CEPIS DiversIT team member speaks at EIF Diversity in Tech debate
On 22 April, EIF held a virtual debate on Diversity in Tech, focusing on the need to enhance diversity and inclusion as key drivers for innovation, non-linear thinking, growth and success. The debate was hosted by MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho, and included Petra Kotuliakova, Member of the CEPIS Diversity team, among the list of speakers.
Commission launches support and mentorship scheme for women in tech
Last month, the European Commission launched the initiative “Women TechEU”. The aim of this scheme is to support women leading deep tech start-ups in Europe. The initiative will offer coaching and mentoring to female CEOs and founders. It will also make available funding to grow their business.
CEPIS to speak at EIF Diversity in tech event
Petra Kotuliakova, Member of the CEPIS Women in ICT expert group, will speak at the Diversity in Tech event organised by the European Internet Forum (EIF) on 22 April. Petra will talk about the benefits of diversity for tech and AI development.
Be a Game Changer for diversity: apply for the DiversIT Charter
Let’s celebrate the International Women‘s Day by participating in an initiative that can really change the life of women on STEM positions. Apply for the DiversIT Charter!
Call for submissions: Minerva Informatics Equality Award
The submissions process for the Informatics Europe Minerva Informatics Equality Award is now open. The Award recognises best practices in Departments or Faculties of European universities or research institutes and labs that have been demonstrated to have a positive impact for women.
BCS and Coding Black Females (CBF) announce inclusion partnership
As a part of BCS commitment to make IT more inclusive and engage with a greater diversity of people, BCS and CBF announced a joint bursary which will see over 70 individual members of CBF provided with BCS membership, as well as a range of mentoring and other career development benefits.
Gender-biased language discourages 50 % of women from ICT careers
Research by telecoms firm Openreach into the language of its job postings found that gender-biased language holds around 50 % of women back from applying for ICT roles.
CEPIS DiversIT team talks to companies: Vodafone Turkey
Vodafone Turkey HR Director on the company’s diversity initiatives: Reaching gender balance and having an equal workplace is one of the most important targets of Vodafone Turkey. To have that, we make a great effort to empower, employ and retain female talents for technical roles with hiring KPIs.
CEPIS DiversIT team talks to companies: Microsoft Italy
Microsoft Italy’s Customer Experience & Support Division and Inclusion and Diversity Lead on diversity in the new norDiversity is one of Microsoft culture pillars. In the old and in the new normal we are strongly committed to build teams with different representation for ages, gender and ability.
CEPIS DiversIT team talks to companies: IBM Italy
IBM Italy’s Engineer and Executive Architect shares the company’s main initiatives for increasing diversity in their tech teams.
