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| Portia promotes European Code of Best Practice for Women in ICT 7th September 2009 Portia is pleased to support the Information Society and Media Directorate General's Code of Best Practice for Women in ICT. Portia would like to invite all of our partners and supports to sign the code, in recognition of their contribution to supporting women's careers in ICT. Find out more and how to sign up to the code |
genSET: Gender in Science project begins 1st September 2009 |
| Portia's flagship project, Equalitec, awarded Best Practice Project Award at European conference 8th June 2009 Portia’s flagship project Equalitec was awarded “Best Practice Project Award” at the Keeping on Track conference, Prague, 4-5 June 2009. Keeping On Track is a project funded by the European Commission’s Education and Culture Directorate General. Its aim is to draw attention to European funded project outcomes focusing on matching the anticipation of skills and training provisions of older workers, migrants and women. Download more information |
Portia accepted into negotiation stage for genSET project |
| Portia Director wraps up the DG Information Society and Media "Cyberellas are IT!" conference in Brussels 3rd March 2009 Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia, acted as the rapporteur of the Directorate General Information Society and Media conference, "Cyberellas are IT!" , that examined women in ICT; challenges, interventions and future possibilities. In her speech, entitled "CONNECTING WOMEN to their E-FUTURE", Elizabeth summarised and commented on the conference, its implications for the future of gender parity in ICT. She examined connections with the Lisbon strategy and wider positive social change; the DG's recent Code of Best Practice and its place in realising this positive social change; young girls' attitudes to ICT and how these attitudes have been informed through the DG's shadowing project; past interventions; and further steps that can be made towards realising gender parity in ICT. Download a copy of Elizabeth's speech |
| Portia response to FT article "My new sense of guilt as a selfish working mother" is published 10th February 2009 A letter written by Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia, entitled “Working Mothers made to feel selfish” was published in the Financial Times in response to an article describing the journalist’s “new sense of guilt as a selfish working mother” following The Good Childhood Report. The letter asked why being a working parent should be “selfish” behaviour for women if it is not for men? Download a copy of the letter to the Financial Times |
| New Strategic Director Appointed: Dr Rosalie Zobel 4th February 2009 Portia is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Rosalie Zobel as our new Strategic Director. Dr Zobel will be involved all new projects, primarily in planning, policy and decision making. Download more information about Dr Zobel's appointment |
| Portia launches E-communications service 27th January 2009 Portia has launched a new e-communications service specifically for Third Sector organisations. Combining our IT and Third Sector knowledge and expertise we can tailor services to meet the unique needs and constraints of organisations working in the third sector. Download more information about Portia's new service |
Portia is pleased to announce forthcomming Sports and SET Innovation event |
Portia is a member of consortium launching new Life Long Learning proect for the Education and Culture DG |
| Portia Among the Best and Most Powerful in the British Computer Society IT Awards 2008 6th October 2008 Portia today announced that it has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 British Computer Society (BCS) IT Awards. Portia's Equalitec project has been nominated for the "Organisational Excellence" category in the 'Women in IT" subcategory because of the innovative approach taken to promote greater gender engagement and involvement of women in the IT industry. Download more information about Equalitec's nomination |
| Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia, is appointed Bio-natural and Technical Expert for EU Project 12th May 2008 Elizabeth will sit on the expert board of the Meta-analysis of gender and science research, which is a project of the 7th RTD Framework Programme of the European Union. Elizabeth will be consulting specifically on biology and gender issues. Download more information about the Meta-analysis |
Portia promotes European Code of Best Practice for Women in ICT 01 September 2009 Portia is pleased to support the Information Society and Media Directorate General's Code of Best Practice for Women in ICT. Portia has invites its partners and supporters to sign up to the code, in recognition of their contribution to supporting women in ICT. read more and Portia's other NEWS |
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genSET: Gender in Science project begins 1st September 2009 |
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Equalitec awarded Best Practice Project Award at European conference |
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