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Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Digital Transformation

Why women must be at the agentic AI table

Women must help design agentic AI in Asian banking, or tech will hardwire old gender biases into the financial systems of the future.

By Violet Chung • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Global Stories

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Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Unified Communications

Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses

Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.

By Emma Irwin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Fintech

Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?

Women shape our world, yet lack power over AI systems that govern work, wealth and welfare - where are the true godmothers of AI?.

By Elaine Mullan • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Data Analytics

If women do not build it, it will be built without us

A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.

By Leah Garrett • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Digital Transformation

Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women

An Iranian tech leader calls for women to claim space in AI and redesign leadership so work and family expand, not limit, their futures.

By Ramak Salamat • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
Fintech

Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention

Fraud teams can unlock leadership pathways for women by breaking silos, sharing context and pairing mentorship with real decision power.

By Mira Sidhu • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech
Artificial Intelligence

Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech

A technologist's non-traditional path shows why true diversity is now critical to build trustworthy, inclusive AI and products that work in reality.

By Nina Sekiguchi • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
DevOps

It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women

Tech must scrap the 'invisible shelf life' on mid-life women and redesign work so experience, not age, determines who leads and stays.

By Emma Mani • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

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Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Risk & Compliance

Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t

Female founders, starved of capital yet rich in resolve, are quietly building tougher, smarter businesses through a whole heap of bullshit.

By Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
IT Industry

The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure

Women in UK tech don't need more pep talks; they need pay, promotion and parental policies built to keep them and let them rise.

By Kristina Kaganer • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Data Protection

Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment

As India marks International Women's Day, women warn of rising cyberstalking, deepfakes and online abuse curbing their digital freedom.

By Uma Pendyala • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Clean technologies

Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education

Women educators are quietly wielding green education as soft power, reshaping how the next generation learns, leads and lives sustainably.

By Usha Iyer • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Robotics

Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In

India's industrial corridors risk locking in unequal workforce structures unless inclusion, mobility and care design guide early planning.

By Deepthi H. M. • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Artificial Intelligence

IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI

As AI automates routine coding, architects who design systems and exercise judgement build the most durable, bias-resistant tech careers.

By Yulia Kuchina • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Digital Transformation

If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications

As AI becomes a sleepless gatekeeper of reputation, communicators must feed the machines or risk vanishing into background noise.

By Deborah Pead • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't
Human Capital Management

When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't

As my bandwidth shrank with motherhood and caregiving, my ambition didn't - but workplaces quietly rationed away the complex work.

By Afrida Tabassum • 2 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Digital Transformation

Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving

Women at MyTrucking are reshaping transport tech, blending empathy with efficiency to keep freight moving in smarter, more human ways.

By Sarah Macdonald • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026