This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the power of a woman’s voice with greetings from inspiring women and girls in our homepage doodle. Click on the image below to listen to messages from
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education and women’s-rights activist,
Anne Geddes, the Australian photographer and women’s advocate, and
Mary Kom, the Indian five-time World Boxing champion.
Across Asia-Pacific, we’ve embarked on programs and partnerships to help empower women from all walks of life. We want to help more women transform their lives — and the lives of others — through the Internet, and to nurture the next generation of women techmakers to tackle challenges that only technology can help solve.
Supporting women in tech
This year we are launching a series of global
Women Techmakers events to give technical women greater visibility, a wider community and more resources. We hope you’ll join us at one of more than 30 events taking place from Pakistan to Papua New Guinea to celebrate and support passionate female techmakers.
Getting girls into tech
Through programs such as the
RISE Awards and
Anita Borg Scholarship, we’re changing the way girls think about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and encouraging them to pursue studies in these fields. We’re also getting them excited about
coding through Raspberry Pi at an early age.
Connecting women and helping them get the most out of it
Initiatives such as
Helping Women Get Online in India are introducing millions of women to the power of the web, through safe access points and education about basic Internet use. In Pakistan and Malaysia,
Women on the Web is helping female entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses through technology.
This is just the start of our efforts to get more women in Asia involved in using, shaping and creating technology. By increasing women’s participation in tech, we think we can improve outcomes for all. We look forward to sharing more as we continue on this journey.
Posted by Xinmei Cai, Women@ Google APAC Tech Lead
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