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14 December 2022

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Early exposure to evolving tech a catalyst for careers

07 November 2022

At our recent Ada Lovelace Day event, five women shared their technology career stories. While all unique in both journey, challenges and successes, early exposure to the evolving nature of tech was a recurring theme. These exposures were wide ranging and included recalling a first computer in the house, playing with toys typecast as being "for boys", learning with/from brothers, experiencing new technologies in school programs, and being taken to inspiring tech events as youths.

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Leverage new Return to Tech content to inspire others

02 August 2022

As June and July have brought the usual cold wintery weather, this year there has been a stronger awareness of a potential shift in mindset thanks to our new public holiday for Matariki; marking a time for reflection and planning ahead.

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TechWomen launches Return to Tech plus a challenge to take on Techweek

06 May 2022

TechWomen launches Return to Tech plus a challenge to take on Techweek

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Register Your Interest for TechWomen Mentoring Circles 2022 

20 April 2022

Our mentoring circles are all about bringing people together to make new connections in their community.

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Launch pad for next generation of female tech leaders

‘Women in tech’ is unfortunately not a phrase heard often enough. We are all aware of the gender divide between men and women in IT, but instead of asking ‘how can we fix it?’ we tend to get stuck in the negative mindset of the ‘that’s just the way it is’. If you are working in the New

May 14, 2017

#Mentoring #Tech Careers #Women in Tech

TechWomen News

Research needed for more women get into tech careers

New Zealand needs more research on why younger generations of women are not considering a career in Tech and why we see a high dropout of women dropout of the workforce, a NZTech leader says. Eva Sherwood, an Oracle account executive and NZTech board member, says greater collaborative efforts nee

May 7, 2017

#Diversity #Students

ShadowTech

Insights of a ShadowTech Day Mentor

Eva Sherwood is an Account Executive at Oracle New Zealand, and serves on the Board of NZTech as a representative for major corporates. She began her career in I.T. in 2007, after studying degrees in Psychology and Business, then completing a post-grad diploma in Software Testing. Eva’s passionate

May 4, 2017

#Mentoring

ShadowTech

Fresh push to get more women into IT

Efforts to encourage women into software programming and other parts of the tech industry are going up a notch. Industry body NZTech is doubling the size of its ShadowTech Days mentoring programming, which will this year pair 500 high school girls with women already in the industry, after receiv

May 3, 2017

TechWomen News

Increased commitment for diversity needed

Over the last couple of years, you may have noticed an increased dialogue and attentiveness in the media around the lack of diversity in tech, mainly the gender gap. However, the discussion hasn't translated into results and data is showing a widening gender gap across the industry. Despite this, we

April 23, 2017

#Diversity

Industry News

Substantial opportunities for women seeking tech jobs

Computer programming jobs have previously struggled to attract women, but new technologies are providing substantial opportunities for a growing number of young girls seeking tech jobs, NZTech government relations director Andrea Hancox says. Research has shown that tech firms with a balance of m

April 19, 2017

#Tech Careers

TechWomen News

NZTech Women making an impact!

As global discussion on diversity and inclusion continues to increase, so does interest in our ongoing program of work.  As co-chair of the High Impact Team working for NZTech Women, I would like to introduce our team; Andrea Hancox (co-chair), Kim Connolly-Stone, Jen Rutherford, Sandra Laws, Katar

April 9, 2017

TechWomen News

NZTech Women #BeBoldForChange

The World Economic Forum predicts the gender pay gap won’t close entirely until 2186!   What if the world stepped up sooner and took bold action?  NZTech Women met for lunch in Wellington on #IWD2017 to hear BNZ’s Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Lana West discuss how to #BeBoldForChange towa

March 9, 2017

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