So that science looks like those who make it. Countering the gender stereotypes that steer young girls away from scientific careers.
A programme run by the Femmes et Sciences association to counter the gender stereotypes that steer young girls away from scientific careers. School visits — from primary through to secondary — to show that science has many faces.
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Les interventions sont gratuites. L'association dispose de l'agrément de l'Éducation nationale, nous pouvons intervenir dans les établissements publics. Nous pouvons également venir avec l'exposition photo itinérante (21 portraits par Vincent Moncorgé), mise à disposition gratuitement.
Showing that a scientific career is possible — with its detours, its doubts and its three maternity leaves. Sharing my experience as a researcher to inspire and to take apart stereotypes.
Taking the issue beyond academia: naming, in public debate, the mechanisms that steer girls away from science, and weighing on the decisions that could correct them.
I designed the digital object À sa place to carry the argument beyond a single article and to reach, on social media, the harder-to-reach teenage audiences. It sits at the interface between my commitment to women in science and my art studio.
Pour dix découvertes scientifiques du XXᵉ siècle co-signées par un homme et une femme, le crédit est historiquement accordé aux hommes… sauf si un geste public récent (un film, un prix, un timbre, un Google Doodle) est venu visibiliser la femme. Le biais hérité du XXᵉ siècle ne se corrige pas de lui-même mais par les actions de visibilisation des femmes. D'où l'importance de poursuivre ces actions.
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Advancing equality within scientific institutions themselves. The CNRS network of gender equality representatives has close to 500 members, across the sections of the National Committee and in research laboratories.
The CNRS 2024–2026 action plan aims to curb gender bias in recruitment, strengthen support for women's careers, and maintain gender parity in awards and distinctions.
CNRS gender equality action plan