June 2021

Diversity in technology is central to unlocking true social and economic mobility in our community. Hear how Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, the South West Regional Skills Forum, local employers and Code Institute collaborated on a unique initiative to break down the barriers and get more women coding and working in technology.

Times are GMT+1 for this event.

Kick your morning off with a virtual coffee with WITS members. This is an informal chat about all things WITS.

A roundtable discussion to share challenges faced by migrant women in Ireland looking to progress their careers.

Join us for the launch of ‘No Woman Left Behind’, the National Women’s Council’s new and ambitious Strategic Plan 2021-2024, on Tuesday, 15th June.

Women Tech Entrepreneurs Webinar Series - Exploring Role-models success stories and how they manage to thrive.

We are excited to be hosting another one of our social entrepreneurship networking events series in partnership with the Irish Social Enterprise Network and Tech For Good Dublin. Supported by our friends at Changemakers Lab, Great Zambezi Initiative and Social Entrepreneurship Incubation Ireland. An evening of networking and an interactive Q&A Panel Discussion from inspirational speakers.

We are reading 'Kindred' by Octavia E Butler. The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she’s been given...

Times are GMT+1 for this event.

Join us for the launch of ‘Increasing Gender Balance on Boards: The case for legislative Gender Quotas in Ireland', on Thursday, 24th June. Speakers will include: Orla O'Connor, Director, NWC / Dr Pauline Cullen / Anne O'Leary, CEO, Vodafone Ireland / MEP Frances Fitzgerald / Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, Chairperson of the Women's Parliamentary caucus / Mark Fenton, CEO & Founder, MASF Consulting Ltd.