In March, people worldwide recognize International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. Here at Avast, we recognized the month with a series of events and actions, including honoring our women colleagues for their great work, supporting charities tha…
Jaya Baloo, Avast’s Chief Information Security Officer, never meant to work in tech. Born in India on International Women’s Day, Baloo moved to the US at age four when her parents started working for the United Nations in New York City. That’s where sh…
“The time for talk is over – at Code First Girls, we are on a mission to help women rewrite their future. Through the power of community, change can and will happen.”
So reads the About section on the Code First Girls website. Short and sweet, i…
International Women’s Day is recognized as a time to highlight the work, struggles, and joys that women face worldwide. And while many places show their appreciation with gifts of flowers or treats to individual women, this year at Avast we’re honoring…
International Women’s Day is recognized as a time to highlight the work, struggles, and joys that women face worldwide. And while many places show their appreciation with gifts of flowers or treats to individual women, this year at Avast we’re honoring…
Winner of the Tech Inclusion Award at the 2020 European Tech Women Awards, Petra Kotuliakova has dedicated the last nine years of her life to educating and empowering women to join the IT/tech industry. Petra is CEO and Founder of Aj Ty v IT (“You, too…
Winner of the Tech Inclusion Award at the 2020 European Tech Women Awards, Petra Kotuliakova has dedicated the last nine years of her life to educating and empowering women to join the IT/tech industry. Petra is CEO and Founder of Aj Ty v IT (“You, too…
Author: Tami Reichold, Junior Software Engineer, Avast
When I was 13 years old, I was shouted at by my school teacher for not having a computer at home. My family couldn’t afford one at the time, and it was only through a generous donation by a headteacher from a different school who caught wind of this un…
In 1990, the buzz around STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) just didn’t exist. When I was doing my HSC, my subjects were all humanities. Lots of English and history broken up with a bit of French. For me, it was a dream. No science and maths – subjects that I was quite average at […]
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