600 secondary school girls around NZ to experience day in the life in the tech industry

08 September 2023

ShadowTech Day 2023 is next week More than 600 secondary school girls have jumped at the opportunity to spend a day shadowing tech experts at organisations across the country next week.  For one day girls in years 9-11 get to experience what working in the tech sector is like, encouraging them onto education pathways that … Continue reading "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"

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TechWomen Membership Survey 2023

09 August 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 "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"

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Sharing the load - Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace

02 August 2023

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 "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"

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Introducing our new Executive Director

07 June 2023

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 "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"

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TechWomen introduces new Executive Director and Executive Council Members

06 June 2023

We are pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, Yvonne Gill and two new Executive Council Members, Jemma Simmonds and Tash Bettridge.

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#EmbraceEquity

05 April 2023

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 "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"

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TechWomenNZ International Women's Day - 8th March 2023

04 April 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 "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"

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ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers

More than 600 secondary school girls spent a day shadowing tech experts at organistions across the country as part of ShadowTech Day, which ran from 12 -14 September. For one day, girls in years 9-11 got to experience what working in the tech sector is like, encouraging them onto education pathways that lead into tech … Continue reading "ShadowTech Day 2023 – helping inspire girls into tech careers"
22 September 2023
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Tech programme for girls hopes to challenge ‘boys’ club’ image

Hundreds of secondary-school girls will visit leading technology companies this coming week, as part of a programme to encourage women to have careers in tech. As part of TechWomen’s ShadowTech Day, 600 girls in years 9, 10 and 11 will spend a day at one of 50 companies. Executive director Yvonne Gill said the girls … Continue reading "Tech programme for girls hopes to challenge ‘boys’ club’ image"
10 September 2023
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600 secondary school girls around NZ to experience day in the life in the tech industry

ShadowTech Day 2023 is next week More than 600 secondary school girls have jumped at the opportunity to spend a day shadowing tech experts at organisations across the country next week.  For one day girls in years 9-11 get to experience what working in the tech sector is like, encouraging them onto education pathways that … Continue reading "600 secondary school girls around NZ to experience day in the life in the tech industry"
08 September 2023
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Become a mentor for ShadowTech 2019

TechWomen want you to help inspire more girls to consider careers in the technology sector by becoming a mentor for ShadowTech 2019.
11 April 2019
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Overcoming ICT’s barriers to diversity

Originally published on Computerworld on 30 May 2018 How students participating in the annual ShadowTech programme get early lessons on inclusive leadership
30 May 2018