27 June 2019
As the shortest day of the year ticks over and New Zealand celebrates Matariki, the Māori New Year, it is a great time for reflection, renewal and planning for the year ahead. I have enjoyed travelling the country the past few weeks meeting some amazing people doing absolutely fantastic work in the Diversity and Inclusion … Continue reading "NZ closing the gender gap but tech sector lagging behind"
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31 May 2019
Today, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is top of mind for most boards and executives. Many businesses have policies and initiatives in place to look at how they can improve D&I within their organisations. Unfortunately, a lot of these programmes are run by women for women and have been focused on improving the internal gender statistics. Join … Continue reading "NZ closing the gender gap but tech sector lagging behind"
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Wellington – New Zealand has risen two places to the seventh most gender equal country in the world to the latest World Economic Forum report on the issue. NZTech director Eva Sherwood says overall New Zealand has closed more than 80 percent of its gender gap for the first time
March 3, 2019
As part of our commitment to advancing Women in Tech, we welcome you to apply for a spot in the 2019 TechWomen Mentoring Circle programme in Christchurch, Wellington or Auckland. 2019 Dates and Locations Last year we ran a pilot in Wellington, this year we are expanding to Auckland and Christ
February 25, 2019
With only a few weeks to Christmas, the year has flown by. This year TechWomen had many things to celebrate, here are some of the highlights. We hosted successful events for the International Womens day in Auckland and Wellington early in the year which were well attended; we had some
December 5, 2018
Following the national success of ShadowTech for students, TechwomenNZ and CreateOps is this week running a ShadowTech day for teachers for the first time. The ShadowTech day for teachers will be held on Wednesday which will create an opportunity for teachers to gain first hand understanding as
November 11, 2018
Looking back since the last TechWomen newsletter, I’m wondering where has the year gone? We are now in July, and the last two months have been all go for us here at TechWomen. On June 13, we were proud winners of the CIO award for ShadowTech where the judges were impressed with TechWomen's model
July 17, 2018
TechWomen will this month launch 100TechWomen which will feature a collection of inspiring stories from New Zealand’s brightest female tech talent from around the country. Edwina Mistry, executive director of TechWomen, says the launch is designed to inspire the future generation of women in tech
July 1, 2018
The TechWomen programme ShadowTech won the engaging youth in ICT gong at the annual New Zealand CIO awards in Auckland last night. The initiative run by TechWomen, part of the NZTech community, provides years 9 to 11 schoolgirls an opportunity to experience what working in a tech job is like, encou
June 13, 2018
Originally published on Computerworld on 30 May 2018 How students participating in the annual ShadowTech programme get early lessons on inclusive leadership As a teenager, Angie Judge remembers hearing a young, female Kiwi entrepreneur talk about how she built a successful technology company. “Th
May 30, 2018
Today 200 secondary school girls converged in the Capital at Te Auaha New Zealand Institute of Creativity to experience ICT for the day as part of ShadowTech. The Wellington ShadowTech is the first in a nationwide series of technology-focused events up and down the country. ShadowTech’s Execu
May 21, 2018