Category: Women
Code First Girls aims to boost women in tech leadership roles
Tech diversity champions Code First Girls have today launched their Mid-Level Accelerator (MLA) course, aimed to develop and accelerate women’s technology careers. Currently, women make up 19% of Information Technology and 30% of web design professionals in the UK - but this drops to just 5% when it comes to women holding leadership positions in…
GCHQ appoints first female director in its history
Security and intelligence agency GCHQ has appointed a female director for the first time in its 104-year history. Anne Keast-Butler, who is currently serving as deputy director general at MI5, will take up the post running the UK's intelligence service next month. She will succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming who announced in January he would be…
International Women’s Day – 10 stereotypes females still face today
A female version of the 'George and the Dragon' statue has been unveiled ahead of International Women's Day - inspiring a new generation of girls that they can do anything. The ‘Georgina and the Dragon’ model shows a powerful young girl rearing on a BMX bike as she triumphantly slays the dragon, which symbolises several…