Labour: Women in Tech

Promoting more girls in STEM subjects and women in tech and allied sectors. Campaigning to both smash barriers and for a Labour Government to make this happen.

[Samantha Niblett MP @SamanthaNiblet4]

Thank you for this endorsement @uklabourdigital

(I’m still trying to get used to the fact South Derbyshire’s name changes for this election due to the boundary review)

#WomenInTech #TimeForChange #BritainsFuture #SouthDerbyshire #DerbyshireSouth #LabDig40

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

A huge shout-out to early #LWiT champ @AnnelisseDodds for highlighting proposed changes to @BritishBBank. She's meeting with a coalition of small female business owners to outline @UKLabour’s strategy, once in power, to get more women into #entrepreneurship. We applaud you 👏🌹

[Anneliese Dodds @AnnelieseDodds]

Under the Conservatives:

Zero growth in the proportion of women-led small businesses in the past decade.

With Labour:

British Business Bank scheme reform to support women entrepreneurs.

Labour is the party for every woman starting or running a business.https://t.co/pbxQBWmvB5

[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

I want to be the first female Chancellor, close the gender pay gap once and for all - and deliver for women across our country.

Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2024

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

This #InternationalWomenDay2024 it is more important than ever to recognise the role of women when it comes to science and tech💪

With potential for the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, @RachelReevesMP, much needed change for UK women and the economy will be realised🌹

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

🤝We completely agree - a systemic change is needed to reverse the marginalisation of women in tech

At only 26% of the sector's workforce, and similar underrepresentation in senior positions, we must create an ecosystem which welcomes and keeps women in tech roles

#WomenInTech

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

❗ New year, same story ❗

❌2022: Women-founded startups accounted for 1.9% of all VC funds

📈2023: early figures suggest minimal improvement

🎇2024: we must work to improve funding outcomes for women-led, tech companies and address the lack of gender diversity

[The Alan Turing Institute @turinginst]

👩‍💻Women entrepreneurs still face barriers accessing funding. In 2012-22, 80% of capital invested by #AI VCs was raised by all-male teams.

💡Rebalancing Innovation: Women, AI & #VentureCapital in the UK⚖️@TuringPubPol

📖Learn more: https://t.co/bBz5lNsc2n

#WomenInTech

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

Huge congratulations to @SusanBowenUK on her appointment as CEO at @DigiCatapult! 🎉

Women sitting on tech industry boardrooms has never been more important and we are elated for work on accelerated tech adoption to be led from a more diverse perspective. Very excited for 2024!

[Digital Catapult @DigiCatapult]

...🥁Digital Catapult is excited to announce our new CEO.

@SusanBowenUK will join our team next year to further the accelerated adoption of advanced digital technology across the UK economy. 🚀

➡️ Find out more: https://t.co/IkDepB7K1m

[Dan Aldridge MP @DanAldridgeWSM]

A privilege to host this @bcs roundtable at #LAB23 with @LabourWomenTech & @uklabourdigital

Shadow AI Minister @MattRodda & @GlenysThornton joined a diverse group of leaders to discuss how @UKLabour can close the diversity #SkillsGap in AI

Full report 👇
https://t.co/GgKAe4jVva

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

We are in lockstep with Keir Starmer’s ambition for a UK where everyone feels the benefits of growth, under a Labour government with him as Prime Minister 🌹📈

Bridging the tech sector gaps with women's critical perspective can significantly enhance achieving this #WomenInTech

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Growth must become Labour's obsession. Watch my speech today below. https://t.co/BC1katYcyo

[Samantha Niblett MP @SamanthaNiblet4]

It was great to talk to @Keir_Starmer
tonight in @UKLabour HQ about @LabourWomenTech and my ambition to get more girls as women in #SouthDerbyshire into tech- to help put more money in their pocket and grow the economy. 🧵

[Samantha Niblett MP @SamanthaNiblet4]

Grateful to Liz Williams CEO of @futuredotnowuk for again inviting me to their latest report launch on the need to address the digital skills gap in the workplace.

It was a stellar lineup on the panels with some terrific insight shared.

#digitalskillsgap #digitalskills

[Dan Aldridge MP @DanAldridgeWSM]

Making plans for the future with amazing people is the best!

@uklabourdigital & @LabourWomenTech are driven by such fantastic women, privileged to call them friends.

@SamanthaNiblet4
@CaseyNCalista
@emraylot

[Dan Aldridge MP @DanAldridgeWSM]

The Bond Street Christmas Angels 😇
Great discussion about the future of @LabourWomenTech with @SamanthaNiblet4 & @emraylot today.

Watch this space!

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

Fundraiser klaxon!

We’re campaigning for a @UKLabour government so it would be remiss of us not to share this event our founder @SamanthaNiblet4 has on 9th December to help her get elected MP to continue the fight to get more #WomenInTech

#Fundraiser #Christmas2023 #80smusic

[Samantha Niblett MP @SamanthaNiblet4]

Very excited for this Cheesy 80s Christmas Disco #SouthDerbyshire #fundraiser

Come and join me and special guest @JonAshworth rockin’ around the #Christmas tree on 9th December.

🎄🧑‍🎄🎅

It’s going to be so much fun!

Grab your tickets here:

https://t.co/RxxE6GKzZ3

[Dan Aldridge MP @DanAldridgeWSM]

Shout out by @wesstreeting for the huge role of #AI, #DataScience, #Genomics & #LifeSciences in @UKLabour 10 year plan to transform the NHS from managing sickness to a more preventative system of health & long-term wellbeing.

Great event @MileEndInst
@QMUL with @FarahKHussain

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

Great work from @sasjkia here

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[Sasjkia Otto @sasjkia]

Pleased to publish a report today proposing how to address the UK's poor record on work-life balance. For our economy and health, we must bring working conditions into the 21st century, by normalising a range of healthy working patters to improve productivity and access to work.

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

We could not be more excited for what the next @UKLabour government will do to empower women.

We’re so excited to be on this journey…

#WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM

[Anneliese Dodds @AnnelieseDodds]

Labour is the party of women.

We have a gender balanced frontbench, parliamentary party and shadow cabinet.

Labour women delivered the Equal Pay Act, Sure Start and the Equality Act. The next generation will build on that legacy. https://t.co/ch5Mt5OgnX

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

More evidence that Tories have let women down over the last 13 yrs—not only in failing to shift the dial to increase #womeninSTEM—but with misogynistic language behind closed doors, and outright neglect of women’s needs during COVID.

Read more @guardian👇 https://t.co/k0HtVvziyi

[Labour: Women in Tech @LabourWomenTech]

We couldn’t agree with these 1 in 5 ‘tech bros’ less and with @HarrietHarman more!

Our campaign to get more #WomenInTech continues along with trying to educate and enlighten these 1 in 5 men.

#WomenInSTEM #EquityDiversityAndInclusion

[Harriet Harman @HarrietHarman]

New @fawcettsociety research finds 1/5 "tech bros" think women less suited to job in tech. But women must be included in AI workforce & AI development for good of the sector. Otherwise will entrench existing bias. Read my speech @AISummitFringe here: https://t.co/8xMOngQFgn

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

Two key tests for Rishi Sunak at the AI Summit:

(1) Will he do anything about the current impact of AI on work and people’s lives?

(2) Will he win international agreement on Britain’s role on tech regulation in the future?

Failure will mean the summit itself has failed.