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SHARE Explore Leaders Creatives Visionaries Geeks Changemakers Be the Spark Engage Donate Get the Toolkit Donate About Partners Credits Media Room Sponsors Show Navigation Hide Navigation Explore Engage Donate About Sparking a World of Innovation & Equality Engage Get Involved Explore Check out the galleries Donate Give to the Technology Fund SHAREThe LEADERS gallery features women who are leading innovation and forging the way for equality in science and technology. Explore now! Leaders Creatives Visionaries Geeks Change Makers SHARE We Must Act Now for Science and Technology to Drive Gender Equality We Must Act Now for Science and Technology to Drive Gender Equality LEADERS: Changing the Face of Science and Technology LEADERS: Changing the Face of Science and Technology Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Sheryl Sandberg, COO Facebook, Champion for Leaders Gallery The Ping-Pong Theory of Tech Sexism How Jac sm Kee is Building a Feminist Internet Barefoot and Bright: The Barefoot College in India A group of Women Angel Investors Change the tech landscape A group of Women Angel Investors Change the tech landscape Voices from Georgia: Women’s Information Center Making Diversity a Culture, Not a Buzzword An ambitious computer scientistwho also happens to be pregnantshares her experience How Gender Changes the Science of Discovery How Gender Changes the Science of Discovery Change the Future: The Technology fund helps women use technology as a tool for social change Women Guides in Botswana are the New Economic Drivers Zero Violence, Offline and Online Zero Violence, Offline and Online Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality SHARE Carolyn Malachi, CREATIVES Champion Infographic: How does access to Technology Lead to Gender Equality? Video: Imagine a Future I Live in a Photobooth: How selfie culture and life online shapes our identities by Olya Dubatova Living Condition: A New Way to Examine the Criminal Justice System by Dee Hibbert-Jones & Nomi Talisman Creatives: The Intersection of Art + Science Creatives: The Intersection of Art + Science Ciencia Ex Aequo: Painting a More Complete History of Women in Science Change the Future: The Technology fund helps women use technology as a tool for social change Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Zero Violence, Offline and Online Zero Violence, Offline and Online A Future Without Men? Preparing for a World Without the Y Chromosome Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality The Slow Surge of Moonlight: Ivory Smith Explores the Gender Gap in Music Technology Knitic: Revolutionizing Digital Fabrication Eve Clone Series: Pey-Chwen Lin considers 3D cloning to create the "ideal" woman Poetry in Science: Jane Long finds poetry in unexpected places StellrScope: Art and Science as Creative Catalysts DreamSprawler: Wendy Ann Mansilla’s Art Explores Technology and the Subconscious Creatives, Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts SHARE Shivani Gupta Asks: Is There Such a Thing as Feminist Technology? Nigeria’s Inwelle Centre breaks the cycle of poverty by teaching girls tech skills Visionaries: Imagining the Future Visionaries: Imagining the Future Voices from Nepal: Voices of Women Media VISIONARIES Champion Reshma Saujani The Future Begins Now! Juliana Rotich discusses tech entrepreneurism in the 21st century. Women Making Magic: Nathalie Trutmann on Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Technology Kit de Libertad de Expresión: Freedom of Expression Toolkit Infographic: How does access to Technology Lead to Gender Equality? Video: Imagine a Future Imagination: The Path to the Future by Rita J. King VIsionaries, Sponsored by Symantec Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Change the Future: The Technology fund helps women use technology as a tool for social change Zero Violence, Offline and Online Zero Violence, Offline and Online SHARE #HackGirlsRights: IGNITE International Girls Hackathon #HackGirlsRights WINNER: Não Me Calo Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. #HackGirlsRights: Women’s Health Information Maze (WHIM) #HackGirlsRights: Gray Spaces Kimberly Bryant, GEEKS Champion #HackGirlsRights: We are Women (WAW) INFOGRAPHIC: Why Girls Don’t Study Science Video: Mentorship in STEM Finding My Passion for Social Innovation girltank: Collaboration 2.0 Voices from India: Feminist Approach to Technology Zero Violence, Offline and Online Zero Violence, Offline and Online STEM Stereotypes are No Joke Video: How Girls Around the World #HackGirlsRights Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality #HackGirlsRights: CooperaDona #HackGirlsRights: Venus #HackGirlsRights: Pravati GEEKS: Girls Leading in Science + Tech GEEKS: Girls Leading in Science + Tech #HackGirlsRights: Girls’ Secret Talk #HackGirlsRights: Ohana #HackGirlsRights: Talk It Out SHARE Tracking the Disappeared in Argentina Women tweet to map sexual harassment in Pakistan Documenting domestic violence in Armenia Map This! The women behind Ushahidi. Cash in hand: Increasing women’s access to financial services in Nigeria CHANGEMAKERS: Women using Tech to Change the Future CHANGEMAKERS: Women using Tech to Change the Future Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Start here: Technology is a Women’s Human Rights Issue. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Champion for CHANGEMAKERS Zero Violence, Offline and Online Zero Violence, Offline and Online Getting the Message: The Afghan Institute of Learning Uses Mobile Phones to Promote Literacy Mobile Moms: Using cell phones to increase women’s access to maternal healthcare in Timor-Leste Real Women of Syria shows women’s role in the revolution The Journey of a Suitcase Radio Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality Five Ways Technology Can Build Gender Equality #MYSPARKSTORY Be The Spark MOMENTS THAT SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH Ada Lovelace World’s first computer programmer, renowned trailblazer for women in computer science Anandi Gopal Joshi, Kei Okami, Sabat Islambooly First women doctors in their respective countries, triggering a gender revolution in the healthcare profession worldwide Anita Borg Computer scientist who paved the way for women leaders in technology Hypatia First female mathematician and trailblazer for modern-day astronomy and geometry Marie Curie First female Nobel Prize winner, First person and only woman to win two Nobel Prizes Wangari Maathai Environmental champion and Greenbelt Movement founder, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nebila Abdulmelik #MySparkStory was when a stand-up comedian asked if anyone in the audience knew at least 20 of our contacts’ phone numbers without looking - and I was the only one with my hands up. Sian A. Morson #MySparkStory was when I thought I had broken my grandmother’s transistor radio and tried to fix it with just a butter knife as a screwdriver. Olya Dubatova #MySparkStory was when I used the Internet for the first time. It was like opening my eyes after being asleep — I saw the world differently. Vanessa C. Mason #MySparkStory was when Mae Jemison, Ariel, Bill Nye, Phineas Fogg, and Carmen Sandiego inspired me to explore the big wide world of science and technology. Helena Puig Larrauri #MySparkStory involved Pacman and mixtapes leading to a passion for peacebuilding through technology. Jennifer Welch #MySparkStory was noticing that there was a lot of discussion ing technology to take down oppressive regimes – but not enough ing it to rebuild societies. Amy...