International Women in Biomechanics or the IWB is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at supporting gender equity in biomechanics and it aims to be a supportive and uplifting community for women and underrepresented genders in the field.
[1] The community contains ranges of career stages and professions and interacts through forums, meetings and social media.
[3] The IWB was founded in July 2020 to support women in the biomechanics field and it creation was exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic which increased professional isolation.
[4][5] Ebrahimi and Maharaj were interviewed on the Biomechanics On Our Minds (BOOM) podcast about establishing IWB.
[6] In 2021 they conducted a survey to identify the needs, concerns and issues faced by their community and found that the primary needs for women in biomechanics were; supportive working environments, career planning support and assistance in addressing workplace gender bias.