In championing women in ICT, we must create equitable conditions for female ICT students and professionals to flourish at every stage of their career.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, closing the global gender gap has increased by a generation from 99.5 years to 135.6 years.

Research shows that women tend to prematurely screen themselves out of the conversation and hold themselves back from applying for positions in leadership if they don't feel they tick every single box.

Malala Fund will use these findings to encourage leaders at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference and beyond to take action.

We need to actively create working environments that are attractive to women, including flexible working arrangements and equal opportunities for career development and salary, writes Tecala general manager for people and culture Renata Bastalic.

The recipients each receive a $10,000 scholarship grant to support their STEM-related career path with the GCSB in fields such as computer science, engineering, and technical analysis.

The aim of the hui was to provide a safe opportunity to understand and interact with digital technologies so that girls could see what kinds of career pathways they could take.

“Don’t let anyone hold you back. I didn’t even know that software development was a career option until I met someone in the industry, so asking around helps.”

Mastercard and education firm Scholastic have expanded free access to Mastercard’s STEM curriculum designed for 8-12 year-old girls.

"STEM careers are much more dynamic than many expect, now powering creative industries and solving social and environmental problems.”

October 8 marked Ada Lovelace Day, a memorial for the first computer programmer. But it was a lot more than celebrating one woman’s achievements.

There aren’t too many women in STEM fields because there is an unconscious bias against women. This doesn’t just come from men, but other women too.

Deloitte and Amazon Web Services have built and hosted a competition portal for the Tech Girls Movement Foundation (TGMF) to encourage more girls in Australia and New Zealand to get into STEM.

Diversity is a big challenge facing the STEM industries and as a large technology employer, Trade Me wants to help change that."

Tara Stevens (14) and Riley Pollard (11), from New Plymouth and Okato and the Nakibots team, beat 80 other teams from across the world.

Gender diversity in the tech industry is a hot topic around the world, but it’s one that New Zealand is looking to tackle head on.

Park Place Technologies has been doing its bit to promote gender diversity in the IT industry.

It is designed to introduce all Year 8 students (12-13 year olds) in the UK to cloud computing and digital skills.

Following the announcement of Australia’s 2019 Federal Budget, as you would expect there have been mixed reactions, but ACS says there is progress.

​​​​​​​It’s no secret that the IT industry and data centre circles are short of female representation, and this trio hopes to help overcome that issue.

The people have spoken – GirlBoss CEO and founder Alexia Hilbertidou has been crowned this year’s Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Emerging Alumni of the Year.

"The initiative came about after I had the agency undertake some intelligence on itself to see if our workforce was sufficiently diverse and inclusive to support our mission.”

The next generation of New Zealand and Australian female entrepreneurs had the chance to pitch their apps to Silicon Valley’s top executives.

Curran spoke to nearly 200 secondary school girls taking part in ShadowTech 2018.