Women In Technology - Friday Links - 06/06/2025
Hello WIT friends,
It’s Friday! This week, we bring you a roundup of WIT and CERN community events, as well as a few thought-provoking stories to read over the long weekend.
Enjoy!
Kate, for WIT SC
WIT events
ICYMI: WIT Roundtable on Anti-Harassment Support Structures
On Tuesday, we had a roundtable discussion with members of the various response channels dealing with issues related to harassment and misconduct at CERN. Many thanks to all of our guest speakers, and to everyone who submitted questions and participated in the discussion! In case you missed it, you can find the slides with information about the various support channels available and recordings of the presentations at the Indico page: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1536979/. And don’t forget, you can always contact WIT in case you need support or advice!
Volunteer opportunity!
We are seeking some additional volunteers to help promote WIT at the bimonthly “Connecting the Dots” onboarding events. We’ll provide the promotional materials, and you provide the welcoming community spirit! The next event will take place on Tuesday, June 10 at 15:00 in the “Pas Perdus” area near the main auditorium, but if you can’t make it this time, we would also be happy to have help at future events. If you’re interested, contact [email protected].
Upcoming event: WIT Book Club
Thursday, June 12, 17:00
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1545186/
We are excited to invite you to the WIT Book Club, a space to explore and discuss books written by or about women in STEM. Meetings will be held every six weeks on Thursdays from 17:00 to 18:00. We encourage everyone to read the selected book, but you are welcome to join the discussion even if you haven’t finished (or started!) the book.
📚 Our first book: Inferior by Angela Saini
📍 Location: Library, Physics Section
Community events & news
Pride Month
The LGBTQ+ CERN Informal Network welcome you to join their Pride Month activities:
Movie Nights 🎥🍿🌈✨
Every Thursday in June, LGBTQ+ CERN and the CERN Cinema Club are collaborating to feature LGBTQ+ films.
Geneva Pride March 🚶🚶♂️🚶♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
On June 7th at 14h00, LGBTQ+ CERN and UN-GLOBE will march from the Quai Wilson bus station to Parc de Bastions. More info here: https://www.genevapride.ch/marche
If you would like to know more about these and future events, you can sign up to the mailing list and/or Signal group by emailing [email protected], or by subscribing to lgbtqcern-list through: https://e-groups.cern.ch/.
CERN Spouses & Partners Forum
Have you recently arrived in the area and are looking for ways to help your spouse or partner settle in, find work or connect with others? You’re not alone – and now there’s a dedicated space to help you and your family navigate life around CERN. To support the transition for new arrivals and strengthen community ties, HR has teamed up with the Diversity and Inclusion Officer (DIO) for the Theoretical Physics (TH) department to launch the CERN Spouses & Partners Forum. Created by the community, for the community, this forum is designed to foster connections and the exchange of experiences, tips and advice on topics related to integrating, job hunting and more.
Stories for the long weekend
When a Historian Saw This Haunting Photograph of a Nameless Native Girl, She Decided She Had to Identify Her (Smithsonian Magazine)
Names tether people to historical records. Names are what let us trace people through old newspapers and books, census records and legal documents, family memories, and community gossip. Names are what transform the anonymous people in old photographs into particular individuals with complicated stories of their own.
‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America (The Guardian)
Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, she explains why.
Lost Women of Science Conversations: The Elements of Marie Curie
In The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science, Dava Sobel celebrates the many women who came to Paris to work with Marie Curie after she won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Many of these women went on to become experts in radioactivity, creating their own networks to support female scientists.