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Spring retreat and mental health workshop in Grächen, May 2024

2024-08-06

Event report

In May 2024 our pod members got together for a weekend to catch up, meet new members and learn about mental health and wellbeing in academia. 

An Open Letter Regarding “Leaky Pipeline in der Wissenschaft”

2023-05-06

Open letter

This open letter contains the collective response of AVETH and other ETH-affiliated organiza-tions (listed in the signatures) to the recent interview, first published in a news outlet on 06.05.2023, regarding the results of a study on the “causes of the leaky pipeline” in academia led by Prof. Margit Osterloh and Prof. Katja Rost at the University of Zurich (1,2). Notably, the authors shared the conclusions of their studies with a national media outlet before the work had been openly published or peer-reviewed, raising many questions from the academic com-munity about their research and publishing practices. The contents of their interview were sub-sequently published by additional journalists at other media outlets, a number of which posted provocative headlines and further misappropriated the unpublished results.

An open letter to the SERI

2023-03-23

Open letter

On March 23, 2023the Switzerland-wide Harassment Awareness Day, we teamed up with other associations (ETH Women Professors Forum, StrukturElle, WiNS, TWIST and SpeakUp! Academia  to send a letter to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, to continue our fight against gender inequality in research. The letter proposes the creation of an independent national reporting center to combat discrimination, sexism, bullying, and sexual harassment in academic institutions. The center would allow victims to report incidents anonymously, and reports from the center should be included in the accreditation process. 

500WS retreat in Kandersteg
November 2021

2021-11-22

Event report

We enjoyed two days together getting to know each other, hiking, cooking, and spending long nights talking and having fun. 

An open letter to the leadership of Max Planck Society

2021-11-18

Open letter

We are writing to express our concern at the highly publicized dismissals, demotions, and conflicts involving female Directors of Max Planck Institutes (MPI). These reports have appeared in prestigious and widely read outlets including Science (in 2021[1] and 2018[2]) and Nature (in 2018[3]), where issues of leadership and bullying have been highlighted.  Similar reports have also publicized cases involving women in top academic positions at the University of Copenhagen (in Nature in 2019[4]), ETH Zurich (in Science in 2018[5]), and the University of London (in Science in 2018[6]), indicating that these issues involving senior women extend well beyond the MPG.  

500WS at the Frauenstreik
Women in Science Flashmob

2021-06-21

Event report

On June 14th, we decided to join the Frauenstreik by organizing a Women in Science flashmob.

On-line Extravaganza
May2021

2021-05-24

Event report

On the 20th of May, we had our third outreach event. Despite being compelled to use an online format, we had enthusiatic participants from all around the world!

September 500 Women Scientists in the Pub

2020-09-21

Event report

On the 17th of September, we had our second "500 Women Scientists in the Pub" Event. We had two inspiring talks about sustainable pharmaceutical production and livestock farming. 

First 500 Women Scientists in the Pub Event

2020-02-17

Event report

On International Women in Science Day we successfully held our first Women Scientists in the Pub event at ONO. Our evening included two inspiring talks about Arsenic in Seafood and Socially Exchanged Fluids in Ants and pub quiz with prizes. Thank you to all who showed up for the event and to our volunteer speakers! 

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