CERN to celebrate International Women’s day
Geneva, 4 March 2010. On Monday 8 March, CERN 1 will take on a distinctly feminine look as the laboratory celebrates the role of women in physics. Often seen as a male preserve, the reality is rather different, with women playing key roles across all areas of CERN activity. "At CERN, and in particle physics the world over, talent is the only criterion that counts," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer. "Gender, race and religion have no part to play in finding the right person for the job." On women's day, CERN will be sending a clear message to any young women interested in science and engineering that this is a field for them. In the CERN Control Centre, half the Engineers-in-Charge who take responsibility for operating the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator are women. In the experiments, in all CERN departments and in the management, women are increasingly represented.
