Statutes

Structure and statutes of Nordic Network for Women in Physics (NorWiP)

NorWiP was founded at the 1st Workshop for Nordic Network for Women in Physics on August 10th 2005. The following structure and statutes of NorWiP was approved by the more than 100 female physicists attending the founding meeting.

Name

NorWiP is a network of the national networks of women in physics in Denmark, Norway and Sweden; physicists from Finland, Iceland and Åland are also eligible for membership.

Purpose

The main goal of NorWiP is to increase the percentage of women in physics in the Nordic countries, by continuously setting focus on the gender issue in academia and lobbying for initiatives to prevent exclusion of women from academia.

The objectives of NorWiP are:

• To create a network for the exchange of information and knowledge among women physicists.
• To increase the visibility of women working in various fields of physics in the Nordic Countries and to create a data-base of women researchers in the field.
• To facilitate international networking by developing contacts with women in physics organizations around the world.
• To increase the number of women studying physics and working in the field of physics research by identifying gender barriers in the career paths of women in physics and by working towards removing such barriers.

NorWiP will seek to meet these objectives by organizing meetings and workshops, and by maintaining a web site including a data-base of female physicists.

Members

Membership is open to all members of Women in Physics in Denmark (KIF), Women in Physics in Norway, Women in Physics in Sweden (WIPS) and to men and women with a physics degree from Finland, Iceland and Åland. All members of Women in Physics in Denmark (KIF), Women in Physics in Norway and Women in Physics in Sweden (WIPS) are automatically members of NorWiP; others are encouraged to join one of the existing networks in the country of most relevance in order to become a member of NorWiP.

Board

The NorWiP board will comprise of at least one member from each of the national Nordic networks of Women in Physics from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, plus an Icelandic representative if possible. The chairperson of the network will be chosen by the members of the NorWiP board. The board will meet at least once per year by turn in the Nordic countries in connection with the annual meeting of the host country's Women in Physics.

General assembly

A NorWiP meeting will be held at least every third year to ensure that all Nordic PhD-students will have the possibility to attend at least once in such a meeting during their studies.