Women in Technology Hungary Association Formed

At the initiative of Vodafone Hungary, the Women in Technology Hungary Association – which aims to bring together women working in the field of technology – is launched by co-founders, Lenovo Hungary and BOOKR Kids.

Vodafone Hungary says that with the establishment of Women in Technology Hungary Association, they want to create a common knowledge sharing platform that will, on the one hand, create dialogue for the members of the organization, on the other hand provide inspiration, mentoring and professional support for the future female generation. The timing is not a coincidence either: the action is intended to draw attention to the importance of female equality on International Women's day. The Association is co-founded by Anita Lukács, General Manager of Lenovo Hungary, and Dorka Horváth, founder and CEO of BOOKR Kids.

The Women in Technology Hungary Association is in line with Vodafone's global goal to become the best workplace for women by 2025. In order to achieve this, the service provider is working to ensure that at least 40% of the management positions in the company are filled by women by 2030. The objective set out to 2025 also serves the #CodeLikeaGirl workshop, a global policy on maternity leave for girls interested in computer technology, the ReConnect program to help reintegrate women returning to the labor market after a long absence and Vodafone's guidelines on domestic violence. Vodafone's actions and programmes are all aimed at increasing the role of women in technology and creating gender equality – just like the newly formed Women in Technology Hungary Association.

“It is a great honor for us to lead such an initiative and form the Women in Technology Hungary Association. We believe that diversity is an essential element of business success, which is particularly important in technology, where there are still very few female experts. With the foundation of WiTH, our goal is to bring great women from different fields of the industry together, to start a dialogue, to set an example for the female generation of the future," Amanda Nelson, CEO of Vodafone Hungary pointed out.

There are several international examples of women in the field of technology. One of the most well-known and Europe's largest tech conferences of such, European Women in Technology, brings together powerful and inspiring women from all over the world in the technology sector in a series of lectures. In addition, there are a number of organizations that join women working in technology all around the globe. However in Hungary, currently there is no program or organization specifically designed to strengthen the technological role of women. The goal of Women in Technology Hungary Association – to be founded at the initiative of Vodafone Hungary – is to fill this gap.