Women in STEM
Women in STEM is an organization that matches female university students and professionals with high school girls to encourage them to stay engaged in STEM. The aim is to increase representation in STEM fields through one-to-one mentoring partnerships. Mentors offer mentees college and career advice to help young girls understand the path to college and a career in STEM. Women in STEM also organizes guest speakers, discussion panels, and other programs for girls in elementary, middle, and high school to get them excited about the field.
Women in Tech (WIT)
Women in Tech (WIT) is an organization focused on fostering DEI in STEM by promoting the empowerment of girls and women globally when it comes to education, business, digital inclusion, and advocacy. WIT offers a global mentoring program for those seeking mentorship in career and leadership, technology, startups, digital marketing, project and product management, business analytics, and UX/UI design. The mentorship program is no-cost for both mentors and mentees, and it involves three individual sessions over the span of three months, where participants are given access onboarding and training materials as well as closed community meetings and events.
Women in Technology (WIT)
Women in Technology (WIT) is committed to advancing women in technology through leadership development, education initiatives, and networking and mentorship opportunities for women technologists at every level of their career. WIT offers the mentor-protégé program, which matches participants with experienced professionals for mentorship. Protégés are matched with four members over the course of five months, allowing mentors and mentees to connect with different professionals who can offer unique insight into the industry.
Women in Tech Council (WTC)
The Women in Tech Council (WTC) is focused on developing programs that help diversify the pipeline from high school to the C-suite. WTC offers programs on DEI, women in the C-suite, women-led startups, innovation, and inclusion. They also offer mentorship, networking, and learning opportunity for members, in addition to several different events including the WTC Summit, where topics around tech talent, building careers, and talent trends are highlighted and discussed in panel sessions.
Women in Technology International (WITI)
Women in Technology International (WITI) was founded in 1989 as the International Network of Women in Technology and was later rebranded in 2001. WITI is a global organization that connects over 2 million women in STEM with membership in the US, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Australia, and Mexico. WITI organizes events, meetups, career coaching, speaker events, and more across the US and around the world. The organization is dedicated to empowering innovation and building a future of inclusivity in the workplace.
Women Who Code
Women Who Code focuses on empowering women in tech and redefining the industry so that women are equally represented at leaders, executives, founders, VCs, board members, and software engineers. The focus is on empowering women with the coding and programming skills they need to advance in their careers, educating companies on how to promote, retain and hire women and establishing a global community of mentorship and support for women engineers.
Women Who Tech
Woman Who Tech is an organization focused on bringing more equity to startups and entrepreneurial funding. For women in the tech industry who have their eye on entrepreneurship, obtaining funding for a startup company can be an uphill battle. Only 2.8% of venture capital funding goes to women-led startups, according to data from Women Who Tech. The organization offers equity-free grants to women-led startups, selecting five finalists who participate in a virtual pitch coaching and pitch series. They hope to help close the funding gap by supporting and backing women-led tech startups all around the world.
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