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Women in Data Science, New platform for young tech ladies.
Women are only a fraction of those working in STEM fields. In recognising this, dLab runs various programs in partnership to create a rich pipeline of women with data knowledge and skills. The Women in Data Science Conference (WiDS) was founded in 2015 when a Stanford Professor, Margot Gerritsen, and her colleague, Karen Matthys, noticed that fewer women than men applied for STEM related degrees
dLab organised the first WiDS Conference in Dar es Salaam in December 2019, and over 200 people participated. The goal of the program is to ensure that young women have necessary skills to climb the ladder towards decision making positions.
In 2020, dLab launched a “women in tech database” to create a network of women in STEM fileds. More than 120 women registered during WiDS 2020.
dLab has continued hosting the WiDS conference, and in the midst of the pandemic, dLab collaborated with regional partners to hold a virtual WiDS conference in 2021.
Over 200 participants, including 13 women data science speakers from 7 countries in Africa were in attendance.
I attended WiDS 2020 right after I finished my undergraduate degree in medicine at MUHAS.
What was monumental for me were the workshops prior to the conference – for the first
time in my little scientific career, I walked into a room of just women who came together
to learn more about data science. That in itself was powerful on so many levels!
What was monumental for me were the workshops prior to the conference – for the first
time in my little scientific career, I walked into a room of just women who came together
to learn more about data science. That in itself was powerful on so many levels!
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