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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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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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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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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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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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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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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More than 600 secondary school girls spent a day shadowing tech experts at organisations 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 pat
September 22, 2023
By Avina Vidyadharan September 13, 2023 In a world increasing tech-driven, half of the population make up only a third of the workers. But a tech day for school girls is helping them see themselves in the digital opportunities around them. Year 9-11 girls from Cambridge High and Te Awam
September 13, 2023
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 Yv
September 10, 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, encouragin
September 8, 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
August 9, 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
August 2, 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 peopl
June 7, 2023
We are pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, Yvonne Gill and two new Executive Council Members, Jemma Simmonds and Tash Bettridge. They are all extremely passionate about supporting women in tech and are excited to join the TechWomen team. Learn more about them below. Yvonne Gill,
June 6, 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 h
April 5, 2023