Women Rock IT

Girls Power Tech Inspires the Next Generation of Tech Leaders

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Girls Power Tech Inspires the Next Generation of Tech Leaders

The future of technology is bright, especially after the resounding success of the 7th annual Cisco Girls Power Tech, held at the Cisco campus in Richardson, Texas, on April 17, 2025! Girls Power Tech Leaders This impactful event connected 73 bright young students with the vast potential of STEM, supported by 13 dedicated educators. These talented participants hail from Cisco Networking Academy schools, a strategic partnership that allows us to effectively reach and inspire the…

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Breaking Down Barriers, Welcoming New Talent: Celebrate International Girls in ICT Day with Cisco

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Breaking Down Barriers, Welcoming New Talent: Celebrate International Girls in ICT Day with Cisco

International Girls in ICT Day is the ideal time to shine a spotlight on the technology industry and encourage and inspire girls and women of all ages to explore a wide range of career opportunities—those they may not have previously considered—in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This global initiative, led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), will be held on April 24, 2025. It’s something I’m personally incredibly passionate about—let me tell you why! Girls…

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Shifting gender stereotypes: ten years of Women Rock-IT

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Shifting gender stereotypes: ten years of Women Rock-IT

Ten years ago, Cisco Networking Academy launched the Women Rock-IT initiative in the APJC region to help address the gender imbalance in the tech industry. The program was designed to show young women that there is a future for them in tech, with activities including Learn-A-Thons, volunteer events, and live virtual broadcasts featuring prominent women in IT who could serve as inspiring role-models for Women Rock-IT participants. During this time, Women Rock-IT has hosted 82…

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Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI

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Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI

LinkedIn workforce data shows that women are still significantly underrepresented in the Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM). Despite making up almost half (49.3%) of total employment across non-STEM occupations, women represent just 29.2% of all STEM workers. As technology moves quickly, that underrepresentation shapes the technology of tomorrow as well as amplifies existing gender bias in technology. As Cisco’s corporate purpose is to power an inclusive future for all, Cisco Networking Academy chooses to take…

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Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI

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Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI

LinkedIn workforce data shows that women are still significantly underrepresented in the Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM). Despite making up almost half (49.3%) of total employment across non-STEM occupations, women represent just 29.2% of all STEM workers. As technology moves quickly, that underrepresentation shapes the technology of tomorrow as well as amplifies existing gender bias in technology. As Cisco’s corporate purpose is to power an inclusive future for all, Cisco Networking Academy chooses to take…

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Tech Tools for the Future: Zebras, AI, and Girls in ICT Day

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Tech Tools for the Future: Zebras, AI, and Girls in ICT Day

I’m excited to announce that Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf will be joining our special Women Rock-IT broadcast to support International Girls in ICT Day, featuring women who have turned their passion for technology into rewarding and successful careers. Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf is the Director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute  and a Professor of Computer Science Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at the Ohio State University (OSU). As a computational…

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Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI

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Are you AI-Ready? Cisco Networking Academy is closing the gender gap in AI

LinkedIn workforce data shows that women are still significantly underrepresented in the Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM). Despite making up almost half (49.3%) of total employment across non-STEM occupations, women represent just 29.2% of all STEM workers. As technology moves quickly, that underrepresentation shapes the technology of tomorrow as well as amplifies existing gender bias in technology. As Cisco’s corporate purpose is to power an inclusive future for all, Cisco Networking Academy chooses to take…

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From childhood curiosity to Cisco’s FIFA Women’s World Cup all-female Dream Team

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From childhood curiosity to Cisco’s FIFA Women’s World Cup all-female Dream Team

This blog is by Noor Zafar, a Cybersecurity Cadet Risk Advisory Analyst at Deloitte in Australia and a former member of Cisco’s FIFA Women’s World Cup all-female Dream Team. We’re excited to have Noor join us as we go backstage with the Cisco Dream Team on our next Women Rock-IT event on February 29, 2024.  Noor holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from the University of Wollongong (UOW) and a Diploma of Mechanical Engineering from…

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