February, 3rd

Your Intern Board

Dear interns, Let’s start off by announcing that we have four new interns as of this

week! A big welcome to Armando, Ayat, Juliana and Leslie. The internship

roster for January has now officially closed. Who will be our future

colleagues? It all rests in the safe hands of the HRD.

Today we had our first Small

Talk of the year! Thank you

David for the fantastic talk on

what's going on in the ILO

Supply Chain world. It gave

us a great overview of the

different aspects to be

discussed at the next ILC.

We'd like to briefly use this

space as well to show our respect and appreciation to our fellow intern

Claire Potdevin for her hard work on this project. Thanks a lot Clair, you

made us proud today! Look out for this Friday’s blog post, which is a small

article on today’s talk.

READ MORE

Read about the new ILO study on women in business and management in the MENA region page 3

Small talks officer still needed! page 2

Contact us

E‐mail: internboard@ilo.org Website: ilointernnetwork.weebly.com

@ilointerboard

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Week calendar: you don't wanna miss a thing!

Wed. 4th November Thu, 5th November Fri, 6th November Mon, 9th November Tue, 10th November

Coffee and Cake, 3pm

Wine and Cheese, 6.15pm GIA drinks 9pm

IB’s Weekly meeting, 12pm

Social Activities

Coffee & Cake (real coffee

edition)

Wed, 3rd Feb 3pm.

R2 North Café. CHF 1.

Come and socialise with all the

lovely interns at the ILO today!

For a modest CHF 1, join us for

a warm cup of coffee and the

best cakes Migros has to offer.

Wine & Cheese

Thur 4th Feb

6.15pm, Les

Gobelins (R2

South, in front of

the library).

It’s Wine and Cheese night

tomorrow! Wander down to Les

Gobelins after work on

Thursday and enjoy some fine

wine and cheese with friends.

Your social officers have

announced a bread guarantee

so all the more reason to come!

GIA drinks at Funky

Monkey Room

Thur 4th Feb 9pm, Funky

Monkey Room aka FMR, 9 Rue

du Stand

GIA invites us for a dancy

evening with the promise of style

and rhythm. The venue offers

burgers, shisha, and tunes to get

you moving. There will even be

some free shots.

Wanted

Small Talks Officer

We are still looking for a new

small talks officer! Our dear Ellie

is about to leave us and she will

teach the next Small Talks

Officer all there is to know. For

those of you unfamiliar with

Small Talks: it is an event in

which we invite an ILO member

of staff to teach us about their

area of expertise. It’s a great

networking opportunity. Contact

us here.

PRICES:

Pints of Beer: 5 CHF Wine: 5 CHF Long Drinks: 10 CHF

For Your Information

Power Yoga Weekend

5th-7th Feb, CERN

A Power Yoga Weekend

open to the public will take

place at CERN from Fri 5th

Feb- Sun 7th Feb. Time to

get your zen on!

You can sign up for one or

more classes by contacting

cern.alice.yoga@gmail.com.

More information on times

and prices can be found on

the FB event page

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Women in business and management ‐ Gaining Momentum in

the Middle East and North Africa

A new ILO study presents

practical solutions for

businesses to attract and retain

qualified women in business

and management in the MENA

region, which has the lowest

global representation for

women in management and

leadership positions. The report

was launched at a conference

in Muscat, Oman on 1

February.

According to Deborah France-Massin, Director of the Bureau for Employers’ Activities at the ILO,

“gender stereotypes across all social and cultural contexts limit women’s economic contributions

and benefits. Thus, the enormous talent pool that women represent with their ever-higher levels of

education goes largely untapped.”

Chief of the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch of the ILO, Shauna Olney, states that “Women’s

advancement in management is challenging, as multiple obstacles block their access to top

leadership positions in companies and organisations.”

Redha Bin Juma Al Saleh, Vice-Chairman for administration and finance affairs at the Oman

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which hosted the conference stated that “Practicing equity,

building gender-sensitive human resources management systems, creating enabling environments

for women in the corporate world, establishing and accommodating social infrastructure and

endorsing work-life balance arrangements for both women and men are all vital elements for

successfully advancing women’s careers.”

You can access the report here.

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