Women In Technology - Friday Links - 30/08/2024
Hello everybody,
we know that for many of you summer holiday’s officially in the rearview mirror, and we are back in full swing! Get ready for an exciting season ahead when everything’s kicking off including our Friday links!
Here is our selection!
WIT Activities
CV Tips by Natalie Kane on 12 September from 12:30 to 13:45
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1439312/
CERN activities
Two events organised by the CERN Alumni Network:
R1 Talks: exploring climate education with EN-Roads on 3 September at 18:00 https://alumni.cern/events/151609
From research to industry - selling your skills to a future employer on 10 September from 16:30 to 17:30 https://alumni.cern/events/154011
For the second year, the CERN Micro Club will be running a Code Club.
CERN Code Club offers computer programming workshop sessions during the academic year to children aged 9 to 13, that are supervised by volunteers from the CERN community. It is a local Code Club chapter, hosted by the CERN Micro Club and supported by the CERN Staff Association.
Code Club is a global non-profit organisation that provides free projects and resources to run Coding workshops. In the clubs, young people aged 9 to 13 create games, animations and websites using computers by following the specially tailored step-by-step project guides.
More information and registration at :
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1447246/
As part of the #CERN70 September campaign, they would like to create a ‘Happy Birthday post’ featuring Member-state CERNois saying ‘Happy Birthday’ in their native language.
They are looking for volunteers from the following countries: Belgium, Hungary, Israel, Serbia
Filming will take place on-site in the first two weeks of September and would only require approximately 5-10 minutes of their time.
If you're interested, please contact Tyra Kaddu-Mulindwa. Email: [email protected]
News, Articles and links
Physicist, 98, honoured 75 years after discovery
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp38dz7gyjxo
Here is a very interesting study on why sexual violence prevention programmes don't work
https://lesglorieuses.fr/sexual-violence-prevention/
Period poverty costs too much, take action to end it
The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/women-in-stem/
Women of science by the Digital Encyclopaedia of European History
https://ehne.fr/en/encyclopedia/themes/gender-and-europe/educating-europeans/women-science
Hiring women, rather than just talking about it, works. That doesn’t mean all men are on board, it turns out
Greetings,
Adriana
on behalf of CERN WIT Communications
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