Career Development Workshops for Women in Physics - No Longer Alone

Explore a conference talk on career development workshops for women in physics, presented by Shobhana Narasimhan from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Gain insights into the challenges faced by women in physics and the initiatives aimed at addressing them. Learn about the structure and content of these workshops, including talks by inspiring role models, discussions in World Café format, and practical sessions on publishing papers, improving CVs, creating better presentations, and negotiation skills. Discover the importance of involving social scientists and men in these efforts. Understand how drama workshops and social media are utilized to address workplace challenges and enhance networking. Examine the impact of these workshops on participants and their subsequent efforts to organize similar events in their own communities.

Intro
The graduate classes at Harvard were overwhelmingly male
International Conferences on Women in Physics
Challenges for Women in Physics
Aims of Our Workshops
The Organizers
The Supporters (at ICTP)
Career Development Workshop for
The Participants & Lecturers
Importance of Involving Social Scientists
Importance of Involving Men
Talks by inspiring role models
Sharing Our Stories
World Café Format Discussions
Workshop on Publishing Scientific papers
Workshop on Improving CVS
Workshop on Making Better Slides
Workshop on Giving Better Talks
Workshop on Negotiation
Drama Workshop: Challenges in the Workplace
Leveraging Social Media
Poster Session
Panel Discussions
Exercise: Picking A Research Topic
Participants Do Discuss Physics!
What Are You Taking Away From the Workshop?
Many Participants Have Gone on to Conduct Similar Workshops