Girls in STEM stories

The 2025 Work Experience Connection Programme offers 43 ACT and NSW girls and gender diverse students placements in ICT roles to boost diversity and skills.

As AI transforms industries, educators urge for enhanced STEM learning to bridge the skills gap and empower the AI-ready generation for future careers.

Ms. Isha M. Ambani's stirring speech at Girls in ICT Day India 2024 highlights the urgent need for women in STEM, urging systemic change to bridge the gender gap.

As the International Women's Day 2024 approaches, UK tech industry veteran, Juliet Moran, criticises the education system for the continual underrepresentation of women in technology-related fields.

In championing women in ICT, we must create equitable conditions for female ICT students and professionals to flourish at every stage of their career.

Women apply for 20% fewer jobs than men, often feeling they need to meet 100% of the criteria. But it's time to change that mindset. #WomenInSTEM.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, closing the global gender gap has increased by a generation from 99.5 years to 135.6 years.

Malala Fund will use these findings to encourage leaders at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference and beyond to take action.

IT industry needs to promote tech roles, increase work placements & provide equal opportunities for women, says report. #WomeninTech #STEM.

GCSB awards Women in STEM scholarships to three recipients, supporting their careers in science and technology.

Christchurch firms aim to inspire young girls to pursue careers in tech, hosting a virtual tour and hands-on experience.

Monique Warrington, a 22-year-old software developer at Xero, has defied New Zealand's gender statistics in the tech sector.

Mastercard and education firm Scholastic have expanded free access to Mastercard’s STEM curriculum designed for 8-12 year-old girls.

New Zealand's Callaghan Innovation and Hutt Science hosted female students in science and technology to tackle the industry's gender imbalance.

October 8 marked Ada Lovelace Day, a memorial for the first computer programmer. But it was a lot more than celebrating one woman’s achievements.

There aren’t too many women in STEM fields because there is an unconscious bias against women. This doesn’t just come from men, but other women too.

Deloitte and AWS have developed a competition portal for Tech Girls Movement Foundation to enhance STEM participation among girls in Australia and New Zealand.

Nominations are open for the 2019 GirlBoss Awards, celebrating young Kiwi women shaping the future of New Zealand.

Tara Stevens (14) and Riley Pollard (11), from New Plymouth and Okato and the Nakibots team, beat 80 other teams from across the world.

Gender diversity in the tech industry is a hot topic around the world, but it’s one that New Zealand is looking to tackle head on.