Tag: girls and women

• Action Fights Doubt: Encourage Girls to Believe in Themselves This blog was posted on behalf of Pia Wilson-Body. Pia is the Executive Director of the Intel Foundation and the Director of the Corporate Affairs Group at Intel- Greater Americas. The Intel Foundation award grants focused on increasing opportunities for girls, women, and under-represented minorities, and supports the philanthropic efforts of Intel’s employees in education, local communities, and disaster relief.  ...
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• Growing Pains with Great Rewards   This blog was posted on behalf of Nyasha Riley. Nyasha is the US Marketing Manager for the Corporate Affairs Group at Intel and is passionate about caring for and developing people.     It is easy to forget, once time has passed, how challenging some things really were. For instance, I recall how difficult pursuing my MBA was but...
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• Girls Day 2017: Inspiring Careers in the Automotive Technology Industry   This blog was posted on behalf of Guenther Juenger. Guenther is the director of Corporate Affairs for Intel EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and member of the EMEA board of directors. In this role he oversees a staff that manages corporate social responsibility, education, media relations, government and community affairs programs.   Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany hosted...
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• Intel She Will Connect: Connecting U.S. middle school girls to innovation experiences   This blog was posted on behalf of Pia Wilson-Body. Pia is the Executive Director of the Intel Foundation and the Director of the Corporate Affairs Group at Intel- Greater Americas. The Intel Foundation award grants focused on increasing opportunities for girls, women, and under-represented minorities, and supports the philanthropic efforts of Intel's employees in education, local communities, and disaster.  ...
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• A Quest to Close the Gender Digital Divide: How Are We Doing?   This blog was posted on behalf of Marne Dunn. Marne leads the Intel® She Will Connect Program, focused on closing the gender digital divide and enabling the empowerment of women through technology.     Women’s History Month seems like a fitting time to reflect on the Intel® She Will Connect Program in Africa and how we have continued to...
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• Digital Literacy Brings a Fresh Take on Entrepreneurship While participating in Intel® She Will Connect and building digital literacy skills, women are inspired in different directions: pursuing further education, gaining new employment, or becoming entrepreneurs. Amatullah Muhammad Ayama created and started selling air fresheners. Yes, you heard that right, Amatullah is now a manufacturer of the fragrance emitting life-savers many depend on for home and office freshness. But...
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• Committing to Action: Girls and STEM at CGI Late last month, President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton hosted the fourth meeting of CGI Americas, an annual event focused on finding solutions that promote economic recovery in the United States. This working meeting brought together leaders from corporations, foundations, NGOs, and government sectors to develop solutions for economic growth, long-term competitiveness, and social mobility. Since the first meeting...
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• Changing the Paradigm of Classrooms: New Study on Intel Teach and Impact on Girls Classrooms have seriously changed since I was a kid. The other day I awkwardly sat on a miniature 5-year-old sized chair and watched my daughter do a presentation in her kindergarten class. She was pointing and moving things on an interactive whiteboard and fielding questions from her peers, while her teacher facilitated a discussion. To me it was a true...
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• “Behind the Scenes” with CNN, Take 17… “Intel Renee, San Francisco. Take 17.” Yes, it took 17 ‘takes’ to shoot a 20 second clip of me for Intel ‘s latest commercial on CNN (which is part of the buildup to the CNN Broadcast of Girl Rising on June 16th and June 22 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Japan, and China). The film crew asked me a...
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• Helping Women “Level Up”: Gaming For Good Meets Global Education This blog was posted on behalf of Kellie Kreiser, Executive Director of Thunderbird for Good and the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona. In celebration of the Half the Sky game launch and Women’s History Month, we asked her to contribute a guest post on the intersection of gaming, education, and women in the developing world.  Kellie's work has...
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