Women4IT Project Update & Webinar 11 September
The project “Women4IT” is now in the recruitment phase since July 2020 and will continue until December 2020. The Irish Computer Society and other partners are hosting several webinars to showcase the project and to get participants and employers involved.
Save the date: DiversIT Charter launch to take place on 26 November online
The CEPIS DiversIT Charter will be officially launched at an online event on 26 November 2020, from 10:00 to 13:00 approximately. The event will gather stakeholders from the European institutions, industry, non-governmental and public sector, and will focus on challenges and opportunities related to the gender gap in ICT professions.
Women4IT project finalises job profiles and employability profiling tool
Six job profiles have been selected and trainings for those positions will start in September 2020. An online employability profiling tool has been designed in order to help the women involved in the project to be directed towards the best digital job matching their personality and skills.
Slovak project Ay ty v IT nominated for UNESCO Girls and Women Education prize
Ay Ty v IT (“You, too, in IT”) has been nominated for the UNESCO Girls and Women Education prize on behalf of Slovakia.
“Women in Tech 2020” report by Perspektywy Women in Tech published
On 28 May there was a presentation of the newest report by the Perspektywy Education Foundation and the Citi Foundation “Women in Tech 2020. Revolution is speeding up”.
eSkills Malta publishes report on gender gap in the digital sector in Malta
eSkills Malta Foundation has released a report “The Analysis of the Gender Gap in the Digital Sector in Malta”.
GI organises Annual conference on Women and Informatics on 24-26 April
The annual conference of the group ‘Women and Informatics’ of the German Society of Informatics (GI) will take place from 24-26 April in Hanover.
DiversIT Charter Launch postponed to 26 November 2020
The official European launch event of the CEPIS European Digital Women Diversity (DiversIT) Charter will take place on 6 May 2020, at the Steigenberger Wiltcher’s hotel in Brussels, Belgium.
EU Commissioner Gabriel calls for more gender balance in ICT
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research and Education, spoke at the Digital Europe Conference on 6 February in Brussels, calling for more gender balance in ICT.
IAT adopts DiversIT Charter in national launch event
On 21 November, the Turkish Computer Society (IAT) demonstrated its commitment to gender diversity in ICT professions by being the first CEPIS member society to officially adopt the CEPIS DiversIT Charter.
