Girl Geek Academy

Complete our "Diversity in STEM" survey and you could win a Dyson Airwrap! https://lnkd.in/gWTF6sbZ The survey will form part of our submission to Ed Husic MP's Pathways to Diversity in STEM review and we want to include your voice. For a bonus entry to the competition, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn and share this post! NOTE: You must have first completed the survey to be eligible for bonus entries, and your profile settings must be enabled to ensure we can contact you if you are the winner.

Did you know the Australian Government gave 1500+ companies $16 BILLION in tech services contracts in FY22? Girl Geek Academy is calling for gender equality action plans for companies to secure govt tech contracts to leverage $16B in Federal Government buying power. This measure would also ensure those 1500+ companies would collectively help deliver the industry recommendations from Ed Husic MP's Diversity in STEM review. We got the government spreadsheets did the maths: $16 BILLION+ on contracts over $100,000 in FY22 went to suppliers of various cloud services, computer programmers, forensic IT Services, information technology consultants, software and hardware engineering, and system administrators. Those procurement "carrots" could be used to encourage the tech industry to deliver gender equality. If you want to receive public funds, you need to do the work to support women in the tech industry. The federal government must ensure tech companies present gender equality action plans before they get access to the government chequebook. We need to fix the system, not the girls ... the government has both the power and money to change it. Let's fix the funding, not the girls. 🎮 Lisy Kane April Staines Amanda Watts Tanja Kovac https://lnkd.in/g6TVkTGJ

Enough is Enough. A clear example that the systemic changes are still needed before we can reach equity and respect in the world of game development. Kotaku AU had to quickly disable comments on this article due to the uninformed, toxic and harassing replies. Thank you to Emily Spindler-Carruthers for her coverage on the Girl Geek Academy submission to the Federal Governments Pathways to STEM review. #dei #diversityandinclusion #gamedevelopment https://lnkd.in/gGFREKJb

❌Enough is Enough❌ Women have been pushed out of tech for far too long, and we can no longer deny the structural issues giving them a shove. Girls continue to be role-modelled that tech is no place for them. We surveyed over 300 Girl Geeks and their big message to the Australian Government is that they are sick of talking about it. They want action. They want investment to turn things around. We're calling on Ed Husic MP for action now. #dei #diversityandinclusion #tech #stemcareers #investment

Hello Queensland! Girl Geek Academy is kicking off Queensland workshops this school holidays at QUT for kids in primary school, high school AND for women - mums, aunties, nanas too. We are running classes for women, girls and non-binary folk at QUT and we'd love to invite you to join us and spread the word. https://lnkd.in/gXdB2mE