Testimonials

"A woman uses computing tools in different and creative ways to achieve unseen results"

Muriel is Managing Director and CEO of Efarmz, an e-commerce outlet for local and organic products. She retrained herself from marketer to computer scientist to be able to enter the digital business world. For her, women in the digital world bring new meaning to problem solving and see unexplored opportunities.

"Only different points of view can make a product complete."

Rima has been a Managing Director at Accenture for 15 years. She believes in transparency and openness towards her team. For Rima, it is important to attract women into the field, as they fulfil multiple roles, and thus take different things into account than their male colleagues do. This is the only way to achieve a product that is balanced for everyone.

"The world is going to be digital. So learn those digital skills!"

"IT and technology are not separate. They actually create connection and togetherness."

Lieselot is founder and educator of D-teach, an online teaching and retraining platform. For her, it is clear: the future is digital, so everyone has something to gain by studying ICT and technology. According to her, women in IT represent the human behind technology, which is essential, considering that IT is the perfect connecting tool!

"Never let yourself be influenced by gender roles or stereotypes. Choose where your interests and talents lie."

Ayla is a technical consultant and full-stack developer at AE. She writes code for IT applications, dealing with both User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX). She underlines what IT can do for people. She helped build a platform that has a positive impact on society. Ayla experiences the IT world as open to women and encourages everyone to be guided by their own interests and not by stereotypes.

"Women bring a different perspective to technical development. That’s why diversity is so important"

Marie is a programmer at KIKK in Namur and is passionate about digital developments. Despite the industry's 'male' reputation, she studied ICT and discovered that women have just as meaningful a place in the digital world. She relies on her own creativity and curiosity to keep discovering the possibilities that technology offers.