The Internet of Women - Accelerating Culture Change.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Endorsements -- Foreword -- Part I: Millennials Leading: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Next Generation of Women in Technology -- 1: Building Communities Through Technology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 How Shiza Shahid Is Supporting Female Founders and Their Critical Role in Reshaping the World -- 1.3 An Activist's Evolution into Banking and Technology -- 1.4 Young People Have Power: Millennials and STEM -- 1.5 Launching a Female-Inclusive Tech Sector in Gaza -- 1.6 Going Beyond Gender and Tackling "Diversity Debt" in Technology -- 1.7 From MIT to Supporting Women and Internet Penetration in Jamaica -- 1.8 Gender Balance and Technology in the UAE -- 1.9 Millennials Moving the Needle on Gender Equality -- 1.10 Supporting Women in Embracing Technology in Kurdistan -- Part II: Men and Women Empowering One Another -- 2: Behind Every Great Woman, There May Be a Man -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Supportive Strategies for Women Employees: Lessons Learned From Zambia -- 2.3 The Necessity of Empowering Women -- 2.4 How to Attract (and Keep!) Mothers in Your Company -- 2.5 NA3M We Can: A Saudi Prince Roars for Women Gamers -- 2.6 Female Leadership and the Future of Water Security in the Middle East -- 2.7 Shifting the Gender Paradigm in Saudi Arabia: Thousands of Women Enter the Workforce -- 2.8 Governments, Corporations, and Paying Women to Learn -- Part III: Bold Leadership: Women Changing the Culture of Investment and Entrepreneurship -- Introduction -- 3: Targeting Untapped Markets -- 3.1 Creating an Ecosystem for Black Founders -- 3.2 Solving the Technology Skills Gap through Investing in Minority Communities -- 3.3 The Global Opportunity for Fintech Female Founders -- 4: Mentoring Investors and Entrepreneurs.

4.1 Supporting Female Entrepreneurs and Creating Role Models in Israel and Beyond -- 4.2 Female Entrepreneurs Making the Connection -- 4.3 The Importance of Finding "Champions" for Entrepreneurs -- 4.4 Bringing Water to the Women's Capital Desert -- 4.5 Think Big: Expanding Plus-Sized Fashion Globally -- Part IV: Education for the 21st Century -- Introduction -- 5: Women in Academia: A Potential STEM Powerhouse -- 5.1 What a Gender-Blind STEM World Could Look Like -- 5.2 What Is at Stake? -- 5.3 The Gateway to Opportunity: Academia in Flux -- 5.4 What Are Women Up Against? -- 5.5 Strategies for Closing Academia's STEM Gender Gap -- 5.6 Academia's Own Learning Curve -- 6: Reshaping Traditional Ways of Learning -- 6.1 Unearthing the Magic of STEAM -- 6.2 Changing University Education through the Internet of Things -- 6.3 Education and "Being a Girl" -- 6.4 Creating a Culture of Peace and Understanding through Technology Education -- 6.5 Internet of Women Pakistan: Divided By Access or Skills? -- 6.6 Bridging the Digital Gap in Europe -- 7: Educating Women in Post-Conflict Zones -- 7.1 Developing a Technology Community for Women in Afghanistan -- 7.2 Overcoming the Wounds of Genocide in Rwanda through Education and Technology -- 7.3 How Technology Is Connecting Communities of Women in the DRC -- 7.4 Inviting Multinationals to Support Youth and Technology in Gaza -- 8: Opportunities for Adult Learners -- 8.1 Queen Rania's Initiative to Provide High-Quality Education through Online Learning -- 8.2 Creating a Developer Network for IT and Network Professionals and Software and Hardware Developers -- 8.3 Are We Too Old to Be of Value? -- 8.4 Open Source: Shifting the Corporate Innovation Model (and Leveling the Playing Field) -- Part V: Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Generation of Women Forging Ahead into Technology Leadership.

9: Stories of Resilience, Perseverance, and Staying on Top of Technology Trends -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Saudi Arabia -- 9.3 Building the Foundation for Innovation -- 9.4 Career Advancement through Staying at the Forefront of Technology -- 9.5 Being a Woman on an All-Male Executive Board -- 9.6 Gender Bias in the Tech Sector -- 9.7 A Snapshot of Women in Chinese History -- Part VI: Emerging Fields of Technology -- Introduction -- 10: Defining the Cutting Edge -- 10.1 Meet the Woman Who's Created the 21st-Century Finance Model for Emerging Technologies -- 10.2 Women Leading the World of Blockchain -- 10.3 To Be or To Build: Women and Artificial Intelligence -- 10.4 Opportunities for Women in the Green Economy and Digital Infrastructure -- 10.5 CyberSheroes: The Inspiration Behind CSI -- 10.6 Women in Cyber: Filling the Gap -- Manifesto -- Closing -- Afterword -- List of Contributors.

The Internet of Women provides an exciting look at personal narratives and case studies of female leaders and cultural shifts around the globe that illustrate this promising trend.

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