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STUDY WHAT YOU LOVE TO LEARN• Follow your passion • Get support from your family and teachers • Work hard and focus • Do the best in what you like • Find your role models Girls who grow

WOMEN IN SCIENCE:

CHALLENGES AND

OPPORTUNITIES

MINH LEASSISTANT PROFESSORCITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

QUESTIONS YOU MAY ASK?

• Is Science a career for women? Mathematics? Physics? Chemistry? Engineering? Medicine?

• Should I pursue a PhD degree?

• Can I get married and have babies during my study?

• Should I study further or pursue a real research career after I have children?

• How do I become a successful scientist and a good mother at the same time?

• How to overcome the stereotype and bias against women in science?

PROPORTION OF FEMALE PHDS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS

https://www.insidehighered.com/

STUDY WHAT YOU LOVE TO LEARN

• Follow your passion

• Get support from your family and teachers

• Work hard and focus

• Do the best in what you like

• Find your role models

Girls who grow up to be prominent scientists aren’t anomalies

ROLE MODELS: FEMALE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

• As of 2017, Nobel Prizes have been awarded

to 844 men, 48 women

• Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, fourteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, twelve have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, four have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, two have won the Nobel Prize in Physics and one has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

https://www.nobelprize.org

ROLE MODELS: MARIE CURIE AND IRENE JOLIOT CURIE

• The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903

• Curie is also the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in

1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

• Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

in 1935, making the two the only mother-daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes

https://www.nobelprize.org

ROLE MODELS: L’ORÉAL-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE

• Each year, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science award recognizes 5 eminent

female scientist from the 5 regions of the world for their remarkable contribution to the advancement of research

https://www.fondationloreal.com

• Every year, the L'Oréal Foundation awards more than 275 Fellowships to female PhD

students and Post-Docs across 115 countries at a time when multiple obstacles arise to threaten their careers

https://www.fondationloreal.comROLE MODELS: L’ORÉAL-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE

• The L’Oreal For Women in Science National Fellowship recognizes the best fellows each year

across Vietnam. https://www.facebook.com/giaithuongkhoahocFWIS/

ROLE MODELS: L’ORÉAL-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE

THE LEAKY PIPELINE: SHARE OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates based on data from its database, July 2015

WHY DO A PHD? DO YOU HAVE A DREAM IN SCIENCE?

• to challenge yourself, push yourself to new heights or achieve a difficult goal

• never lose their childlike curiosity

• to explore and learn new things

• improve your abilities to understand and solve problems, increase your confidence, make yourself a

better communicator

• gain skills that may lead to a better job

• It fits you It is your dream!

• natural thirst for knowledge or an insatiable appetite for reading books about a particular topic

MY DREAM: TO FIND THE CURE FOR CRITICAL DISEASES

HOW COMMON IS CANCER?

• Today, more than twice as many people die from cancer than from AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/international/burden.htm

Number of Cancer cases and deaths worldwide in 2012 (in millions)

THE GLOBAL ALARM

The World Health organization

(WHO) reports that without

immediate action, the global

number of deaths from cancer

will increase by about 60% by

2030, with most occurring in

low- and middle-income

countries

DATING AND MARRIAGE FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE

DATING AND ROMANCE FOR FEMALE SCIENTISTS

• Start your PhD early

• Spend at least one evening a week on dating

• Stay beautiful

• Act like a girl

• Find the right boy: someone who understands

and support your career

• Don’t be too picky

• Be safe

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LOVE AND MARRIAGE: SWEETHEARTS IN SCIENCE

Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie

Pierre and Marie

• Navigating a relationship and career as a member of a scientist couple requires mutual respect , effort to carve out two distinct niches and a hearty dose of cooperation.

May-Britt and Edvard I Moser

COMPLEMENTS IN CAREERS

• Couples with very different kinds of careers, with

different phases, peak periods and timeframes often

find life a bit easier to sort out

• Pressure points are often not at the same time of

the year or at the same phase of life, so that they

can be more easily managed

• Another advantage of very different tracks is it

takes away some of the competition between

careers that can overlap if they are similar

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http://emorywheel.com/mens-story-project-BALANCE BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND CAREER

• Find a partner nearby

• Avoid distance relationship

• Discuss the opportunities

• Respect each other’s choices

• Step back when necessary

• Don’t regret the past

• Family comes first

• Cooperation is the key

MOTHER SCIENTISTS: HOW TO RAISE KIDS?

• Prepare the finance: savings, scholarships, fellowships

• Get as much help as possible

• Find good daycare centers and schools

• Encourage your partners to take care of the kids

• Spend quality time with them

• Calm down at home

• Read parenting books and websites

• Inspire kids to work hard but don’t pressure them

FIND A FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE

• Good salary

• Maternity leave, lactation rooms, expecting and young mothers around

• Activities for young families, international families

• Sponsored daycare centers and sponsored baby sitters or nannies

• Good schools in the neighborhood

• Subsidized or affordable housing

• Supervisors with good temper, kindness and care

REMAIN PRODUCTIVE DURING PARENTHOOD

• Prepare well:

• Save enough money

• Arrange confinement and daycare in advance

• Learn reliable information about parenting

• Reorganize your home

• Keep your emotion under control

• Practice yoga or go swimming

• Change your schedule to have more rest

• Get help at work and home

ORGANIZE YOUR WORK AND FAMILY LIFE

• Make detailed schedule with your family

and colleagues every day

• Make commitments for family time

• Schedule nursing/pumping time

• Focus whenever you have time to work

• Make your family life simple

• Say “NO” to unnecessary meetings

• Socialize with colleagues’ families

• Work whenever possible: when nursing, pumping, going out

• Be disciplined but flexible

• Take care and keep track of your children

• Bring kids to work on the weekends and holiday

• Don’t waste too much time on shopping and entertainment

• Don’t forget your husband

• Hangout with other families

• Eat well, keep fit, stay healthy

DEALING WITH STEREOTYPE AND DISCRIMINATION

• Be confident and stay calm

• Work your way to the top in your class

• Prepare well for scholarship applications and interviews

• Find the good mentors

• Make friends with nice colleagues

• Join student/postdoc unions

• Report problems and get help

• Fight when necessary

• Use women’s advantages

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP WOMEN IN SCIENCE

• If you are female or male students in science?

• If you are a student leader?

• If you are a teacher or supervisor?

• If you are a CEO or manager?

• If you are a boyfriend or husband of a female scientist?

• If you are a parent or sibling of a girl who loves science?