The European Union leads Scorecard on Gender equality in the Knowledge Society
01/11/12 02:42 PM

The knowledge gender divide continues to exist in all countries, even those which have a highly-developed knowledge society. The European Union as a composite ranks first overall, and first or second in every dimension.

Launch of the Bulgarian N-PoC of the ECWT
06/10/12 11:12 PM

The Bulgarian Centre of Women in Technology (BCWT) is a new entity for the support of the implementation of the Digital Agenda in Bulgaria and for...

Fraunhofer IAIS Joining the 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...

30 October 2012 Bologna - An Exciting Example of the Collective Intelligence of Women
31/10/12 05:43 PM

The Smart Cities, Gender and Inclusion Workshop in Bologna organized by Universita Ca' Foscari, the Italian National Point of Contact of the ECWT, the National Innovation Authority and Forum PA was a great success with 4 hours of open talk with more than 150 participants and agreement on a follow-up actionplan.

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...

Rails Girls Conquering Warsaw and  countries around the world
12/10/12 04:43 AM

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...

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...

WinIT – Women’s biggest network in the IT sector in Sweden
21/10/12 09:37 PM

Sogeti has taken a bold initiative to unite girls in the Swedish IT sector in the Women Inspiration Network IT.

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! 

Women in Technology one of the key priorities in the global Equal Futures Initiative launched 24 Sept
25/09/12 06:00 AM

The United States has come together with 12 other founding partner countries to launch the Equal Futures Partnership with the support of key multilateral partners including UN Women and the World Bank, as well as leading businesses and non-profit organizations. 

Women’s influence increasing on the World Wide Web
02/010/12 8:43 AM

Today more than half of Facebook subscribers and some 56% of Twitterers are women and they make up 70% of Pinterest's users. Women spend 25 hours a month online - two more hours than men - and account for about 60% of e-commerce dollars.

Rural Women Farmers in Uganda Increasing their use of ICTs
06/10/12 06:28 PM

The project, “Enhancing Access to Agricultural Information” began in 2005 with the goal of developing and improving ICT systems to provide access to agricultural information for rural women farmers through mobile phones, radio cassettes, and community radio.