I was 15 before I meet a female software engineer. The demographic of GirlBoss members is the demographic of our nation. At GirlBoss, we believe the gender gap is an issue we must all come together to solve. With your support, we will continue to build a future where our next generation of girls and boys will have choices, purpose and power.
Thank you for your continued belief in our mission. Behind every successful woman, is a tribe of other successful women who have her back. GirlBoss NZ is a community of young women. In , women got just 2. I was the only girl who took Multi-Materials technology as a subject in Year 13, and 1 of 3 females who took Programming throughout our senior years of high school. Without the presence of the GirlBoss community and their encouraging spirit, both my female friends and I would have dropped the subject because Programming was such a male dominated subject.
Being the minority in the class is often times a struggle. During high school, I was also fortunate enough to have been the Head Girl during my final year. All this would not have been possible without the motivation and determination that the GirlBoss community has given me.
GirlBoss New Zealand was founded with a single mission: We empower confident, resilient, future-ready, young women to lead and change the world. GirlBoss runs a range of workshops to equip and inspire young women. Tech jobs are among the fastest growing in the country, yet girls are being left behind. While interest in computer science ebbs over time, the biggest drop off happens between the ages of Why we do it.
GirlBoss has made me who I am today.
