Women In Technology - Friday Links - 07/11/2025
Published on November 7, 2025
Dear WIT friends,
Here is a curated roundup of stories and events for you to explore over the weekend. 🙂
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🗣️ Links
Study from Commission Femmes et Astronomie de la SF2A Shows Gender Drop‐Off in French Astronomy Careers
A statistical study covering 11 astronomy and astrophysics institutes in France (~1,525 staff) found that the share of women consistently declines with increasing seniority, job security, qualification level and salary. Read more here.
Pay Transparency directive: A guide for employers by 2026
“The EU pay directive was created as part of a wider movement towards pay transparency across Europe. The EU Council adopted the Directive in 2023, and it’s due to come into force by 7 June 2026.” Read more here.
Mexican President Sheinbaum Takes Legal Action After Public Assault
President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Read more here.
Balancing Parental and Work Time in Dual-Income Couples
A study about how working parents manage their time, especially fathers. Read more here.
🗣️ Events
4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics
📅 Date: 10-13 November 2025
📍 Location: CERN’s Main Auditorium
Registration and more information can be found here: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1480892/overview
Next CERN Book Club Meeting
Please register on this link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1608892/
📚 The book: “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
📅 Date: 4 December 2025
🕔 Time: 17:00–18:00
📍 Location: Library, The Reading Room
To keep up with the Frankenstein theme, the Book Club participants will organise a visit to Villa Diodati, where the book started taking shape. Interested readers (and non-readers) will go to the performance taking place in December: Frankenstein - Les Fondateurs | Geneva Tourism. More information on both of these events will be shared soon.
Workshop: Build Your Personal Brand Online
📅 Date: Tuesday 2nd December at 12h
📍 Location: Both in person at CERN and on Zoom
For Who: Everyone in the WIT community, regardless of gender and professional field
Registration needed:
- In Person: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1609162/ (20 people + 5 people waiting list)
- Zoom: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1609167/ (20 people + 5 people waiting list)
Description
In this interactive session with Jennifer Rogers, participants will explore how to shape a professional presence that reflects who they are and the impact they make. Through a series of guided, hands-on exercises, you’ll learn how to discover and articulate your value in a single powerful sentence, and translate your professional story into a confident online profile.
You’ll leave with:
- A clear understanding of what personal branding really means today
- A concise personal pitch that communicates your impact
- Practical tools for improving your online visibility and engagement
- Renewed confidence in how to express your professional identity with authenticity and clarity
Competition
FameLab, the world-leading science communication competition, has launched a digital competition (3-15 November), inviting our audience to create their own FameLab-esque video presentations - with the chance to win exciting prizes.
More about the competition can be found on any of the following links.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQlmXqvDclX/
The deadline for entering the competition is 15 November at 17:00 CET.