Boosting More Women in Technology
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Constanza Díaz describes efforts to increase women’s participation in technology through programs like Technovation LATAM, TecMujer and Fundación Technovation Girls Chile, focusing on early STEM education and entrepreneurship for girls and young women from low-income communities. She explains initiatives from the pandemic to provide connectivity and equipment, and regional collaboration supporting Technovation branches in Argentina, Peru and Colombia to build leadership and tech skills.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 1:48Women in STEM decline
- 5:46Historical barriers in tech
- 8:56Economic exclusion
- 9:38Current STEM participation
- 9:58Technovation Girls
- 12:08Program impact
- 13:15Ecosystem impact
- 15:21Results and confidence
- 16:52Breaking gender biases
- 18:22Challenge biases
- 19:26Q&A
- 19:46Career switch to tech
- 24:42Cultural factors
- 25:47Gender roles
- 28:19Problem-solving approaches
- 30:46Corporate networking
- 33:23Career transition advice
- 35:40Why men get hired faster
- 37:54Q&A
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