Born from a simple dinner gathering 12 women in Bordeaux, the network now brings together over 275 tech professionals around a common goal: to create a space for support, visibility, and action to advance gender diversity in a sector that is still largely male-dominated.
The observation that led to the project is concerning: women represent less than 25% of the workforce in tech. This imbalance starts early in education, with still too few young girls choosing scientific and digital fields, and continues in companies. One in two women would leave the sector after 8 years of career.
For Vanessa Portois-Wermter and Caroline Ramade, the issue is not only about recruitment but also about companies' ability to retain these talents: lack of legitimacy, biases in evaluations, difficulties accessing promotions or leadership positions.
No Women No Tech thus acts as a collective accelerator. The network regularly organizes meetings, conferences, and workshops allowing members to exchange with peers, develop their professional network, and share their experiences. Developers, entrepreneurs, employees, freelancers, marketing or HR managers, all professions in tech are represented.
"Women do not always have the same networking instincts as men. Our role is also to give them the keys to understand these codes and move forward together," they explain.
In the face of new challenges related to artificial intelligence, the stakes become even more strategic. Women remain very much in the minority in this field, even as AI is set to transform many professions where they are strongly represented.
Through workshops dedicated to AI and innovation, No Women No Tech aims to empower women to take part in the upcoming technological transformations.
Beyond a professional network, the movement aims to bring forth more female role models in tech and show that women have their rightful place in the professions that will shape the world of tomorrow.
