WOMENinICT in the Association of Austrian Software Innovations (VÖSI) is currently Austria’s largest women’s network in the ICT sector with over 130 ambassadors and more than 3,000 members. We make women in ICT professions more visible and want to inspire more young women and girls to work in the ICT sector. We show from woman to woman what great career opportunities the industry offers – at hardware and software companies, at IT system houses, at IT service providers, in the telecommunications industry, in IT departments at companies, in digitalisation consulting, in science & research and in the school & education sector.

WOMENinICT acts as a strong community and is committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunities with a wide range of measures. Digitalisation is highly relevant to society. It is important that it reflects the realities of life for men AND women and increases diversity in companies. www.womeninict.at

Goals of WOMENinICT

• Make women more visible in the ICT sector & in ICT professions
• Highlight and promote ICT career opportunities for women
• Inspire girls & young women for IT & digitalisation
• Advocate for equal opportunities in careers & pay
• Networking & exchange on current topics & issues
• Collaborate with existing initiatives & platforms
• Acting as a strong community: Promoting diversity & equal opportunities

Measures at WOMENinICT

• WOMENinICT events & networking
• WOMENinICT breakfast parlour
• GRACE mentoring programme
• Knowledge transfer, exchange of experience & cross mentoring
• Being a point of contact for questions & concerns
• Lobbying & PR work – we bring content
• What roles & professions are there? Show role models, present jobs
• Videos on the VÖSI YouTube channel
• Co-operations e.g. with LEA & SHEgoesDIGITAL
• Collect and prepare facts, figures and data on women in IT
• Measures for education & training, school cooperation
• Joint activities with existing initiatives