Announcements

Women 2.0 presented two articles capturing insights and actionable strategies presented by experts who recently spoke at the AnitaB.org Hopperx1 New York City and Male Ally Summit events. These regional events empower women technologists — from undergraduates to CEOs, along with members from industry leading companies, academia, and research — to build relationships, find new…

CEOs usually try to find ways to keep their organizations running for as long as possible. But Brenda Darden Wilkerson, CEO and President of AnitaB.org, is doing everything she can to achieve the opposite! She and the staff of AnitaB.org are working hard to achieve our goal of intersectional tech equity by 2025, and to…

Engage with AnitaB.org and the thousands of women who will be attending the 2020 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC 20). We could not put on a successful Celebration without our many speakers and sponsors, all of whom are dedicated to inspiring and promoting women in tech. Learn how you can become either a speaker or a…

AnitaB.org is proud to announce that we have acquired Wogrammer, a global organization that uses storytelling to break stereotypes and inspire women and girls to pursue careers in STEM, on January 14. “My co-founder, Zainab Ghadiyali and I always believed the media has a powerful ability to shape the narrative around women in technology,” said Erin…

Watch the video of Arlan Hamilton moderating a panel discussion of the 2019 AnitaB.org PitcHER™ winners. Congratulations to our 2019 AnitaB.org PitcHER™ winners! The annual AnitaB.org PitcHER competition was designed to support entrepreneurs from all industries who are leading early stage technology startups. According to Fortune, women-led businesses are the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurship, yet they receive the smallest percentage (2.2%) of…

On November 9, AkiraChix held the 2019 African Women in Tech Conference (AWTC19) — Africa’s largest gathering of women in tech. Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President and CEO of AnitaB.org, along with a few other members of our staff traveled to Nairobi to be part of this event, with Brenda serving as the AWTC19 Keynote Speaker. It…