The European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) is a European multi-stakeholder partnership representing high-level expertise in women and technology development from government, business, academia and non-profit sectors supporting regional innovation through leveraging resources, research, best practices and services.

The European Centre for Women and Technology is a European non-profit organization registered under Norwegian law.

ECWT functions as the European Regional Point of Contact, the first of Ten Regional Centers planned to be established around the world, together constituting Global Women and Technology (GWT).

What's in it for me?
- Join the largest European community on women and technology
- Be a public member
- Be a business member
- Be an academia member

Join the ECWT as a member, if you want to or are working in the Women and Technology area  in the field of:
• Education
• Workforce
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Research
• Innovation
To read more about our organization and to register click here.

The EngineerGirl website is a service of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).  It grew out of the work of the Committee on the Diversity of the Engineering Workforce, and was launched in February of 2001. The EngineerGirl website is part of an NAE project to bring national attention to the opportunity that engineering represents to all people at any age, but particularly to women and girls.

FabFems offers a database that connects role models in STEM fields with young women.  Organizations working towards increasing the number of women following such careers also have access to this directory.

FOCUS on Information Technology is an informational resource for students with a specific section for girls in ICT. It includes includes descriptions of ICT jobs, information on mentoring programs, a list of tech-terms, as well as profiles of women working in the field.

GMS will select 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. We provide Gates Millennium Scholars with personal and Online Networks/  Training & Internships/  Contests and awards/  Other development through our leadership programs along with Scholarhips/  Online Networks/  Training & Internships/  Other support throughout their college career.

Girls Who Code is a new organization working to educate, inspire and equip 13- to 17-year-old girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in technology and engineering.

Together with leading educators, engineers, and entrepreneurs, Girls Who Code has developed a new model for computer science education, pairing intensive instruction in robotics, web design, and mobile development with high-touch mentorship led by the industry's top female developers and entrepreneurs.

This isn't a program. It's a movement. Join us as we work to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sector. We want to hear from you! If you're interested in Girls Who Code programs near you, if you've got a brilliant idea you want to share, or if you just want to tell us how exciting this all is, contact us. 

Girls'Net is a South African social and multi- media programme that gets girls actively involved in the use of technology for their development. Our aim is to use ICTs to help girls realize their full potential.
Girls'Net is a project of Women'sNet and was established in 2003. It builds on Women'sNet's past experiences of training 12-18 year old girls in rural areas in digital audio production training during 2002/2003.

The aim of Girls'Net is to grow a girl social movement through the use of ICTs. Girls are the creators of digital and textual information. This information is disseminated digitally (currently Girls'Net link on Women'sNet website) and by script (through the Girls'Net Newsletter called Gist).

In principle, Girls'Net does four things:
1.It opens up innovative opportunities of ICTs to girls
2.It encourages girls to make use of ICTs
3.According to the above, girls are able to be active participants in the "Information Age"
4.In this way, they are able to speak on their own ‘issues' and be empowered

Girls'Net operates in the following spaces: Girls Tech Clubs, Girls'Net website developing), Gist Newsletter.

Our vision is for the Girls Tech Clubs initiative to facilitate the formation of small groupings of girls in all 9 South African provinces who will work together. The meetings are mainly for the mentor and the girls in a club to discuss issues affecting the girls and contribute ways of dealing with them. Girls also have the opportunity to access ICT tools as they learn how to apply them for their own development and hence take part in the social and global activism.

Girls2Pioneers provides day camps for girls between the ages of 10 to 15 comprising of fun challenges that cultivate skills in technology, design and construction, research, strategic planning, improvisation and engineering. These day camps are followed by field trips and mentoring sessions, which allow for first-hand interactions with corporate partners and mentors in each field.

Using Technology to Help Women realize their potential as leaders, entrepreneurs and individuals.

Google Women In Technology (GWIT) is an initiative by Googlers pledged to the cause of connecting women in the Middle East and Africa in the field of web technologies.

Sharing their success stories to inspire new talent, providing students and professionals alike with a platform to get guidance from women who’ve made their mark, share their ideas, suggestions, success stories, and spread the cheer far and wide.

Inspired yet? Great! Shoot a mail to and become a part of the GWIT Family.
Super Inspired? Have a pressing need to share stuff with everyone right away? Hop onto the GWIT Forum. Happy Posting!
GWIT extends its boundaries to the offline world with regular Events hosted in and around the Middle East and Africa region, for women to come forth and experience the technological advances and opportunities available to women across the globe.

Graça Machel Scholarships

Postgraduate study in South Africa for women

The call for applications will open on 18 June 2012.

The application form and guidelines will be made available on this website as soon as the call for applications opens. Please do not send us application forms from previous years - they will not be considered.

What we offer:

Full tuition, stipend, mentoring and other support for Honours, masters and PhD study at South African universities.

Are you eligible?

To apply you must be:

 a woman

• a national of and resident in one of the SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• in possession of a good first degree or about to graduate in the year of application

Full tuition, stipend, travel costs, mentoring and other support for postgraduate study in South Africa or the United Kingdom.

Contact:

Hazel Bober,
(SA Contact Number-Tel: 011 4613 3876 (11:30-18:30)

Fax:   086 666 4481

The greenlight for girls foundation ("g4g") is a Brussels-based, international non-profit organization (asbl) under Belgian law, founded in November 2011. We are a volunteer organization with a five-member board of directors who act in strategic and operational capacities.

The mission of greenlight for girls is to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to girls of all ages and backgrounds, in order to stimulate greater participation of girls, young women and career-age women in STEM-related studies and careers. To achieve this mission, we carry out the following types of activities around the world, with a special focus on reaching less-advantaged communities.

a. Girl-focused Events: Teaching STEM, professional skills and interpersonal skills, in hands-on and fun ways, through workshops run by volunteer women role-model practitioners from these sectors.

b. Kid-focused Events: Teaching STEM, professional skills and interpersonal skills through workshops run by volunteer female role model practitioners from STEM sectors. These events are classroom-sized, and reach students, teachers and even parents and other community-members.

c.  Public-Sector Initiatives: Projects and initiatives that promote STEM-related skills -- including eskills and digital literacy -- to young girls, young women and career-age women, with the goal of stimulating interest in these areas and increasing employability of “girls of all ages”.

d. Basic Research on girls/young women in STEM studies and careers: We are about to publish a report on the first-ever such research in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

e. Greenlight Global Scholarship Fund: A grant to provide college-level education in STEM-related areas to girls in disadvantaged communities around the world. Launched in Bangalore, India in 2012. 

The Hackbright Academy Programming Fellowship is a 10 week training programme designed to help women become awesome programmers. They teach the fundamentals of modern web development, then introduce you to Silicon Valley companies looking to expand their engineering teams.

Mentorship programme

Each of thestudents is paired with a mentor from the industry. Our mentors include engineers from Twitter, Google, Pinterest, Hipmunk, Twilio, and other startups.

Guest Speaker Series

Each week there is a different guest speaker covering topics ranging from code to entrepreneurship.

Field Trips

We take field trips to tech companies, conferences, and other interesting events.

HER Ideas in Motion is a non-profit organization in Cleveland that offers hands-on, creative tech workshops and clubs.  Female professionals mentor and teach girls to help empower them to join technology fields. 

I Wish helps encourage more women follow STEM studies and careers and breaks stereotypes about women in STEM, by providing role models and information on STEM careers for young women.  They hold events in schools in Ireland.