Women In Technology - Friday Links - 19/12/2025
Hello everybody,
It's a wrap! We are wishing you all a wonderful break with your close ones <|: )}}##
And we hope 2026 will bring us more reasons to celebrate and a few steps closer to equality.
Many thanks to those that joined us in the AMBER Visit this week, we enjoyed it a lot!
25by25
25by25 is concluding with clear gains in STEM graduates, STEM staff, and a noticeable cultural shift on campus!
Retention is now the next priority.
- https://home.cern/news/news/cern/25-25-initiative-diversity-progress-cern
- https://cernbox.cern.ch/pdf-viewer/public/nNcJTZFRspMjrAH/V9-interactif_CERN_25by25%20Report.pdf
XMAS Gift
CERN’s Room C, one of the busiest rooms on campus, has long lacked women’s representation in its wall displays. Today, it finally welcomes a breath of diversity and modernity!
https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/cern/all-change-room-c
A Task Force to Break Down Barriers
The UK government has launched a new taskforce it says will help women "enter, stay and lead" in the UK tech sector.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7vez25ly5o
The Ultimate Goal
“That women have made economic and political strides is not in dispute, but we are still very far away from the ultimate goal of feminism, which is to make itself redundant.”
https://www.vogue.com/article/25-years-annie-leibovitz-question-of-women
Where do Women Hold Real Power?
This year's Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women captures women at the center, directing capital that determines AI's trajectory, managing supply chains governments compete to secure, and steadying institutions under historic pressure.
XMAS Reading Ideas
https://reesesbookclub.com/our-picks/
ATLAS Underground Visits
We are excited to invite you to a guided visits to the ATLAS experiment, on Wednesday 7 and Wednesday 21 Jan 2026, 18:00! This is a fantastic opportunity to explore one of CERN's most iconic experiments and learn more about its cutting-edge research.
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1623593/
All the best,
WIT-communications