{"id":2269,"date":"2023-07-06T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-spider.dsv.su.se\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:19:23","slug":"itu-lead-visits-spider-and-dsv-to-celebrate-women-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spidercenter.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/06\/itu-lead-visits-spider-and-dsv-to-celebrate-women-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"ITU Lead visits SPIDER and DSV to celebrate women in tech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Secretary General of ITU visits SPIDER to launch campaign<\/h1>\n

Just over a quarter of people working in technology jobs identify as women, and the progress towards equality in the sector seems slow. There are many theories and experiences that can inform how we can propel equity in tech, and Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the first woman to hold the post (in 157 years) of Secretary General at the International Telecom Union (ITU) is on a mission to do so.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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Launching the Girls in ICT campaign with SPIDER at DSV, Stockholm Univeristy<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITU Europe office represented by Mr Jaroslaw Ponder and Ms Bogdan-Martin visited SPIDER and its host department of Computer and Systems Sciences at University of Stockholm to meet students on 30th March 2023 in what is referred to as the Silicon Valley of Sweden, Kista, in the outskirts of Stockholm. Dr Caroline Wamala Larsson, the Director of SPIDER welcomed the high-level delegation as SPIDER (a centre of enablement for digitalising international development) is a long-term partner of ITU in its international training programme, a focused and inclusive programme raising capacity of African telecom regulatory authorities in a mutual-exchange programme between Sweden and Sub-Saharn Africa.<\/p>\n

The Head of Department at DSV, Professor Jelena Zdravkovic told the visitors about Stockholm University and more specifically about the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, one of the oldest IT departments in the world. Ms Beatrice \u00c5kerblom, who is responsible for the Bachelor programme in computer science and software engineering, the programme with the most women among its students in Sweden, shared her own experiences in carving a career out for herself in the tech sector.<\/p>\n

The most valued part of the celebration of women in technology at DSV on 30th March, a starting point for the #GirlsInICT initiative at ITU, was when women students shared their challenges, goals, and reasons for choosing technology as a field of study or career.\u00a0 A rich discussion on how to achieve equity followed.<\/p>\n