TechWomen News
Welcome to TechWomen 2024!
Kicking off 2024 with IWD, ShadowTech, Mentoring and more!
16 February 2024
Vicky Nyamsuren, ShadowTech24, and Ada Lovelace Day | October Newsletter
02 October 2024
Kia ora, On September 12, TechWomen, supported by the AI Forum and the Asia New Zealand Foundation, hosted a special event featuring Vicky Nyamsuren. Born into a nomadic life in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Vicky shared insights about her upbringing, and her journey to becoming a leading female influencer in tech. She spoke passionately about her … Continue reading "Welcome to TechWomen 2024!"
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Breaking records in Paris and Aotearoa
07 August 2024
Here at TechWomen we are seeing a similar trend with record-breaking participation in two of our key programmes this year, Mentoring Circles and ShadowTech.
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Westpac, Supporting Women in Tech
10 June 2024
As a foundation partner of TechWomen, Westpac's support not only helps us create programs that bridge the gender gap but also inspires young girls to explore tech careers through ShadowTech and helps develop policies that boost diversity in the tech workforce.
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Call for Speakers - AWS Community Day 2024
31 May 2024
AWS Community Day Aotearoa is an annual one-day, user-run single-day AWS technical conference that is planned, organised, and delivered by the AWS user group community leaders.
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ShadowTech 2024 | May Newsletter
29 May 2024
We hope you had the chance to participate in the broad range of events during last week’s TechWeek, designed to showcase the value and impact of technology on the lives of New Zealanders. It was a roaring success and you can check out some of the highlights here.
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Dressing for Work - Women Across Generations
23 May 2024
As part of our TechWeek24 Women Across Generations series, Meg Ryan shares a look at the evolving office dress code in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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TechWomen News
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day
Tēnā koe, We celebrated Ada Lovelace Day on the 10th of October by diving into Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence. It turns out AI is a lot like cake; AI is like a recipe passed down through generations, it doesn’t matter how good your oven is, the cake will never be delicious if the ingredients … Continue reading "Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day"
24 October 2023
TechWomen News
TechWomen Membership Survey 2023
We invite you to participate in a short survey. Your views matter as they help inform where TechWomen should focus its priorities and attention to deliver the value and support you require. Please complete the survey by 25 August 2023. It should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.We look forward to your feedback. If you … Continue reading "TechWomen Membership Survey 2023"
09 August 2023
TechWomen News
Sharing the load – Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace
During our last webinar, I spoke about the importance of men in sharing the load when it comes to diversity and inclusion initiatives. This struck a chord with attendees so I thought I would expand on it further here. The power to change the gender diversity gap in tech sits with all of us, the majority … Continue reading "Sharing the load – Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace"
02 August 2023
TechWomen News
Introducing our new Executive Director
I thought I’d take the opportunity to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of TechWomen. For the past year and a half I have been working at NZTech as Strategic Programmes Director, overseeing all our events and conferences and key strategic programmes aimed at encouraging more people into tech. As part of this role … Continue reading "Introducing our new Executive Director"
07 June 2023
TechWomen News
TechWomen introduces new Executive Director and Executive Council Members
We are pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, Yvonne Gill and two new Executive Council Members, Jemma Simmonds and Tash Bettridge.
06 June 2023
TechWomen News
#EmbraceEquity
Tēnā koe, This years International Women’s Day (IWD) theme was #EmbraceEquity. In essence, the theme was about why equal opportunities for women aren’t enough. People start from different places, so true inclusion and belonging require equitable action. Equity recognises that each person has different circumstances, and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal … Continue reading "#EmbraceEquity"
05 April 2023
TechWomen News
TechWomenNZ International Women’s Day – 8th March 2023
This year, TWNZ celebrated IWD both in person and via a webinar link. This Hybrid method proved successful and something we will continue with, in spite of some of the technical difficulties Pip faced during the initial set up! Ultimately, it went rather well, but we have acknowledged in the feedback from our members, that next … Continue reading "TechWomenNZ International Women’s Day – 8th March 2023"
04 April 2023
TechWomen News
Inspiring the next generation
Welcome to 2023. The TechWomen team is excited to announce our focus for the year is inspiring the next generation of females into technology centred careers. You would have seen our request for sponsorship and registration of interest for ShadowTech Day 2023, our headline programme which has had a few years hiatus with the pandemic. … Continue reading "Inspiring the next generation"
20 February 2023