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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

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A 2017 poll in the Pew Research Center report found that 50% of women said they had experienced gender discrimination at work , while only 19% of men said the same. During the six-month training portion, students commit full-time to learning full-stack software development, including skills such as Python, SQL, JavaScript, and React.

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Geeks Give Back celebrates groups that better our community

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That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. Ada Developers Academy. Ada Developers reports that it has placed nearly all of its recent graduates in full-time tech jobs.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. Figliolia was previously based in Shanghai where she held senior roles at software companies PTC and Autodesk. Tune CEO Peter Hamilton at the company’s 2017 Postback conference. Tiziana Figliolia. Hootsuite Photo). Vancouver, B.C.-based

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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

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Blaise Judja-Sato , founder of Seattle-based global health nonprofit VillageReach. Peterson joined Tagboard in 2017 as VP of marketing. Tagboard originally launched as a social media aggregator. Sandler, the former CEO of Novas Software, joined OVF in 2010 as an investor. Merida Merger Corp. I President and CFO Peter Lee.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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The following list provides a brief profile of 178 fabulous female futurists [up from 78 in the original list of September 2015, 143 in the update of November 2015, 158 in January 2018, 167 in February 2017, and 178 in the 2018 revision]. Youngsook Park uses her foresight skills to promote social justice and human development.

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