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ICT Skills are girls' best friend! *** Digital Women are worth more than diamonds for the industry! ***
02/05/13 11:13 AM
The clear message of the European Parliamentary Hearing & Girls' in ICT Day 2013 is 'ICT Skills are girls' best friend! *** Women are worth more than diamonds for the Digital Jobs!'
Going Digital - Special Supplement of the PM April 2013
17/04/13 10:51 AM
In connection with the European Parliamentary Hearing on Women in ICT of the ITRE and FEMM Committee the 25 April 2013 the European Centre for Women and Technology is in association with the Parliamentary Magazine publishing a special edition of the PM the 22nd of April.
Preparing for e-CF 3.0
16/03/13 02:16 PM
While EeSA committed for setting-up national roundtables and push for a European standard and a European platform for the e-Competences Framework governance the launch of the e-CF version 3.0 is planned in the beginning of July 2013.
Events
3rd Digital Agenda Assembly
start: 18/06/13 10:00 AM   end: 20/06/13 06:00 PM
Gender - an innovation factor for clusters
start: 27/06/13 09:30 AM   end: 27/06/13 01:00 PM
WIRES 2013
start: 09/09/13 08:00 AM   end: 12/09/13 05:00 PM
General Assembly of the ECB - inGenious project
start: 11/09/13 09:00 AM   end: 13/09/13 05:00 PM
The Gender Dimension of HORIZON2020
start: 03/10/13 09:00 AM   end: 03/10/13 04:00 PM
African news
ECWT with a key role in Arab Women in ICT Summit follow up
05/02/12 09:28 AM
More than 500 participants joined forces and demonstrated strong political commitment to create a scientific committee that will lead the way for the...
Digital Agenda news
Director's Column - ECWT 5 years
02/05/13 12:07 PM
In five years ECWT recognized as a key intermediator in relation to Women in ICT. 2013 a milestone for future actions and impact.
Check out the Special opportunities for students & young researchers at ICT 2013
02/05/13 10:02 AM
Become a student ambassador & Present your own ICT project at the European ICT flagship event ICT 2013 the 6-8 November in Vilnius. Applications...
Increasing the Digital Gender Opportunities for All - ECWT in PM 2012
16/04/13 10:02 AM
The girls and skills agenda receives a strong and action oriented focus in e-skills Week 2012. Need for new collaborative actions formulated by major...
Grand Coalition for Jobs in Europe launched
26/03/13 06:26 AM
4-5 March the Commision launched the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs initiative for creating a multi-stakeholder partnership helping to address a...
Commissioner Neelie Kroes advice to young women
16/03/13 03:10 PM
Do what needs to be done to keep your identity as a woman. Make your own path, and find your own motivation. Do what needs to be done to keep your...
ECWT news
ECWT at ICT Competitiveness Week 2012
06/10/12 09:42 AM
The 'ICT Competitiveness Week' on 17-20 September 2012 in Brussels is providing a unique opportunity for experts and in particular economists to...
New members joining the High-Level Advisory Committee of the ECWT
03/04/12 03:41 PM
Representatives of CEPIS and the Knowledge Economy Network join the High-level Advisory Committee of the European Centre for Women and Technology.
ECWT joining several new EU Funded Projects 2012
03/10/11 12:27 PM
ECWT and its member and strategic partner organizations have been successful in applying for new EU projects starting in 2012.
Evaluating experiences of Pinocchio 2.0
03/08/11 01:42 PM
Pinocchio 2.0 From kindergarten to teen, educational continuity for technoscience.
ECWT Member news
Malinka Mihailova,renowned PR specialist in Bulgaria and winner of the IPRA Golden Worlds Award for Excellence in Technology 2012
16/01/13 11:11 AM
Milena Mihailova, co-founder of Ardency Consulting and renowned PR specialist in Bulgaria is responsible for managing media relations and senior...
Interview with Marily Nika, Founding Member of ImperialWomen in Computing
16/01/13 11:05 AM
New Member of the ECWT, the first Greek woman who has been awarded a Google Anita Borg Memorial scholarship, a founding member of the women in...
