For many years there have been in two European countries – Sweden and Switzerland – very successful women’s groups in nuclear & energy information. In Switzerland, Frauen für Energie was initiated and chaired by Irene Aegerter, while Sweden’s Kvinnor och energie grew under the leadership of Agneta Rising. Both these ladies have long been active in the Information Committee of ENS and have talked about their experiences to the ENS PIME workshops for nuclear public information executives.
Proposed by Ms Aegerter and Rising, and endorsed by the ENS Information Committee (Chairman: Mr. Juhani Santaholma), a first seminar “Women and Nuclear” took place in Ascona, Switzerland on January 26, 1990. This was the start of a venture which resulted in the creation of WIN. (after WiNFO No.1,1993)
At the first PIME (Public Information Materials Exchange) in 1988 - initiated by the ENS information committee - information programs for women as target public were discussed. But only three “nuclear women” were attending. At the second PIME 1989, a round table with six ladies and one gentleman from six countries debated the subject women and nuclear energy. This was the starting point. One year later in January 1990, the ENS information committee organized a special women’s meeting, “Women and Nuclear Energy” chaired by Agneta Rising (Sweden) in Ascona, Switzerland. From then on, at each PIME meeting, the information committee made room for a Sunday afternoon meeting of the participating ladies. It was mainly dedicated to exchanges on the different approaches of women’s work in various countries. But in fact, these women meetings were just an appendix to PIME.
Only at the first special meeting in May 1992 in Helsinki, organized by the Finnish group “Energy Channel” was WiN established with a leading group. At the group’s first meeting in November 1992 in Zurich- elected Irene Aegerter (Switzerland) as its chair-person. It adopted the WiN Charter and set out the information work program for 1993, which includes the constitutional meeting of the WiN Organization on the opening day of PIME ’93 in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, on sunday January 31(picture); the annual WiN meeting in Paris, July 7-9: the WiNFO newsletter four times per year; a WiN Award. (after WiNFO No. 1 and No.2, 1993)
The first name used was “women and Nuclear Energy” but this abbreviated to WANE, and we wanted to WiN! This was the reason why the name Women in Nuclear (WiN) was chosen.
30th WiN Global General Assembly in Tokyo, Japan.
29th On-line WiN Global General Assembly due to COVID-19 Pandemic
28th On-line WiN Global General Assembly due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Election of the 8th President, Mrs. Dominique Mouillot (France)
27th WiN Global Annual Conference in Madrid, Spain
26th WiN Global Annual Conference held with IYNC (IYNCWIN 2018) in Bariloche, Argentina
25th WiN Global Annual Conference in Beijing, China
24th WiN Global Annual Conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Election of the 7th President, Dr. Gabriele Voigt (Germany)
23rd WiN Global Annual Conference in the IAEA, Vienna, Austria
22nd WiN Global Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia
21st WiN Global Annual Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa
20th WiN Global Annual Conference in Kalmar, Sweden
- Election of the 6th President, Dr. Se-Moon Park (Korea)
19th WiN Global Annual Conference in Varna, Bulgaria
WiN Europe Chapter founded in Budapest
WiN Global Annual Conference in Busan, Korea
17th WiN Global Annual Conference in Washington DC, USA
16th WiN Global Annual Conference in Marseille, France
Election of the 5th President, Mrs. Cheryl Boggess (USA)
15th WiN Global Annual Conference in Bali, Indonesia
14th WiN Global Annual Conference in Waterloo, Canada
On the occasion of the 30th WNA Symposium, WiN Global received an award from the World Nuclear Association for its Distinguished Contribution to the Peaceful use of Nuclear Technology.
13th WiN Global Annual Conference in Ćeský Krumlov, Czech Republic
12th WiN Global Annual Conference in Tokyo, Japan
- Election of the 4th President, Mrs. Junko Ogawa (Japan)
11th WiN Global Annual Conference in Las Vegas, USA
10th WiN Global Annual Conference in Paris, France
9th WiN Global Annual Conference in Seoul, Korea
8th WiN Global Annual Conference in Helsinki, Finland
- Election of the 3rd President, Dr. Annick Carnino (France)
7th WiN Global Annual Conference in Washington DC, USA
6th WiN Global Annual Conference in Taipei, Taiwan
5th WiN Global Annual Conference in Valencia, Spain
4th WiN Global Annual Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Election of the 2nd President, Mrs. Agneta Rising (Sweden)
3rd WiN Global Annual Conference in Göteborg, Sweden
2nd WiN Global Annual Conference in Bonn, Germany
1st WiN Global Annual Conference in Paris, France
WiN Constitutional meeting in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
- Election of the 1st President, Dr. Irene Aegerter (Switzerland)
- Leading Group members confirmed as the working core
First meeting of Leading Group in Zurich
- Election of the Chair-person, Dr. Irene Aegerter (Switzerland)
- adopted Charter and decided constitutional meeting in January 1993
- Issuing quarterly newsletter WiNFO and establishing WiN Award
- 1st Annual Conference in Paris in July 1993