributions!
Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Astro4Inclusion/
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