Women and e-health global action-plan
12/01/13 08:50 AM
the 2nd Millenia2015 International conference hosted by UNESCO had a very successful special Women and e-Health workshop.
Rails Girls conquering also Warsaw
01/11/12 07:43 PM
Rails Girls Warsaw took place on the last weekend of September, being the first event held in Warsaw and second (after Krakow) in Poland. After Poland...
Fraunhofer IAIS joining ECWT & Success Story of a Cosmopolitan Robot-Lady
31/10/12 05:41 PM
Ulrike Petersen, Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer IAIS in an exclusive interview with Irene Kamberidou, Editor in Chief of the ECWT Newsletter about...
European Contact Points news
CERN advises UN on bringing women into science
12/05/13 11:05 AM
European physics laboratory CERN dedicated its first act as an observer to the United Nations General Assembly to addressing the disparity between the...
Rapidly Growing Girls' Day Hungary 2013
02/05/13 09:24 AM
48 programs in 16 cities and 1716 girls in grades 9-10-11 involved in 2013 year's edition of the Girls' Days in Hungary.
Girls' Day with a Royal Touch in the Netherlands
28/04/13 09:17 AM
More than 8,200 girls from 234 schools were given the opportunity to get acquantied with and enjoy science, technology and ICT thanks to the efforts...
More Women in the Smart City
16/04/13 09:57 AM
The key media of the Italian Digital Agenda platform devoted a full page article to the success of the Smart Cities, Gender and Inclusion workshop in...
The Girls Day, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
11/03/13 07:00 PM
250 girls from all around Norway attended the Girls' Day at NTNU 7-8 February 2013. In 2012 of a similar number of participants 60% of the girls...
North American news
Women in Green Forum 2011, Santa Monica
03/10/11 12:30 PM
The Women in Green Forum the 30-31 August 2011 is the USA’s premier conference highlighting women in environmental careers. The 2011 venue is the...
Workforce
Mutationnelles 2012 report shows a 20% increase in jobs for women in the digital sector in France from 2008 to 2011
31/10/12 08:37 AM
2012 year's study confirms: jobs for women in the digital sector (+20%) rose faster than for men (+14%) from 2008 to 2011 in France and commitment...
Henrike Paetz, SAP Research - Master's thesis on 'the Female Factor in Software Design'
17/08/12 04:07 AM
Henrike Paetz, Communication Director SAP research and Member of the High-level Advisory of the ECWT has in June 2011 defended her Master's Thesis...
Empowering Women through Technology Award 2011 to Langas į ateitį - Lithuanian Windows to the Future
03/06/12 07:27 PM
Through the "Window to the Future" training led by Langas į ateitį Lithuania has gained about 45,000 women for the employment market and for driving...
Dell's official apologieze after the summit in Denmark
31/05/12 11:09 AM
How a well-known provocateur in Danish media circles undermined the Dell customer event in Copenhagen reminding us of the need for joining forces for...
Interview with the Belgian Techno-Lady Mieke Jacobs, Capgemini Belgium
24/04/12 05:05 PM
"It is about empowerment, in a "positive" sense, about believing in our business skills, and dealing with the new global business model that is based...
Leadership
Bundestag in Germany rejects mandatory quota for women in company boards
06/05/13 06:57 AM
The German parliament has the 18 April 2013 rejected a proposed minimum quota for female company executives.
Margareth Øvrum - Winner of The Most Influential Woman in Technology Award Norway 2013
16/03/13 02:17 PM
In 2013 the prestigeous award goes to Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President of the Statoil group's first female led platform on the Gullfaks field...
Global Board Ready Women Database launched by the Commission
22/12/12 07:18 AM
In line with the quotas introduced in November the European Commission announced launch of a Global Board Ready Women searchable database including...
Equality Pays Off - New EU Program launched
01/12/12 09:03 PM
The EU has launched a new programme called Equality Pays Off. It aims at supporting the efforts of companies in tackling one of the major challenges...
European Commission approves Directive on Gender Quotas on the Boards of Directors for companies listed on the stock-exchange
24/11/12 06:58 PM
The historic legislation of the European Commission sets an objective of a 40% presence of the under-represented sex among non-executive directors of...
