Dear all As part of State of the Map Africa on Saturday morning we have organised the following session and you are welcome to participate remotely here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-technology-and-mapping-session-state-of-the-map-uganda-tickets-35955408595
Also if you cannot participate feel free to send me any comments or questions by email in advance. The event will also be recorded. Details below: Women in Technology and Mapping Globally there is a lack of diversity in software development and mapping, resulting in an inherent bias in the way tech applications are developed and data is collected. This in turn can impact the way that decisions are made in development planning and disaster risk management, which can have a negative impact on women and girls. This session will showcase the achievements of female leaders in technology and mapping. The panel of discussants will illustrate how diverse perspectives can lead to different data being collected, new apps created, and better decisions made. The panel will discuss what can be done to encourage female mappers and technologists, identifying barriers to their involvement, as well as what strategies have been successful. It will be facilitated by Angela Oduor Lungati, Director of Community Engagement, Ushahidi and co-founder of a leading women in tech organization on Kenya, AkiraChix. Participants: * Trudy Hope, OpenStreetMap Zambia * Janet Chapman, Crowd2Map & Tanzania Development Trust * Christine Mhone, mHub, Malawi * Fatiman Alher, OpenStreetMap, Niger * Nathalie Sidibe, OpenStreetMap, Mali Janet Chapman - Campaigns Manager and Project Officer crowd2map.org - mapping rural Tanzania http://hiaragirlpower.blogspot.com/ TANZANIA DEVELOPMENT TRUST Registered Charity no 270462 Every pound given to TDT goes directly to projects in Tanzania www.TanzDevTrust.org<http://www.tanzdevtrust.org/>
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