Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics, was born in Tehran on May 12, 1977. Following her untimely death on July 14, 2017, at the World Meeting of Women in Mathematics held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2018, the Women’s Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society proposed that May 12 be recognized as Women in Mathematics Day. The ICMAT joins in the activities of this commemoration.
24 April, 2026 
