March Newsletter Follow-up during IWD month
Tags: diversityintech, womenintech, irishtechcommunity
Published: 2022-03-09 14:31:06


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It's International Women's Day month, hasn't it been busy from events, news, media coverage and social media overload and how to keep on top of it all? 
Answer: You can't unless you step away from your phone/laptop... 😭

👀 Although if there's one socmed thread to keep an eye on, and who also calls bull on companies, it would be the following:-

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I'm trying to pull as much Irish/N.Irish related events, and this month's newsletter went out on the 1st, which is 🤯 that it's super on time. 😅 
Downside to publishing a newsletter that early on is that I'm missing out on news that normally gets released on March 8th.

So I hope this follow up to [this month's newsletter](https://www.getrevue.co/profile/codinggrace/issues/monthly-newsletter-of-coding-grace-mar-2022-issue-1063058) with additional updates that I find and open to anyone who want to share info in the comments below.

This will be living doc for the month of March, so come back for any updates. 🤗

So are you ready? 

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## News
### CPPCon & Statement from Patricia Aas
I am not part of C++ community, a friend sent on this thread which is very sad to learn about, and in need of support from folks, especially those who uses it.

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### STEPS has partnered with the Irish Girl Guides on the latest edition of their Trefoil News magazine. 
* https://www.engineersireland.ie/Schools/Get-involved/Girl-Guide-badge

### University of Limerick is the first Irish university to receive Athena SWAN Silver Award
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### 📖 To Read
* [IWD 2022: ‘If you can see it, you can be it,’ say these women in STEM](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/iwd2022-women-in-stem-supporting-gender-diversity-companies-employers) via Silicon Republic
* [Breaking down barriers is ‘crucial’ for women in engineering](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/women-engineering-gender-balance) via Silicon Republic
* [Tech firms founded by women raised €230m in 2021](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/tech-firms-founded-by-women-raised-230m-in-2021-41421868.html) via Irish Independent
* [IWD2022 #BreakTheBias](https://www.awakenhub.com/blog/iwd2022) via AwakenHub
* [From Tumblr girl to engineer: How the platform inspired a generation of women to code](https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-girl-learn-code)

### 🎞 Watch
* [TECHKNOWDAY: Interview with Kim Maida, VP of Developer Relations @ Ionic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta6Vw9nVIDA)

* 10 years of Raspberry Pi
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## Publications and Resources
### Tech Ireland - Female Founders & Funding Review 2022 Edition
{% embed https://twitter.com/techireland/status/1501140151711543299?s=20&t=KcOEoArXGAVpdA-lHMhIqQ %}

### Tech Champions comic helping young people understand tech career opportunities
{% embed https://twitter.com/iamstartacus/status/1498958136752889857?s=20&t=eJ6LNoEzkOlFQJPMqGb_pw %}
 
### Zines by Jackie
* Zines to how to make your own website and other resources
* https://www.zinesbyjackie.com/activities

### An open-source MICROSCOPE built using LEGO bricks, 3D-printing, Arduino and Raspberry Pi
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