TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anid,Nada
AU  - Morrow,Monique J.
AU  - Cantileno,Laurie
TI  - The Internet of Women - Accelerating Culture Change
SN  - 9788793379671
AV  - HQ1155 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Milton
PB  - River Publishers
KW  - Internet and women
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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