TheℓnewsLetterℓis a popularisation platform of the National Contact Centre for Women and Science. It brings information about developments in the field of gender and science and activities of the Centre in the Czech Republic. The Vol. 2, No.ℓ2010 English issue presents the main findings of the 2009 Monitoring Report on Women and Science in the Czech Republic, information about the 2010 Milada Paulova Award in Economics and a project focused on academic couples and the resulting publicationℓAcademic Duets: On the Professional and Private Lives in Science.