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Inspiring the next generation

20 February 2023

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 "NZTech Q&A: Sonya Williams"

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Help encourage more women into tech careers

14 December 2022

We need your support to bring ShadowTech Day back in 2023.

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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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NZTech Q&A: Sonya Williams

Sonya Williams is driven to solve big problems using technology and wants to help more people do the same! She has recently been appointed as NZTech board intern and shares her startup story. What set you on the path to becoming an entrepreneur? The desire to make investing more accessible. I've

December 10, 2017

#Tech Careers #Women in Tech

TechWomen News

Let's encourage improvement!

Do you tire of having to explain to colleagues, yet again, the benefits of diversity? Sometimes, it seems that our mission to celebrate and promote diversity in the tech sector falls on deaf ears. Let's be honest, diversity and inclusion is a particularly sensitive issue and it is not well understoo

December 10, 2017

#Diversity

TechWomen News

Inspired by stories of diversity

Recently, I have attended several events with inspirational speakers exploring diversity.  Together, these talks have helped strengthen my understanding of diversity and how it really works in organisations. For example, just twenty years ago, the New Zealand Police entry requirements included

November 29, 2017

#Diversity

Industry News

How MBIE is encouraging diversity in tech!

New Zealand’s tech sector is growing, and assisting and fostering this growth is a key focus for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Within MBIE, the Digital Economy team was established in 2015 to support and encourage continued growth, working closely with the wider digit

November 16, 2017

#Diversity #Tech Careers

TechWomen News

NZTech Q&A: Priti Ambani

We asked the newly appointed Visa's Everywhere Initiative New Zealand judge about empowering women in tech and what motivates her.  What drives you to make a difference? I think we live in incredible times and now, more than ever before, we are in a position to make a difference that means shared

October 29, 2017

#Women in Tech

Industry News

Return to IT pilot encourages Women into Tech

The Ministry of Business and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry for Women today launched a pilot to attract more women back into the technology sector. Based in Wellington, Return to IT assists women with a digital technology backgrounds to return to work in the sector after taking a career break o

September 13, 2017

#Tech Careers

TechWomen News

Step up to make a difference!

I recently joined the NZTech Women High Impact Team, with the honour of being the group’s first male representative. This has significantly improved the teams gender diversity to a proportion not far off the percentage of women in tech in New Zealand businesses! A few months ago, I attended a N

August 31, 2017

#Diversity #Mentoring

Research and trends, TechWomen News

NZ not alone in struggling to attract tech women

New Zealand is not alone in attracting and retaining women in tech, a leading tech specialist says. Andrea Hancox, NZTech’s national director of government relations, says the whole world faces the issue of attracting and retaining women in tech and introducing tech to young women as a choice of

August 3, 2017

#Diversity

Research and trends, TechWomen News

Breaking stereotypes essential to inspire girls into tech

This morning on TVNZ’s Breakfast show, NZTech’s Andrea Hancox discussed busting tech stereotypes.   Watch the interview here. Recently, the Ministry of Women released a guide Decoding Diversity targeted at attracting and retaining girls and women in tech education.   It includes useful

August 3, 2017

#Diversity

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