Time to implement #30pc quota DigiWomen put this call out to the event organisers of the Swipe Summit last week to change their all male speaker line up and have a#30pc quota of female speakers. We very quickly got a phone call, tweets and emails from the organisers saying YES to #30pc. We say More Info »
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Event Organisers We Want #30pc Quota
IN 2015 TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL MARKETING CONFERENCES IN IRELAND CONTINUE TO UNDER-REPRESENT FEMALE SPEAKERS. In some cases, women do not appear at all. For example, the Sunday Business Post event, planned for 28th May 2015, has an all male line-up. This is not acceptable. This implies that there are no decent or worthwhile women in “360 More Info »
#TalkingSoc About DigiWomen
This weeks is International Women’s week. And I will be chatting with fellow DigiWomen Amanda Webb and Lorna Sixsmith for this months #TalkingSoc tweet chat. It’s all about the role of women in digital business. It will be an interesting conversation and hopefully you can join in. Check out the details below Date: 3rd March 2015 More Info »
Startup Dublin is Stronger Together
Last night DigiWomen and fellow leaders of the Dublin startup community got together to talk about entrepreneurship in Dublin. The event kicked off at 5.30pm and was hosted by Gina, Patrick and Derry of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce in their office in Clare Street, Dublin 2. There was approximately 27 people there, all with a More Info »
Tell UNESCO About Your Technology Usage
Mobile Learning Week UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) holds a yearly ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) event. This year the theme is centred around empowering women and girls. The four areas being reviewed are equitable access, gender-sensitive content and pedagogy, literacy and skills development. And UNESCO have partnered with UN Women, over More Info »
Two Females 15 Males: Gender Balance Failure
Ireland’s Largest Digital Marketing Conference Is happening on the 11th of March 2015 in Dublin, Ireland and is “coming back bigger and better for 2015. You will learn how today’s successful marketers both internationally and locally are reaching customers using digital, building their brands with digital channels, and using the latest analytics and insight to More Info »
At #WebSummit 2014 we have 3 goals – help us realise them
At Web Summit 2014 at the RDS in Ballsbridge #DigiWomen have 3 goals. We will continue our new #SheDIDIt campaign by collating and sharing stories about women’s achievements in technology. We will survey at least 1000 delegates at the summit to gather information about attitudes to women’s participation in technology conferences. We hope that each More Info »
#SheDIDIt Tara van Zyl of iCostume
Here at #DigiWomen we are always excited to hear about women making waves in technology. #SheDIDIt is a collection of these stories which we hope will inspire other women to step forward and take pride in their contributions. Would you like to share your story with us? Get in touch and let’s spread the word More Info »
Female Speakers at Web Summit 2014 #SheDIDIt
For the last few years #DigiWomen has been keeping an eye on Web Summit, specifically reviewing the number of women included in its Speaker List. Below we include the complete list of female speakers at time of going to press. We also outline what we will be doing at Web Summit to draw attention to More Info »
#SheDIDIt Patricia Scanlon of Meowtek
An innovative educational technology company #edtech Here at #DigiWomen we are always excited to hear about women making waves in technology. #SheDIDIt is a collection of these stories which we hope will inspire other women to step forward and take pride in their contributions. When Patricia Scanlon, founder of Meowtek, an educational technology company, got in More Info »