Held by UNESCO and UN Women on February 11, this year's International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrates women's contribution to major scientific advances. Higher education and research are not to be outdone: inequalities between girls and boys tend to increase throughout the student and professional careers, and even more so in scientific fields, which are dominated by men. The establishments in the CPED network are therefore mobilizing on February 11, but also all year round, to raise awareness among the university community and encourage high school girls to dare to choose a scientific career after the Bac.
Spotlight on three establishments that once again took part in this year's International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
INSA LYON | February 7, 11 and 14, 2019
As part of its cycle of events "Like... shall we talk about it?"the company is presenting an exhibition based on the photographic series Infinités PluriElles by Marie-Hélène Le Ny. Six portraits of women scientists are presented in all their diversity. In addition, a book exhibition, a theatrical performance What if we'd forgotten about them? by the "A quoi Serge" collective on the invisibilization of women, or the screening of the film Les Figures de L'ombrewhich recounts the - again forgotten - contributions of African-American women mathematicians at NASA, who helped their country take the lead in the conquest of space in the early 1960s.
Order the exhibition Infinités PluriElles to its establishment
UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES | February 7, 2019
The University of Nantes, supported by Nantes Métropole, UIMM 44 and the association Elles Bougentthe challenge to a hundred high school girls. Industri'Elles "A collaborative role-playing game designed to help them discover the wide range of jobs available in the industrial sector. For one day, these young girls put themselves in the shoes of professionals - production engineer, buyer, R&D technician...
UNIVERSITY OF REUNION
The Pôle Egalité of the Université de La Réunion, the UFR Sciences et Technologies and the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers proposed three events to their university community on February 11: a screening of film Shadow Figuresa exhibition "Once... Women of Science": 10 portraits of women scientists".and a Women and Girls in Science" conference in the presence of Dr Isabelle GRONDIN, senior lecturer in Chemistry, member of LCSNSA, Hélène VEREMES, PhD in Physics, post-doc at Lacy and Camille PAQUEZ, PhD student in Geosciences (Sciences de l'Univers).
UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE 3 - PAUL SABATIER | February 4 to 14, 2019
This new edition of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science at Toulouse 3 University focuses on the scientific contributions of women in developing countries. A conference-show "d'Abidjan à Toulouse: parcours de femmes scientifiques dans la lutte contre le VIH-sida chez l'enfant et l'adolescent en Afrique" (From Abidjan to Toulouse: the careers of women scientists in the fight against HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents in Africa). focuses on the African continent. And all week long, the exhibition Science Size XX Ellesin partnership with CNRS and the association Women & Sciencewhich is available to the public free of charge.