Women In Technology - Friday Links - 04/09/2022
Hello everybody,
September has arrived and we hope you have already managed to fit everything in place in la rentrée 😊
@TheProgrammerMe
WITalk 25 by’25
Join us on Tue 13th Sept at 12h15 in the IT Amphitheatre for a WIT Talk with Louise Carvalho, Diversity & Inclusion Programme Leader, to discuss the progress of the 25by’25 initiative.
You may submit your questions before the event here: https://liveqna.web.cern.ch/event/yYgRQq
More details in the indico page: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1172655/
Double standards and Finland’s prime minister who just wants to be herself
Many female employees face double standards like Marin’s on a daily basis. When these women self-promote, speak directly or dominantly, or, as in Marin's case, drink alcohol, they can be perceived as too masculine and can face backlash. If they reveal their feminine side by dancing with friends or revealing their bodies, they're perceived as less competent. In other words, they can't win.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2022/08/23/why-so-many-women-relate-to-sanna-marin/
Dear Sirs
Today it has been one of these days when I receive a mail from a colleague starting with Dear Sirs.
It is certainly not very common and definitely not with younger colleagues but it happens every now and then in mails or zoom meetings that would start with Hello Gentlemen.
Sure, it is just a word and there are more important things to put focus on..but I have to say on the hard days it sure does not help one feel included.
Dear colleagues is so much simpler!
Call your Girlfriend
One of the best podcasts for curious minds by Wired magazine.
For those like us, believing that friendship is a defining, important and powerful relationship, and that conversations among friends are the source of incredible social and political power.
https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-podcasts
If you can See Her you can Be Her
A recent Netflix series by women directors on the challenges and contradictions we constantly face due to gender stereotypes.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/intimacy
Why can’t tech fix its gender problem?
The tech industry loves to talk about how it is changing the world. Yet retrograde, gendered patterns and habits have long fueled tech’s extraordinary moneymaking machine. Breaking out of them might ultimately be the most innovative move of all.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/11/1056917/tech-fix-gender-problem/
And how much are we missing out for not having a more diverse workforce?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/29/gchq-female-coders-boost-nano-degree-courses
Quiet Quitting
Better work-life balance or total disengagement, quiet quitting has gone viral these days! Here is the Ombud’s take on this new phenomenon from CERN’s perspective.
https://ombuds.web.cern.ch/blog/2022/08/quiet-quitting
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,
Eva of behalf of the wit-sc
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