{"id":25923,"date":"2015-04-01T06:57:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T04:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=25923"},"modified":"2015-04-02T06:57:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T04:57:04","slug":"25923","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/25923\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Pop Star Hosts Tech Festival for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelle Lhooq writes: Boss Lady Robyn is Hosting Tech Festival to Support Women in Electronic Music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s pretty whack being a woman in the tech world. Men still overwhelmingly dominate STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and the women working in these industries are severely underrepresented in the media–thus perpetuating the culture of bias and inequality.<\/p>\n

Now, Swedish pop star and all-around boss lady Robyn is doing her part to shift the balance, hosting a one-day festival called Tekla to encourage and support girls who are interested in tech. The festival will include workshops on electronic music, gaming, programming, robotics, 3D printing and more. It will be held in Stockholm on April 18, with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Google, and Spotify as partners.<\/p>\n

“Tekla is a festival for girls, in which they get to sample different areas of future technology in what I believe will be a fun and imaginative environment,” Robyn says in a statement. “I thought of KTH’s motto, ‘science and art’, and wanted to do something to inspire girls who are curious about technology, while at the same time highlighting that too few women are applying to KTH programs.” Robyn will also perform at the festival, because nothing is complete until you bellow “Dancing On My Own” with your girls. (PS: She is also rumored to be working on an album for later this year.<\/p>\n

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