Women In Technology - Friday Links - 01/03/2024
Hello everybody,
Work-life balance
Despite this article being from The Economist 2018, it does not feel less relevant today: Mothers are perceived to be less committed to their jobs, less dependable, less authoritative and more emotional when they become mothers (despite evidence to the contrary), fathers are perceived to be more committed to their work than childless men, offered higher starting salaries, held to lower expectations and cut more slack.
- https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/01/26/the-roots-of-the-gender-pay-gap-lie-in-childhood
- https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/getting-job-there-motherhood-penalty#:~:text=Mothers%20were%20considered%20to%20be,more%20committed%20than%20non%2Dfathers.
On the bright side:
Sweden: Where it's taboo for dads to skip parental leave
Healthy parents means healthy societies and also healthy workers; family policies represent an investment far beyond a welfare hand-out.
- https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240130-sweden-where-its-taboo-for-dads-to-skip-parental-leave
How often are women careers forgotten
“It’s incredibly important these stories are known, because if you don’t know someone has done something, you feel like you’re doing it for the first time; if people tell you that you’re no good at anything and you haven’t got anyone to point to, you can’t say ‘these people did it, so I’ll do it’.”
Women who inspire me
Brazilian soccer club president holds press conference exclusively for women reporters.
As the only female club president across Brazil's three main divisions, Pereira admitted she "feels lonely."
Criticised for only allowing women journalists in the news conference, Pereira responded: "Don't be hysterical."
It's not All in her Head
A new book explores the history of discrimination in women’s health care and how it affects diagnosis and treatment today.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/well/live/women-health-care-elizabeth-comen.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
WiDS Geneva 2024
Outstanding women discussing their work in the field of data science, in a wide variety of domains: https://widsgeneva.ch/
Other upcoming events
- Geneva Gender Debate at the Graduate Institute: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/geneva-gender-debate-2024
- A l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes le 08 mars prochain, 2 rencontres inspirantes avec Alexandra Ughetto (philosophe, sociologue et autrice) et Caroline Lesire (méditante-militante, coordinatrice d’Emergences et autrice).
Wishing you all a great week ahead,
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