Women In Technology - Friday Links - 07/03/2025
Hello everyone,
Tomorrow, it’s International Women’s Day. Of course, we should celebrate women every day but having a dedicated moment like this helps to amplify female voices, while highlighting the inequality many women face globally.
8 mars 2025 – Journée internationale des luttes féministes
- Geneva: https://grevefeministe-ge.ch/8-mars-2025-ji-des-luttes-feministe/
- Versoix: https://versoixegalite.ch/semaines-de-legalite/
- Saint-Genis: https://mediatheque.saint-genis-pouilly.fr/node/content/nid/445033
- Ferney: https://mediatheque.ferney-voltaire.fr/cms/articleview/id/707
- FIFDH the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights is ongoing in Geneva https://fifdh.org/en/festival/program/2024/film/theres-still-tomorrow/
- Our top pick for March 8th: There is still Tomorrow: A working-class wife and mother dreaming of a better future https://fifdh.org/en/festival/program/2024/film/theres-still-tomorrow/
Special Meeting: DIOs, D&I Roundtable, Networks - inaugural "Inclusion & Awareness Forum"
An opportunity to reflect on our approach to diversity & inclusion at CERN and beyond; to hear initial ideas and to give your feedback.
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1515552/
Sheroes
Amanda Nguyen Rewrote The Law. Now, She’s Blazing A Trail To Space – Here’s How She Did It
[..] it was these six women, already accustomed to navigating men’s worlds, […] doctors, chemists, physicists, pilots and geologists. Between them, they had already scaled both literal and figurative mountains across the globe. They had but to summit this next one. And survive it.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/05/female-climbers-denali
Female doctors outnumber male peers in UK for first time
A long-awaited treat
Rockstar author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count: A stately sisterhood saga about a group of women whose lives haven’t turned out quite as planned..
And if you are interested in a book club with a strong-female character, join the WIT discussion over MM: https://mattermost.web.cern.ch/wit/pl/jz65mqu95b89dbj7ht6965gsgo
The path to financial equality
Les femmes riches ne courent pas les rues:
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/117799-000-A/les-femmes-riches-ne-courent-pas-les-rues-1-2/
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/117800-000-A/les-femmes-riches-ne-courent-pas-les-rues-2-2/
DEI in the US
How Trump made ‘diversity’ a dirty word – podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/feb/10/how-trump-made-diversity-a-dirty-word-podcast
In the US, DEI is under attack. But under a different name, it might live on
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24110m30ddo
WIT visit to the ALICE Experiment
We are thrilled to invite you to another exciting underground visit! On March 12 at 17:00, we will be visiting the ALICE Experiment at LHC Point 2.
The visit will include both the surface exhibition and the experimental cavern, 51.2 m below ground.
Afterwards, we’ll have an informal apéro.
Places are limited and registration is mandatory. For more details and to register:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1521689/
Thanks to all the women in our lives and to those that support them,
WIT-communications