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WOMEN OF MENA IN TECHNOLOGY
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to Advance Your Career During the Crisis
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94 found when supporting a founder in their need in finding an Iranian woman engineer to diversify their engineering team . “ It was a shock to me that I didn ’ t know my own community . I couldn ’ t come up with one Iranian woman engineer to introduce them to . I knew that they existed and that they worked in large companies , but they were not represented , and there was no way for us to tap into them and for them to connect with each other .”
The organisation has grown rapidly since its foundation 5 years ago , from an initial meetup of seven women , to 40 being hosted by Google , and now with over 35,000 members and presence in 17 cities across the globe . “ We have expanded our offerings and resources and access . And one thing that sets us apart from any other organization around the world is that our community is 90 % technical .”
Nasiri emphasises that its mission is all the more critical given the backwards trend on equality reported by the World Economic Forum . In 2019 , 207 years was the figure given for women to reach parity with men . In
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