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"Doing the thesis as a mother is very hard, but also very satisfying and the children live it with enthusiasm"

They reconcile R & D and upbringing.

Lola Ojados and Ana Vanessa Caparrós, both from the Technological Research Support Service (SAIT) of the Polytechnic of Cartagena, finished their doctoral thesis a few months ago, while Adela Ramos, member of the UPCT project I want to be an engineer, is in full doctoral research.

All three are mothers and, on the occasion of International Women's Day, have reflected together on the causes that cause gender gaps and the difficulties that doctoral candidates have with children.

Ana Vanesa Caparrós: ​​While doing the thesis I had to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning to move forward with the work and to have everything ready when the children wake up.

And at night I fell asleep in my arms while reviewing the data of the trials.

The last two years were especially intense and the same week that I had the defense of the thesis was also the communion of my daughter.

But when you finish the thesis you feel a very great satisfaction and your children also live it with enthusiasm.

Lola Ojados: I came to the laboratory at 5 in the morning on weekends and came back home to have breakfast with them.

And I take my daughter to the congresses, because otherwise I would not enjoy vacations with her.

In return, he has learned before that the rest of his class to handle Power Point, but still leaves notes 'mom works too much'.

Lola: At the University we have flexible hours, but it also has a price.

What you do not do in one schedule, you have to do in another.

I can take my daughter to school, but I'm not in the afternoon to go with her to the park. "

And when is the time to dedicate less time to children?

Because older people also have needs and require attention, even if it is not so obvious.

Differentiated roles

Ana: With the children we also have to fight the stereotypes and the differentiation of roles they do, in which they see you as the axis of the family, so that they do not ask you to do the thesis or to understand that we all have the right to do sports .

This year, for the first time, I managed to go dancing two hours a week "

Adela Ramos: I have learned to get out of the way sometimes, so that my family is not so dependent on me.

Ana: They must assume that you are not a worse mother because you are not always solving their lives "

Lola: Our generation is still programmed for that, for patriarchal and macho education, so we often can not even choose.

My mother was my reference, because I fixed everything without any need, whether it was a breakdown at home or in the car, I managed. And now that's the role I play, even if I do not want to "

Adela: We can also reeducate ourselves.

Ana: At home more and more responsibilities are shared, but in my house I am the one that I have to lead, even though my partner helps me a lot "

Adela: It is not help, it is co-responsibility and coordination that is needed.

Ana: Yes, but in practice you need me to tell you what I have to do.

Labor gap

Adela: When I worked in the private company I saw that I had to go home, because the babysitter was leaving, and my fellow men could stay for more hours and make merits to ascend.

You have to decide and it rages, because you would like to be there, because you know you deserve it.

In the end I opted to quit my job in order to do the thesis and spend more time with my children.

Lola: Something is always renounced and not everything is recoverable.

When Candela was born, I had two teenagers and my mother was very sick, so I took six months of leave and it took me years to recover what I would have got if I had not left.

It is a penalty that they do not have and the result is that few women arrive at management positions without giving up their family.

Adela: When I see the women who disappear from the labor market at 30, I think: are we stupid?

The message to young women should be: go ahead, do not give up.

Because the wage gap is a fact.

Lola: Fortunately, we are in a moment, after 8M last year, of a lot of awareness to move towards equality, although there is still much to be done.

The Teleco LAN Party creates a virtual violet point to request help or report situations of harassment and sexist aggressions

The eleventh edition of the Teleco LAN Party, the technological marathon organized every year by the students of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) and that will take place between April 11 and 16, will premiere the first virtual violet point in a these characteristics, to alert of possible sexist aggressions and situations of harassment.

The violet alert button, developed by the students of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering that belong to the organization of the Teleco LAN Party, will be available to the participants in the event through its user Portal, both in its computers as in their mobile devices, and activate an alert protocol that will allow the organization to identify and locate the person who has pressed, verify the incident and notify emergency services if necessary.

For this, all the students of the Polytechnic that make up the organization of the event will be trained in the care and accompaniment of victims of sexist violence.

The protocol of action, prepared in coordination with the Unit of Equality of the UPCT, will be active during the 110 hours of the event, which will be held at the Telecommunications School of the UPCT, as announced by the organizers today, coinciding with the International Women's Day.

The Teleco LAN Party joins other mass events in which a violet point of attention is given to victims of sexist acts and harassment and innovates by virtualizing the warning and attention protocol, allowing to warn telematically of any violent, intimidating or of abuse.

With this measure, the members of the Youth Association of Telematics of Cartagena (AJTCT), organizer of the Teleco LAN Party 11 Cartagena, seek to encourage the participation of the female audience in the event, offering a safe environment in one of the biggest technological events and of digital leisure of the Region of Murcia.

The Association of Women Scientists celebrates a conference on Women in Science at the UPCT

The Association of Women Scientists of the Region of Murcia (Lyceum) held a day of debate on the situation of Women in Science at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT).

During the event it was possible to enjoy various activities, from a poster contest to presentations to young people who will deepen their vocation as scientists.

The event also included the participation of the Seneca Foundation and the Ministries of Family and Equal Opportunities;

Employment Universities, Business and Environment;

and of Education, Youth and Sports.

Source: UPCT