Women In Technology - Friday Links - 14/02/2025
Published on February 14, 2025
Hello everybody,
Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone!
Let's celebrate love in all its forms! Romantic love, friendship, self-love, community love, and the love that connects us all across different backgrounds, identities, and experiences!
Here is our selection of Friday links.
WIT activities
The WIT Cake sale on 11th of February to celebrate the International Day for Women and Girls in Sciencehas been a great success. Many of you have come to taste the cakes that our volunteers had prepared and we managed to raise more than 1000 CHF for Aid for All. https://www.aidforall.ch/india
Have you heard about our mentoring programme?
Last year, 90% of participants were very satisfied or satisfied with Mentoring@CERN, and 84% appreciated the organiser-led matching. It delivered real impact, with 67% achieving their goals (12% partially), and 55% planning to continue their mentoring relationships.
Don’t miss your chance—only 2 weeks left to apply as a mentor or mentee: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1479276/
Workshop, Conferences, Events and others
Many other events have been organised at CERN and outside CERN to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
At the United Nations https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day
to list just a few of them.
The CERN Diversity and Inclusion Programme has made a campaign this week with booths in R1, R2, R3 showcasing the 25by’25 results and introducing the DIOs (Diversity and Inclusion Officers) of different departments. The D&I lanyards and card reels have been distributed.
As friends and allies of the Diversity & Inclusion Programme, this is an invitation to participate in a Special Meeting "DIOs, D&I Roundtable, Networks”. Open door, please come and go as your time permits.
Monday 24 Feb; and /or
Monday 10 March from 16h to 17h30
We thought you would be particularly interested in the upcoming event, "Particle by Particle: Building Our Equality."
We are delighted to invite you to this forward-looking discussion focused on gender equality at CERN, taking place on Thursday, 20 February 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30 in Salle Anderson (40/S2-A01).
Python for Business - Reskilling training for women on 1 March 2025 from 9:00 to 13:00
A quick plug for this year's "Women in Data Science - Geneva” conference on 1 April 2025! It's going to be a full day event with a variety of talks and workshops from an array of amazing women working in both industry and academia. There's a special early bird offer at the moment and tickets are only 50 CHF (includes lunch, coffee breaks, aperitif, and a cocktail dinner): https://www.eventbrite.ch/e/wids-geneva-data-ai-conference-2025-tickets-1223819750819
Two weeks remaining ‘til the closing date to for the new D&I Officer role (Origin Grad) in the CERN D&I office.
Target audience: early career professional // max 2 years of work experience beyond the last degree (undergrad or master’s). Looking for someone ready to help with communication, in-house presentations, excel reports, admin support, and a genuine interest in an inclusive work environment.
Please share within your networks within CERN (internal mobility) and outside.
Vacancy Notice:
News, Articles and links
Women in Science
A lot of discussions are going on about the what’s happening in the US regarding DEI activities!
If you do not know about it https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity/
Some thoughts on that:
Greetings,
Adriana
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