WiTH News
Women are (Finally) Turning the VC Funding Tide (Entrepreneur)
Why this sudden upsurge in events focusing on women and investment? Perhaps for the very first time, we are seeing noteworthy groups take serious action to address the persistent f... More
Cybersecurity Needs Women: Here’s Why (Forbes)
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and there's no better time for women to start gaining and leveraging that awareness. Because of the massive shortage of cybersecurity prof... More
Melinda Gates: How to Get More Women in Tech and Why College is Too Late to Start (CNBC)
"Women are so underrepresented in the technology sector in the United States, and yet tech is pervasive. It is changing our lives," says Gates, who has started an investment and in... More
Research: Women in Tech Sees Worldwide ‘Optimism and Ambition’ (Verdict)
Three in five British women in tech say that being female is a positive in their pursuit of a career in the industry, says research from travel e-commerce company Booking.com.... More
Top Twelve Women CMOs to Follow on Twitter (MTS)
News of women progressing within tech has gained more attention than ever before. The importance of women in fields such as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) has be... More
Sports Social Media is Increasingly Dominated by Women (The Verge)
The way people enjoy sports has changed. On Twitter, fans are watching games together, interacting directly with their favorite athletes, and engaging with their teams beyond a log... More
Study: Women in Silicon Valley Own Less Than Half the Startup Equity Men Own (CNBC)
Women in Silicon Valley own less than half the startup equity that men own, according to a new study. CARTA, a company that manages equity and ownership, found female startup emplo... More
The Future of Being a Woman in Technology (IA)
The glaring gender imbalance in the tech industry is there for all to see. Laura Malcolm, from Avanade, looks at the future of women in tech.... More
Where in the World are the Women Software Developers? (CIO)
India, the UAE, Romania, China, Sri Lanka, and Italy have the highest percentage of women software developers, while in the EU, Bulgaria has the most women in tech.... More
Women in Tech: A Force to Be Reckoned With (HackerNoon)
As tech companies get older, and more diverse, who they hire, why, and for what are changing fast. Tech companies are great places to work — and despite the attention that co... More
Why We Need Women in Security and What IBM Security is Doing to Help (SecurityIntelligence)
It’s particularly grim in our industry, with women in security comprising only 11 percent of the workforce, and even fewer in technical roles. With an estimated 3.5 million unfil... More
How Women are Breaking Into the Tech World (ReadWrite)
While some in tech point back to education for failing to engage and prepare women for roles in the industry, Bloomberg’s Sarah McBride explained that the smaller number of femal... More
Dating App Bumble Launches A Fund To Invest In Other Female-Founded Startups (Forbes)
Popular dating app Bumble may be less than four years old, but that’s not stopping it from becoming the latest buzzy startup to commit to investing in other startups coming up af... More
To Recruit Women In STEM, Offer These 7 Things — What These Women Want (Forbes)
Employers who want to recruit more women in STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and math) – and all careers – take note. Here is new input from women themselves, c... More
Google Power Women of the Cloud (Forbes)
Technology and computer science is the kind of field where you can learn new things very quickly. The opportunity to grow is what makes it attractive to many. For women, it’s an ... More
The Role Of Women In OTT Entertainment Advances (Forbes)
The rise of OTT allows for live and on-demand entertainment over the Internet, wherever and whenever consumers wish. That means you can watch those modern shows on any number of de... More
HCL Launches Career Development Initiative for Women (Times of India)
HCL’s career programme for women, ‘iBelieve’ was launched in Madurai on Saturday. Speaking at the event, Srimathi Sivashankar, executive vice-president of HCL Technologies, s... More
Women in Tech Score Symbolic Wins, but Cash Is Still Hard to Come By (Bloomberg)
A recent spate of headlines from the venture capital world might give the impression that the historically male-dominated industry has turned a corner.... More
How This Female Founder Created The ‘Spotify For Meditation’ (Forbes)
Yunha Kim started meditating to decrease the stress she felt from working hard to build her first startup, Locket, which she sold to the e-commerce platform Wish in 2015. "I was ab... More
The Search for Women Who Want Cybersecurity Careers (WSJ)
There is a shortage of workers in cybersecurity and a shortage of women in tech jobs. New efforts to get girls interested in cybersecurity are aimed at tackling both of those probl... More