Women In Technology - Friday Links - 26/01/2024

Dear WIT@CERN enthusiasts, 

Here is a selection of our Friday Links for you. 

Content: 

• WIT activities 
• Workshop , Conferences and Events
• News, articles and Links 

WIT activities

• If you haven’t done so yet, please take note of our upcoming WIT annual review, on Thursday, February 1 at 12:00.  https://indico.cern.ch/event/1366692/. If your New Year’s resolution is to get more involved, this is a great opportunity to learn more about WIT and the volunteer opportunities that we offer, and to provide feedback on our activities.  We have also created a brief survey, which we invite you to complete here: https://forms.office.com/e/Qnzqjgc0B6. This survey is anonymous; although you must log in with your CERN account, this will not be associated with your response.  Please reply to the survey no later than Friday, January 26 so that we can use your feedback as input to the annual review.   

• The cake sale will take place on Tuesday 6^th February from 12h to 14h in R2. WIT is happy to announce a cake sale to celebrate 11^th of February, the International day of Women and Girls in Science. We would like to celebrate this day by helping raising funds for the Aid For All charitable association led by our colleague Connie Potter. Among many projects, Aid For All is supporting the Jhalak school in Kalkotta, offering classes in the morning before school, as well as a hot breakfast and after school computing classes to ~100 very poor children. To know more about Aid For All, please check: https://www.aidforall.ch/

• Workshop on 9 February from 17:00 to 21:00 where we will introduce impostor syndrome, including what it is and how it usually manifests. After an introductory talk, participants will split in small groups to do some hands-on exercises. The workshop is moderated by a group of senior colleagues who know the career impact that impostor syndrome may have and are willing to provide you with a safe space to share some experiences and learned lessons, as well as helping you to build a support network of colleagues. All the details can be found in Indico: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1328290/ There are a few places left. If you can’t come in the end, please, let us know so we can free your place for someone else.

• Social media contributions for International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Your action is needed : )
  The International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11) is coming soon!  Once again, WIT plans to celebrate the day on our social media accounts by featuring the fantastic women of CERN doing what they love! 
  Would you like to be featured?  If so, please send us the following: 

• • 1-3 good-quality photos, showing what you like best about your work (feel free to be creative!)
  • Your name
  • Your Instagram / LinkedIn handle if you want to be tagged
  • Your nationality
  • Your position (e.g. physicist, student, engineer, technician, etc.) 
  • Tell us in a couple of sentences what you do, and what is your favourite thing about being part of the CERN community (keep it understandable for the public, please!)

Please send the pictures and the above info to: [email protected] by Friday, February 2.   

We’ll feature your photos on our Instagram (@wit.cern) and/or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/wit-cern/) accounts in the days surrounding February 11. 

Thanks for your collaboration, and feel free to share this request with your friends and colleagues!

Workshop, Conferences and Events

• You are still on time to register to the CERN Alumni Third Collisions event, taking place on 9 – 11 February 2024 at CERN, where you’ll have a chance to meet alumni from all over the world, many of them industry leaders in their fields as well as some recruiting companies keen to present their opportunities to people with skills developed at CERN. You can find more information and get your ticket here: https://alumni.cern/page/third-collisions

• D&I Learning offers for February and March :

2024 is shaping up to be a very good year for Diversity & Inclusion learning offers.  For those who took part in the pilot or previous sessions, your valuable feedback has been incorporated in the latest versions of: 

1) Unconscious Bias on-line with Dr Roshni Mooneeram’s: “Blind Spots and Bias Busters” // “Libérons-nous des préjugés inconscients”

• • Register here for the English version - Friday 16 February 2024 from 9h to 11h (enrollment deadline 9 Feb) 

• • Register here for the French version:   Friday 15 March 2024 from 9h to 11h (enrollment deadline 8 Mar) 

2/ Recognising and responding to gender discrimination at work in-person with Specta(c)tor’s Theatre Forum: “Coffee Machine: Who Rinces the Cups” // “Machine à café: Qui Rince les Tasses? “

• • Register here for the French version  - Tuesday 5 March 2024 from 10h to 12h30

(enrollment deadline 5 Feb)

• • Register here for the English version  -  Thursday 7 March 2024 from 10h to 12h30

(enrollment deadline 5 Feb)

Please spread the word among your colleagues and professional networks.

• Interesting event with French writer Sophie Fontanel organised by UNIGE (registration mandatory)

https://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/thematiques/diversite/agisme/rencontre-avec-sophie-fontanel/

News, Articles and links

• Laura Stewart let us know about this interesting Facebook page.
• How a forgotten physicist’s discovery broke the symmetry of the Universe: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00109-5
• The gender gap in STEM : still gaping in 2023: https://professionalprograms.mit.edu/blog/leadership/the-gender-gap-in-stem/

The article discusses the persistent underrepresentation of women in STEM fields, noting that women constitute only 28% of the STEM workforce. Key factors contributing to this gap include stereotypes, lack of female role models, unconscious bias, and work-life balance challenges. The article suggests strategies like encouraging girls in STEM education, creating inclusive workplaces, promoting female role models, and addressing structural barriers like pay and funding bias. It highlights the benefits of gender diversity in STEM for innovation, economic growth, and social progress, emphasizing the need for a multifaceted approach to close the gender gap

• Women in Tech Statisttics: Gender Diversity in Tech 2024:

https://www.luisazhou.com/blog/women-in-tech-statistics/#:~:text=When%20it%20comes%20to%20STEM,workforce%20in%20science%2Drelated%20jobs.

• A paper on gender equality:
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359053016_HOW_CAN_GENDER_EQUALITY_BE_ENSURED_IN_STEM_EDUCATION_FACTORS_and_STRATEGIES

Have a good weekend to you all, 

Ece on behalf of CERN WIT Communications

About the Women in Technology (WIT) Community: The aim of this community is to provide an environment in which women are not in the minority when interacting with technology. Our objectives are: to encourage women to play the role of expert; to provide a supportive learning environment; and to build a network between the Women in Technology here at CERN. WIT welcomes members from all genders and all technical fields. Visit cern.ch/wit