Applications are officially open for Lightning Lab XX, New Zealand’s first ever female-founder business accelerator, which will kick off on International Women’s Day (March 8th 2016).
02 October 2015
More women in tech has been a catch cry in New Zealand, and globally, for years and we’re only seeing incremental change.
30 August 2015
Invite only event. An executive lunch for senior tech women leaders in Auckland. Meet over lunch, network to share ideas and challenges, make connections and explore opportunities to support and encourage other women working in technology in Auckland. Invited guests will join us at the inaugural lunch on Wednesday 24th June, where we will focus …
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15 May 2015
CODE: DEBUGGING THE GENDER GAP exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain from having more women and minorities code? To see the trailer and for full information visit the website: https://codedocumentary.com/ Entry on a first come …
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15 May 2015
A new US doco, screening in Auckland this weekend, explores the shame around the lack of women in programming and coding.
28 May 2015
Guest post from Genny Stevens I don’t know about you, but sometimes, when I think of feminism I want to scream and rant and rave and smash things. Mainly the patriarchy?—?I’d like to smash that shit apart. The promise of equality has been dangled in front of us for 50 years or more and has been …
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20 May 2015
Leading figure in Silicon Valley, accomplished CEO, brand expert and cancer survivor, Adiba Barney shares her story and views on the role women can play in the tech sector. Adiba Barney is a leading figure in Silicon Valley. As CEO of Silicon Valley Forum, she heads up the oldest and largest entrepreneur network in Silicon …
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18 March 2015
One of the most challenging issues facing the technology industry today is the gender imbalance in technical roles, particularly at the leadership level.
05 February 2015