DATAWO in the National Academy for Digital Skills of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance

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14/09/2022

Anastasia Karagianni, co-founder of DATAWO, was invited to the discussion on “Women in Tech: The importance of the presence of women in the field of Technology” which took place on Tuesday 13 September at 17:00-18:00 at the Main Stage of the Pavilion 12 in the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair 2022.

The discussion was about the importance of increasing the percentage of women but also the actions that need to be taken so that women have equal opportunities in the field of Technology. As DATAWO we emphasised that we should overcome the binary distinction of genders, into female and male, and include all gender identities in all these discussions. Therefore, our positioning was about femininities of every ethnicity and class, as we adopt a critical interdisciplinary feminist approach. In addition, we emphasised that gender discrimination is reproduced in the digital world by the people who program and code it and, consequently, the underrepresentation of femininities in this world intensifies and proves the discriminatory treatment of femininities in digital professions, since even if they are employed in corresponding positions they are paid less.

Furthermore, we referred to the need to finance such initiatives that aim to raise awareness and inform society about these issues through the highlighting and communication of relevant role-models, as well as the training of femininities through digital skills programs. Finally, we focused on the adoption of the action plan for gender equality in every political agenda and on the sincere willingness of politicians to take meaningful and effective measures aimed at gender equality, without using the term “gender equality” in the context of pink washing/political marketing. As such, we stressed also the importance of compliance of the market (private sector) to these measures.

We sincerely thank the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology for the invitation and kind cooperation.

*You can find the video of the event in the following link.

**We are terribly sorry for the lack of subtitles in English.


ΔΕΘ 2022 | Women–In–Tech: Η σημασία της συμμετοχής των γυναικών στον τομέα της Τεχνολογίας | ΕΔΥΤΕ – YouTube


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