International Women’s Day 2023

August 12, 2023 |by VOWA Canada | 0 Comments

This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, join UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating under the theme DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.

22% – Women make up only 22 per cent of artificial intelligence workers globally.

44% – A global analysis of 133 AI systems …

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SDG Mobilization Day

August 12, 2023 |by VOWA Canada | 0 Comments

The structural weaknesses embedded in the international financial architecture at the time of its development have entrenched and exacerbated injustices that have hampered the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals; jeopardized human rights; and led to the fragmentation…

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SDG Concern

August 12, 2023 |by VOWA Canada | 0 Comments

The major concern at the UN is that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030 and they raised the following further concerns that it will take:

300 years to end child marriage.
286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discrimination laws.
140 years to achieve …

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Advice For The Next Generation Of Women In STEM

May 31, 2019 |by VOWA Canada | Comments Off on Advice For The Next Generation Of Women In STEM

As women remain dramatically underrepresented across all STEM studies and careers, how do we make strides to close the gender gap and fuel the next generation of female innovators? At a time when technology continues to transform the way we live, work and learn, the need to close the STEM …

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More Women are Joining Fortune 500 Boards than ever before

May 31, 2019 |by VOWA Canada | Comments Off on More Women are Joining Fortune 500 Boards than ever before

Women are ascending to the real seat of corporate power — the Fortune 500 boardroom — at a record rate.

Last year, of the 462 newly appointed Fortune 500 board members, 183 of them — or 40% —

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