Empowering women in tech Aateeya Saabeen Aateeya Saabeen
In a technology-driven world like ours, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) sector significantly influences the development of our society. Despite the increasing demand and lucrative career opportunities in STEM, it is still a heavily male-dominated field. Delving deeper into the reasons behind this, several studies found that there is a multitude of barriers for women in STEM that prevents them from pursuing these opportunities starting from a lack of career advancement to facing gender-based discrimination in pay and working conditions, among others.
However, some companies within this field are realising the importance of providing equal opportunities and are working towards making STEM more inclusive as a whole. SELISE Digital Platforms, a Swiss-owned software engineering and business consulting firm where women are equally represented and fairly compens
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Bangladesh rolls out WICC-2021 competition
ICT based solution to save water resources
Staff Correspondent
23rd February, 2021 11:25:32
A month-long unique challenge competition for the youth titled ‘Water Innovation Challenge Competition-2021 (WICC 2021)’ was launched on Tuesday.
The WICC-2021 challenge competition is jointly organised by Unilever’s Pureit, A2i (Aspire to Innovate), Dhaka WASA, Department of Environment (DoE), 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG), Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS), said a press release.
The competition has been commenced on virtual platform where Kabir Bin Anwar, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) attended as the chief guest.