Guest Post by Fabiola Addamo Ebele Okobi opened up the Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Summit on Women and Social /Digital Media in Cairo with a powerful statement - “A determined woman is a force of nature”. Simple words (but so eloquently said) have the ability to touch people’s core … [READ MORE...]
Life After TechWomen: “Those five weeks were just the beginning.”
“I had always thought about doing something for underserved girls in the world,” Thekra explains. She had an idea to start an NGO, Edugirl. “Most NGOs focus on university-aged students,” Thekra says, “I want to focus on girls in neglected areas who get married early, who are isolated and who don’t … [READ MORE...]
TechWomen Eligibility Criteria – Apply Today!
The 2012 TechWomen Application is Now Open! The TechWomen initiative will identify approximately 42 women who are emerging leaders in technology sectors for a five-week program, including project-based mentorships at leading companies in California, workshops, networking events, a conference, and … [READ MORE...]
Using Comics to Encourage Girls’ Involvement in STEM
If someone had asked Rayane Hazimeh a few years ago why she had become an engineer, she probably would have said that it was by mistake. “I was always the black sheep,” Rayane explains, “and often that meant walking away from the norm.” Rayane has always had a taste for adventure and challenges, and … [READ MORE...]
What is TechWomen?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mXvkZarEoY We are pleased to present What is TechWomen: A video montage which showcases TechWomen Mentors and Mentees from the 2011 program. Each woman describes the program in her own words. We encourage you to apply to participate in the program! The online … [READ MORE...]
TechWomen Mentees Participate in Arab Women Summit
Guest post by Mouna Lyoubi It was an honor to meet incredible and successful women giving from their time and discussing women's issues in order to improve women's situation in the world: education, professional careers, social and legal rights... What I appreciated even more was the involvement … [READ MORE...]
Communities Change Precedent to Educate Girls
Today, the Institute of International Education West Coast Center was fortunate to host an intimate brown bag lunch with Ann Cotton, Founder and Executive Director of Camfed. As we shared about the work of TechWomen and Ann shared the work of Camfed, it was clear that the synergies between our … [READ MORE...]
Empowering Girls to Believe in Themselves
We would like to influence or empower girls back home with the same mindset of believing in yourself and believing that you are capable of doing any change. I actually realized that any assumptions I have inside of my mind with regards to me not being able to do something, pursue an idea, is just … [READ MORE...]
GHC: Collaboration and Change Are in the Air
Guest post by Heather Ramsey I am waiting to board my (very) delayed plane in Portland and reflecting on yet another enriching and diverse TechWomen experience. It was so satisfying to spend time with the seven Mentees who joined TechWomen staff at Grace Hopper this week. We are grateful to Google, … [READ MORE...]
What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?
The six TechWomen Change Agent Scholars were fortunate to be in the audience for Sheryl Sandberg’s keynote address this morning at the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing. Sheryl spoke to an audience of technical women, but her message resonated for women in every field. We list our … [READ MORE...]
