Category: women
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE writes on women.
RepresentationMatters: Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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Today is the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on 11 February every year, it’s an opportunity to recognise, highlight and inspire role models from across the technical world. On Friday, it was Numeracy day – and some schools celebrated this too. In one particular school, […]
#BalanceforBetter with Storytelling: Music videos, Eastenders and beyond
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One of the most powerful ways to change a social norm is to share stories. Stories are incredible ways to share information, inspire and inform. We’re suffering a lack of participation in technical fields, partly because of an inability to tell the right stories in the right way. This has […]
Incubators: babies and a 12 bedroom house
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My earliest memory of an incubator is from the first time I met my youngest sister. A twin, she had taken second place to her twin brother in the womb and so on the day she was born I was only able to gape at her through plastic casing. Some […]
Leaning in when you’re not Sheryl Sandberg – The Student Edition
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Late last year I was invited to keynote at the 2014 BCS Lovelace Colloquium. Started by Dr Hannah Dee, a lecturer in Computing at Aberystwyth University, it is a meeting of women studying Computer Science and related subjects at UK universities. They have a chance to present academic posters, network with […]
For 2013: 3 new years resolutions I won’t have and 1 new years objective I do have
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“Daily habits and the rhythm of life take most of us captive, and we often end up doing what we’ve always done, and each year starts to look very much like the last…many of us make simple resolutions, like giving up alcohol, joining a gym, or cutting carbs” – from […]
The case for women leadership in Technology and beyond – my month on the East coast
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“Countries can’t develop if young women are not given the kind of education that they need.” – President Barack Obama at the third Presidential debate on Foreign Policy I’m a woman. I didn’t always count myself as a feminist, but the unique position I find myself in means that I […]
“Women are too self-defeating” – the notions this rising career woman no longer wants to hear or dwell on
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Reasons I like being a Career woman: You can wear something different to work everyday. Life is akin to a catwalk. If the blogosphere and headlines are anything to go by, you’re automatically the underdog at work. I like a challenge. It is crazy how many ‘women-should-have-more-confidence-in-themselves‘ articles I read […]
No women in technology? You’ve never been to GoDaddy.com!
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“…yes, I’m a ‘Woman in tech’, but I’d rather not point it out…” I recently spent my evening at a Visible Women Campaign event on ‘Women in Technology’. As a young woman in technology myself, this has been a topic on my mind a lot recently. The above is a […]