Under the name 'Impuls DonaTIC' and within the framework of the new edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress , the Secretariat for Digital Policies of the Generalitat de Catalunya organized two days to strengthen, make visible and connect female talent in the field of information and communication technologies. The two sessions sought to promote spaces for participation, reflection, knowledge and connection around women's leadership in the digital field. " tFemTIC goes beyond awareness-raising and diagnosis. The project includes training for women participants in gender, leadership, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and legal security , that is, in those aspects that can help them become better professionals ," says Karina Gibert, dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia and founder of the donesCOEINF group.
"The DonaTIC Community is an initiative under construction that wants to fight against the gender gap in the technology sector with a feminist and intersectional perspective," explains Carla Mercader, technician at the General Directorate of Digital Economy and Society of the Generalitat de Catalunya. During the sessions, moments were generated to share projects and initiatives and moments of learning and training, as well as lapses to reflect on how to imagine an active, connected and participatory community . "Often things happen to women that are gender violations , but they neither identify them nor have the tools to deal with them. Also, men perpetuate these issues out of ignorance. It is essential that men and women, in companies, in institutions, everywhere, do basic gender training and be able to put a name to the things that happen," concludes Gibert.