Femmegineering is the Danir Group's next year's initiative for a better tomorrow. They want to highlight the problem that there are too few girls who are applying for engineering programs at a technical college or university. The number rises a little each year, but the process is moving slowly. At the same time, the tech industry is screaming for people and needs access to the entire population.
Skool, a non-profit organization in Hungary that inspires girls to choose technology for their future, usually arranges physical events and workshops, programming boot camps, and mentoring sessions. The quarantine and lockdown period didn’t stop them in their mission of spreading knowledge and inspiration. This May, we took part in the first online workshop for girls together with Skool.
“Cooperation and networking are essential for all of us because our networks can grow, we can help more women, and companies can take a stand for equality. Our collaboration completes a life cycle,” the conclusion voiced by several networks during the panel discussion at Female Network Forum in Gothenburg, the first joint platform for female tech networks and initiatives in the Gothenburg region.
Female Network Forum will take place in Gothenburg on February 27th. The event aims to create a platform for inspiration and knowledge sharing and bring to light female IT and technology networks. Female Network Forum was fully booked in less than a week, and the waiting list keeps growing.
Encouraging girls to choose technology as a possible career – this is the vision of the Skool project, the initiative started by the Technology in Education Foundation, Hungary, Budapest. We have gotten a chance to meet the co-founder of the project and CEO Szilvi Koleszár, and Péter Guzsaly, Unicorn Whisperer.
The new International Expect a Better Tomorrow Day initiative for 2019 is now official. In launching Funkisfonden (the Special Athletes Fund), Sigma and Danir aim to bring into focus our athletes with disabilities and specifically those with intellectual disabilities; to support them and give them a voice.
The female IT network WiTech has grown from 0 to 200 active members during its first year. Today, women from over 40 companies in Kronoberg and Kalmar region attend WiTech’s tech talks and casual afterworks. On November 24, WiTech arranged an anniversary event at Sigma Technology’s new office in ICON, Växjö.
As a part of our social responsibility commitment, Sigma Technology Hungary started a partnership with Skool, a flagship project of the Technology in Education Foundation. The initiative aims to empower, inspire, and help young girls to take a leap of faith in a technical career.
Sigma Technology becomes a Gold Sponsor for the first female IT Network in Växjö/Kalmar, WiTech IT Network. The network has recently started a Kickstarter project and aims to raise 70 000 SEK to develop a platform for women in IT to network, share knowledge, and build female role models.
“Inspire young generations, create a platform for knowledge sharing, build role models, network, and develop amazing things together.” Those were some of the expectations that the visitors of the first female IT network in Växjö shared at the kickoff meeting last week.
Hend Kareem, development engineer at Sigma Technology, started studying computer engineering out of pure curiosity and zest to learn new things. Eventually, engineering became her hobby and her career. Now Hend shares how it feels to be a consultant, and what she has learned from following her dreams.
Linlin Zhang, control system engineer at Sigma Technology, talks about engineering, knowledge, and dreams. Linlin also shares her advice to young women who consider engineering as their career.
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