Jill Tang

Location: China

Jill is an entrepreneur and TEDx speaker who founded CareerXFactor, and co-founded Brew Girl and Cosmic Ventures. In 2017, she co-founded Ladies Who Tech, a network of over 30,000 women, to challenge the status quo by encouraging more women to discover their potential in STEAM. In 2019, Jill was included in the Gen.T List, Asia’s leaders of tomorrow.

Twitter: @jill810
Facebook: facebook.com/ladieswhotech
Instagram: @ladieswhotech
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jilltang
Website: ladieswhotech.cn

Further reading

• Lady bosses of Shanghai, Amy Snelling, Time Out Shanghai, 12 April 2018
• Interview: Diversity and entrepreneurship with Jill Tang (podcast), Digitally China, 16 August 2018
• Decoding gender stereotype in tech industry with Jill Tang (podcast), China Innovation Decoded, 7 March 2019
• Interview With Jill Tang, Entrepreneur & Community Builder, Dominique Musorrafiti, China Underground, 11 April 2020

Immigrant & International Women in Science

Location: Canada

Immigrant & International Women in Science is a not-for-profit formed in 2018 as a collaborative network to support immigrant and international women in STEM through mentorship and other programmes. They run a Voices without Frontiers program to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the women in their network and hold monthly meetings, and regular events.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @IWS_Network
Facebook: facebook.com/IWSNetworkCanada
YouTube: IWS Network
LinkedIn: Immigrant and International Women in Science
Website: iwsnetwork.ca

Further reading

• Why immigrant women are struggling to get work in Vancouver’s tech hub, Laura Sciarpelletti, CBC News, 31 December 2019
• Women and girls in science – still an uphill climb, Daniela Cohen, The Source, 3 February 2020

Dr Lakshmi Ramachandran

Location: Singapore

Lakshmi is a Programme Manager at Duke-NUS Medical School responsible for the Cancer ImmunoTherapy Imaging Programme, where she also manages the Women in Science Career Advancement Programme. She trained as a keynote speaker and coach to talk about the challenge of retaining women in STEM careers and explore ways retention can be improved, after her own experiences returning to a career. Lakshmi has written a memoir cookbook, Roomies/Foodies, and collaborates with the STEM Advocacy Institute on their Stories In Science initiative.

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @lakshmiashwin
Facebook: facebook.com/drlakshmispeaks
Instagram: @drlakshmispeaks
YouTube: DrLakshmiSpeaks
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lakshmiramachandranphd
Website: drlakshmispeaks.com

Further reading

• We Need More Women In Science Changing The World (video), Ideas & Inspiration, 20 July 2018
• Human Narratives in Science: The Power of Storytelling, Fanuel J. Muindi, Lakshmi Ramachandran and Jessica W Tsai, Trends in Molecular Medicine, January 2020
• A scientist who seeks to lend a hand to the achievements of women in science (original in Tamil), K. Janarthanan, Tamil Murasu, 11 February 2020
• Motherhood in crisis – overcoming stress and finding joy, Nua Woman, 8 May 2020

Tech Girls Movement

Location: Australia

The Tech Girls Movement was founded on International Women’s Day in 2014. They focus on encouraging girls into STEM with books that have real-life female role models, and have given a phenomenal 80,000 free books to schools across Australia. They also run a number of activities and programmes, such as the TechGirls Competition, Robotics Workshops and Academy for Enterprising Girls.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @TGAsuperheroes
Facebook: facebook.com/techgirlsmovement
Instagram: @techgirlsaresuperheroes
YouTube: Tech Girls Are Superheroes
Website: techgirlsmovement.org

Further reading

• Superheroes of STEM use powers of ‘storytelling’ to inspire girls, Jennifer O’Brien, CIO, 9 August 2018
• Girls learning they can do anything, Michelle Mexon, Dungog Chronicle, 12 March 2019
• ‘Tech heroes’ inspire female uptake in STEM, Brett Henebery, The Educator Australia, 4 September 2019
• Free online workshop teaches girls to stay safe online, Education Today, 26 August 2020

Dr Emma Burrows

Location: Australia

Emma is a neuroscientist and change agent for equity in STEM. She leads a team at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health researching genetic mutations in disorders such as autism. She is also a board director of Women in STEMM Australia, co-founder of Women in Science Parkville Precinct, a science communicator, and mentor for early-stage researchers.

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @embws
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/embws
Website: emmaburrows.net

Further reading

• With a Direct Line into your brain, Emma Burrows Joins RealScientists!, Sarah Morgan, RealScientists, 7 September 2014
• Dr Emma Burrows, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
• Emma Burrows, STEM Women