Glass Ceilings and Affirmative Action
Today in an act of what some refer to as serendipity, I attended an event that was supposed to be an information session for women.
The event is designed to women to get involved with technology and is put together in collaboration with google.
Like other similar drives such as the ones that were organized by the Makerere University, and sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Trust, this push is an attempt to get more young women involved in technology related fields. Back in the day when I was part of the
Cisco Academy, I remember that Young Women were offered scholarships to study technology related fields.
Th bulk of the information regarding this internship or training is available on the OutBox Hub Page.
The Lead Richard Zulu talked about various aspects of the program and was keen to extract as much information from the young ladies as to what hinders them from participating in similar technology driven encounters.
As one of the only guys in attendance, I had two major questions or suggestions.
Firstly I was concerned that women were not taking these events seriously in an age of affirmative action. I noted that there were very few men who would open door for women with no strings attached.
Second was that opportunities expire (Christians talk about Kairos) women would do well to use the open door while it was still open.
The third was an idea that I presented emerged from the west which in many ways seems to have blazed the trail for women in the workplace. The question of the glass ceiling.
There was also some representatives from the incubation community and many of the guests were more familiar with each other.
The event is designed to women to get involved with technology and is put together in collaboration with google.
Like other similar drives such as the ones that were organized by the Makerere University, and sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Trust, this push is an attempt to get more young women involved in technology related fields. Back in the day when I was part of the
Cisco Academy, I remember that Young Women were offered scholarships to study technology related fields.
Th bulk of the information regarding this internship or training is available on the OutBox Hub Page.
The Lead Richard Zulu talked about various aspects of the program and was keen to extract as much information from the young ladies as to what hinders them from participating in similar technology driven encounters.
As one of the only guys in attendance, I had two major questions or suggestions.
Firstly I was concerned that women were not taking these events seriously in an age of affirmative action. I noted that there were very few men who would open door for women with no strings attached.
Second was that opportunities expire (Christians talk about Kairos) women would do well to use the open door while it was still open.
The third was an idea that I presented emerged from the west which in many ways seems to have blazed the trail for women in the workplace. The question of the glass ceiling.
There was also some representatives from the incubation community and many of the guests were more familiar with each other.
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