Women In Technology - Friday Links - 01/08/2025
Hello Friends of WiT,
Summer is summering, and this is the last edition of FLs before we take a break. We hope you took some time off to cool down, log off and relax. We have a compilation of links for you to read. Enjoy, and see you in a month!
DO NOT FORGET SPF,
Varsha, on behalf of WiT
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From CERN:
The Women in Tech group is organizing a talk director Fabiola Gianotti on 22.08.2025: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1570166/ Don't forget to sign up! A link to submit questions will be shared shortly before the event.
This evening at 5:00PM, the book club gathers in The Reading Room of the CERN Library to discuss 'Invisible Women'. Join us to discuss how data is biased towards one gender over the other. Feel free to drop by even if you haven't read the book!
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1562207/ And if you haven't joined the book club yet, you can find us on mattermost: https://mattermost.web.cern.ch/wit/channels/wit-book-club
From Around the World:
How the women in New Mexico made the moon landing possible: https://www.thepersistent.com/margo-selby-helen-caddick-interview-moon-landing/
In a lot of professional situations, women are expected to 'volunteer' for social tasks more often than men. Read what the Journal of Human Resources has to say about it: https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/07/03/jhr.58.5.0121-11455R1
Follow the Tour de France femmes, currently in stage 6: https://www.letourfemmes.fr/
Even in this day and age, the workplace is not free of misconduct. Laws around it need to be strengthened. Here's one example: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jul/07/uk-bosses-to-be-banned-using-ndas-cover-up-misconduct-work
Occupational Segregation talks about the division of demographic of people in the workforce. Find out about the various aspects that affect employment opportunities: https://www.aauw.org/resources/article/occupational-segregation/