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There has been a lot of discussion over the last couple of years about the importance of diversity in tech, and its relevance to successful businesses. At Ada’s List, we couldn’t agree more.

We believe that it’s high time to tackle another aspect of diversity in more detail as the London tech industry – the question of representation of women of *colour*.

Ada’s List is intersectional. We aim to provide a platform for a holistic approach to addressing issues surrounding the under-representation of women in tech; this includes tackling any implicit or explicit bias around gender, race, disability or sexual orientation.

Join Ada’s List during London Technology Week on June 23rd as we talk about the issue of racial diversity at a panel discussion with some of the most prominent women of colour in the UK tech scene.

A Q&A will be followed by drinks.

WHEN

Thursday, June 23, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (BST)

WHERE

ThoughtWorks Ltd - 76-78 Wardour Street, London, W1F 0UR (a huge THANK YOU to ThoughWorks for sponsoring us with a venue!)

"As email groups and networking take off in the stats, the UK starts its own professional group for women in tech."

This week’s TechCity News profiled Ada’s List - it’s a pretty cool article featuring a number of Ada’s List members.

Today, for every five men working in technology in the United Kingdom, there is just one woman. And while there's no lack of a pulpit to get more women into the industry, we're still decades away from achieving gender parity.

Helping to speed things up, four women in London's technology scene launched "Ada's List" in the form of a simple group.

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Zoe Cunningham, the founder of Softwire, first met Claudia Ehmke, a UX Director at Paper through Ada's List. Since then, the two have created a partnership between their two companies.

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"Ada's List is something you don't realise how much you need until you have it," explains Brie Rogers Lowery, country director for Change.org. "It's become a vital resource and hub for information sharing between women working in the tech industry."

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"At the end of the day, the most important part of being on the list is knowing that there is always somebody in your corner, even if that somebody is hundreds of strangers. Ada's List is really like having 100 peer mentors all at once.

You can read more / view the article over here. 

Find the story in print. 

Thanks to Courtney Boyd Myers for her excellent story telling. 

The Rise of Ada's List

"As email groups and networking take off in the stats, the UK starts its own professional group for women in tech."

This week's TechCity News profiled Ada's List - it's a pretty cool article featuring a number of Ada's List members

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