Women In Technology - Friday Links - 27/06/2025
Hello everybody,
Our selection of Friday Links is here for your summery weekend reading:
Gender parity in the new directorate
Mark Thomson announced the names of the new senior leadership team:
https://home.cern/news/opinion/cern/cern-management-structure-2026-2030-part-2
Also, Fabiola Gianotti, in her ESPP talk this week, included the importance and visibility of D&I in particle physics research:
https://agenda.infn.it/event/44943/contributions/263381/
Why it matters
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5_Why-It-Matters-2020.pdf
Women formed 42% of the G20 workforce in 2021 but held only 22% of STEM occupations, almost unchanged from 19% in 2005.
Women also account for a minority of the world’s researchers: approximately one in three researchers are women, whether working in government, higher education, private, non-profit or other unspecified sectors.
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000391384
Glass-Ceiling Index 2025: Best Countries for Working Women:
https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/glass-ceiling-index-2025-best-countries-for-working-women/
The “We Do Not Care” club
The “We Do Not Care” club, founded by influencer Melani Sanders, celebrates women who have stopped trying to please everyone:
it feels liberating just to free my mind from caring so much about things that don’t truly matter
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/well/menopause-melani-sanders-club.html
In sports
Euro 2025, get to know every single squad member at the tournament: https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2025/jun/26/womens-euros-2025-player-profiles-guide-switzerland
[Women that inspire me] The woman surfing giant waves: I’ve almost died so many times’: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/26/sport/women-big-wave-surfing-intl-spt
The Portland Bar That Screens Only Women’s Sports: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/23/the-portland-bar-that-screens-only-womens-sports
Meet the author
18th July at 13.30: Meet the Author with Patrizia Caraveo, Paolo Nespoli and Matthias Maurer - https://indico.cern.ch/event/1562215/
Join us for a special Meet the Authors session at the CERN Library, featuring three exceptional voices at the intersection of space science, exploration, and communication:
· Patrizia Caraveo, renowned astrophysicist and author of Space Ecology, Saving the Starry Night and Europe in the Global Space Economy
· Paolo Nespoli, ESA astronaut and author of Interior Space: A Visual Exploration of the International Space Station.
· Matthias Maurer, ESA astronaut and author of Cosmic kiss
Through a dialogue that blends personal stories, scientific insight, and powerful imagery, the discussion will dive into the human side of space science - what it teaches us about our planet, our society, and ourselves.
The event will be followed by a Q&A and book signing session. The featured books are available from the CERN Library & Bookshop.
📚✨ Part of the STELLAR programme - a celebration of science and imagination during the International Cosmic Ray Conference 2025 at CERN Science Gateway.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,
WIT-comms