María de Maeztu Gender and ICT program at DTIC-UPF
The Maria de Maeztu Gender and ICT program groups the broad gender strategy at DTIC-UPF, with the involvement of over 100 volunteers. The program has been since its inception set up as a collaborative project with several external entities, including the financial support of companies NAE Consulting, Google, Oracle, Accenture, Schibsted and Zurich Insurances; and the collaboration of public organisations as the Catalan institute for Women or the USA Consulate in Barcelona, as well as entities active in women empowerment such as MujeresTech & Aliados, and Wikimujeres.
Key actions created or supported by this program:
- Over 1.000 participants in the #GirlsHacks and summer courses, encouraging girls as creators using technology
- Boys and girls in spanish schools talking and writing about women in ICT in the award-winning Wisibilízalas contest or the MujeresTech Summit
- Leading professionals mentoring current female engineering students
- Women and men contributing to reduce the gender gap in Wikipedia in the Wikimujeres – ViquidonesUPF groups
- Regular participation in gender and technology events, to inspire other organisations and learn from others
Image Credit:
Men and women in tech image from the public domain, downloaded from Pixabay, authored by Geralt.