Education
Photonics Explorer toolkit ready for European launch
10/02/13 12:41 AM
The Photonics Explorer toolkit has been developed by an international team of teachers and experts in pedagogy from 11 EU countries to fit into...
Launch of the NetCu Guidelines for networked Curricula
21/01/13 09:44 AM
The NetCu project team launched the guidelines for organising networked curricula for promoting quality certified e-learning of learning communities.
Danish national project for attracting more girls to technical high-schools
29/10/12 12:45 PM
In Denmark only 27% of the empolyees in the IT sector are women. Now the Ministry of Education has decided to do something about this!
Norwegian government supports more math in schools
21/10/12 09:12 PM
The Norwegian government introduces new actions to increase the number of students attracted to building their career on STEM (Science, technology,...
ECWT takes part in the inGenious ECB Partners Meeting in Brussels
18/07/12 04:21 PM
Report by ECWT's representative in the inGenious project's dissemination meeting held in Brussels the 21st of June.
Entrepreneurship
We have the technology - we have no excuse!
16/12/12 08:11 PM
More than 500 participants were involved the 6 November in 'More technologies - More women entrepreneurs! in Athens at the final conference of the...
Women IT entrepreneur wanted as keynote speaker for 'Start-up Weekend for Women' in Bosnia Herzegovina
01/11/12 08:00 PM
We are looking for a woman who has founded a successful IT company in Europe to be a motivational speaker for an event in Bosnia Herzegovina called...
Global Symposium on Women's Entrepreneurship
31/05/12 12:12 PM
The 2012 symposium organized in Stockholm, Sweden the 1-2 June 2012 is the inaugural event for the coming years’ work to create a global knowledge and...
Tech All Stars - The Best of the Best Start Ups
19/05/12 10:48 AM
Tech All Stars connects the best European startups with the resources needed to move to the next level!
New US Report: Women's entrepreneurship in high-tech holds promis to grow the US economy
19/11/11 06:36 AM
Women who are capable of starting growth companies that serve global markets may be the secret weapon for achieving sustained economic growth in US
Research
Take the next step to end the gender gap in science – fix the institutions
02/05/13 01:05 PM
Empowering women in research is not enough to close the gender gap. It's time to "fix the institutions" say Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for...
Apply NOW to participate in advisory groups related to HORIZON 2020
03/02/13 06:23 PM
European Commission invites to participate in advisory groups related to Horizon 2020. The deadline for you to register is 6 March! APPLY NOW!
Launch of the European Network of Women for Innovative Energy Solutions
27/01/13 09:48 AM
Women4Energy will bring together women from the areas of research and industry on all energy-relevant topics and help to introduce research results to...
Women's International Research Engineering Summit 2013 - Welcome to join a global Community of Excellence!
19/01/13 08:58 PM
The annual summit that will be organized between 2013 and 2015 is under the patronage of the European Commission and UNESCO.
Professor Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of the European Commission on the importance of Gender Equality
12/01/13 07:49 AM
Europe will not be able to compete globally in science, engineering and technology if Europe does not invest in the brightest people, whether they are...
Innovation
Women Invent Tomorrow
28/04/13 05:31 AM
A major year-long initiative in Ireland that will highlight the importance of closing the gender gap in the science and technology-based industries,...
5th Edition of Women and Technologies Milano 2012: e-Nutrition
19/11/12 10:29 AM
The annual Women and Technologies conferences raise a constantly growing number of speakers, participants, visitors, sponsors and web-followers.
Women4Energy
13/11/12 01:21 AM
Launch of the European Network of Women for Innovative Energy Solutions within the framework of of the EIC KIC Network conference the 10 December in...
ClusterWene - a new network for women in clusters
12/11/12 07:32 PM
An entrepreneurial initiative aiming to strengthen women’s position in the cluster world through personal relationships, by sharing knowledge and...
All Aboard - a new Swedish boat developed by an all women team for the entire family!
16/09/12 10:20 AM
After the Volvo YCC concept car a new concept sailing boat developed by a Swedish all-women team based on the results of a survey of the Swedish...
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