Goldman Sachs and Rolls Royce team up with Code First Girls to help close gender skills gap
Code Firsts Girls, a UK group dedicated to increasing gender equality in the technology sector, has announced partnerships with major firms such as Goldman Sachs and Bank of America to help bring women into technology roles. (Getty Images)
Goldman Sachs, Rolls Royce and Bank of America, among others, are teaming up with Code First Girls, a UK group dedicated to closing gender skills gaps and bringing women into technology roles.
Code First Girls will provide mentorship programmes along with up to £10,000 in free education to women undertaking technology related training courses. The latest partnerships are part of Code First Girls’ pledge to double its community to 40,000 women.
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With the tech sector still suffering from a gender gap, Code First Girls’ Anna Brailsford discusses the important role education plays in equality and how industry players need to step up.
Anna Brailsford is the CEO of Code First Girls, a UK-based social enterprise that trains women in IT skills and helps companies to recruit and engage women in areas of tech.
Last October, Code First Girls surpassed its 2017 campaign goal to teach more than 20,000 young women how to code in the UK and Ireland for free. According to Brailsford, the company has delivered more than £14m worth of free technology education over the past three years.