Women4IT

Women in ICT jobs: how are you promoting gender diversity in the tech industry and supporting women interested in pursuing careers in the digital field?

If you are running a project that is focusing on training women for professions in the EU, apply for the European Digital Skills Awards 2023 and choose the “Women in ICT careers” category: https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/edsa23-awards-category-women-ict-careers

Applications will close soon. Submit your candidature by 8 April. Find out more and spread the word: https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/european-digital-skills-awards-2023



DIGITALEUROPE, Digital Skills EU, Latvijas Informācijas un Komunikācijas tehnoloģijas asociācija (LIKTA), European Schoolnet, Public Libraries 2030, Digital EU, European Commission

After 4 years of project activities and close collaboration with our project supervisor from ECORYS Polska Latvijas Informācijas un Komunikācijas tehnoloģijas asociācija (LIKTA) as a lead partner for project was happy to meet our Project officer Ms. Agata Maksimowska and financial expert Ms. Katarzyna Kaczynska in LIKTA office in Riga. Thank you for continuous support and advice to implement our project !

We are thrilled to announce that after more than four exciting years, the Women4IT initiative has successfully concluded! 🎉

Through the project, over 900 young women at risk of exclusion from the labour market across nine European countries received training in the ICT sector and career support measures such as mentoring and job shadowing sessions. As a result, more than 70% of participants found new jobs or continued their education in technology.

Although the project has ended, its impact and resources will continue to attract more women into the ICT field. The materials developed can be accessed for free and used to replicate the project in other countries and regions in Europe and beyond: https://women4it.eu/news-resources/resources/

We want to congratulate all trainees who participated in the pilots and thank all the organisations involved in the project. We also extend our thanks to EEA and Norway Grants for providing us with the opportunity to implement this initiative.

And now - let's prioritise diversity and inclusion in technology and witness how the tech sector becomes more inclusive day by day! 💻👩‍💻


https://women4it.eu/women4it-the-project-concludes-in-january-2023/

Women4IT: the project concludes in January 2023 - Women4IT The time has officially come. Women4IT – an initiative aimed at improving the digital competencies of young women at risk of exclusion from the labour market – officially ended on 31 January 2023, concluding more than four years of intense implementation work by the project partners across nine ...

📍 WOMEN4IT webinar “Women in ICT: academic, business and European perspectives” was organized on November 30th by BETI. This event was selected as one of the 12 knowledge-sharing and training workshops planned within the Women4IT project.

🎯 Webinar “Women in ICT: academic, business and European perspectives” was aimed at reaching an Estonian audience and transferring the knowledge gained and showing created tools outside the partnership countries.

Together with the speakers and participants, we discussed:
✅ Women's position in the ICT field, challenges their face
✅ European perspective of girls and young women's involvement in ICT
✅ The general situation of women in universities

If you missed the webinar, check out the video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClWzbBLLEh

WOMEN4IT National dissemination event in Latvia was held together with the annual Latvijas Informācijas un Komunikācijas tehnoloģijas asociācija (LIKTA) national ICT conference.
The first WOMEN4IT award was handed out to acknowledge company and organization work towards women's involvement in ICT and digital yobs. We are proud to acknowledge the effort and work done by Accenture Baltics with the program SheGoesTech who won the award between the three finalists including If Apdrošināšana and BeatIT program by Mitigate
The award was presented by the Director of National State Employment Agency Mrs.Evita Simsone.

Youth Employment Magazine EEA and Norway GrantsNodarbinātības valsts aģentūra

Today we are in Brussels, where we will soon start the final event! Join us by
✅ following the event online through our livestream ➡️ https://youtu.be/GbvWOfkvJzk
✅ checking out our agenda full of exciting speakers ➡️ https://bit.ly/3i8bCmn

No one can speak to W4IT’s impact better than those who have experienced it firsthand. Excited to have our trainees & associated employers join us on 23/11 in Brussels to tell their stories.

Last day to register ➡️ https://www.digitaleurope.org/events/women4it-shaping-the-future-of-digital/

Representing Women4IT’s funding organisation on 23/11 will be Sheena Elaine K., Senior Sector Officer at the EEA & Norway Grants.

In her keynote, Sheena will share how fits in the wide EEA and Norway Grants’ strategy to boost digital skills and youth employment across Europe.

Don't miss out and register here ➡️ https://www.digitaleurope.org/events/women4it-shaping-the-future-of-digital/.

Four experts from the EU Commission, tech industry and civil society are joining us on 23/11 to discuss how upskilling initiatives like can shape the future of digital.

How can we ensure similar projects continue to thrive and empower communities across Europe? Register and find out more ➡️ https://www.digitaleurope.org/events/women4it-shaping-the-future-of-digital/

We're happy to announce that Armand Leblois, Regional Manager at , will join the Women4IT’s expert panel on 23/11!

Armand will discuss the relevance and sustainability of projects like or Cisco’s own Cybersecurity academy and foster gender diversity in digital.

Register here ➡ https://www.digitaleurope.org/events/women4it-shaping-the-future-of-digital/.

One of the experts joining us on 23/11 will be Mary Cleary, Coordinator of the Irish Coalition for . Mary will share the steps taken at the national level to foster gender and discuss with other panellists how to make the tech sector more inclusive.

Register to catch Mary’s intervention: ➡️ https://www.digitaleurope.org/events/women4it-shaping-the-future-of-digital/.

We are honoured to welcome Themis Christophidou, Director-General of DG EAC at the EU Commission, at the Women4IT conference on 23/11.

Mrs Christophidou will share how the EU fosters gender diversity in STEM & aims to boost women’s participation in tech during the and beyond.

Don’t miss it ➡️ https://www.digitaleurope.org/events/women4it-shaping-the-future-of-digital/.