{"id":41287,"date":"2023-10-20T15:12:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/what-happens-when-vogue-codes-indigenous-women-have-been-and-are-involved-in-bleeding-edge-technology-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:12:57","slug":"what-happens-when-vogue-codes-indigenous-women-have-been-and-are-involved-in-bleeding-edge-technology-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/what-happens-when-vogue-codes-indigenous-women-have-been-and-are-involved-in-bleeding-edge-technology-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when Vogue Codes: “Indigenous women have been and are involved in bleeding edge technology” – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
When InDigital founder Mikaela Jade received an invite to be a guest speaker for Vogue, she was a little surprised.<\/p>\n
The tech entrepreneur, who is building a startup<\/a> to preserve Indigenous culture, says Vogue was the most unlikeliest of places to hear from, particularly, on the issue of women and tech.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in Uluru in the middle of a camping trip,\u201d Jade tells StartupSmart. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you open an email and it says \u2018Vogue wants to invite you to a panel\u2019, it\u2019s not somewhere I would have looked to for help.”<\/p>\n Always willing to try new things, Jade went along and soon found herself at one of the most exciting events yet for the tech community.<\/p>\n \u201cEven though, they don\u2019t seem to fit our business model or audience – fashion is not a thing that I\u2019m into \u2013 I really saw throughout the day how fashion brands can lend themselves to all kind of causes including women in tech,” Jade says.<\/p>\n In addition to this, the wide range of people Vogue was able to bring together led to some powerful connections and conversations.<\/p>\n \u201cThe people they were able to put in that room was the best thing for me,\u201d Jade says.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was a really incredible thing that Vogue did to draw on their brand power.\u201d<\/p>\n On the day, Jade and other leaders like Annie Parker and Melanie Perkins<\/a> discussed ideas, insights and experiences paving the way for a new revolution with girls and women in tech.<\/p>\n “Check your LinkedIn and Twitter and promise yourself a 50\/50 gender split so you are listening to women AND men” #VogueCodes @adblanche<\/p>\n \u2014 Alice Brennan (@alicelizabrenn) October 14, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The remarkable @alicelizabrenn shares the power of tech to transform lives & her @SettleInApp for refugees #VogueCodes #tech4good #shestarts pic.twitter.com\/HoOkDQJzua<\/p>\n \u2014 Nicola Hazell (@nic_hazell) October 14, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n #VogueCodes wouldn’t have happened without @zara_wong_ and the high calibre of other speakers. pic.twitter.com\/8VCwRGlUSq<\/p>\n \u2014 Ryan Hunt (@ryanhunt) October 14, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jade says one of the most striking points raised during the conference was on Australia\u2019s education system and how much it lags behind nations like Finland and Israel.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was really interesting to hear how far behind Australia\u2019s education system is in promoting girls into technology,\u201d Jade says.<\/p>\n She notes that collaborative initiatives such as those run by Code Club Australia<\/a>, which works with over 1000 schools now, can pave the way for change<\/p>\n \u201cBeing able to recognise that now and do something about it is really important,” she says.<\/p>\n\n
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Why are Australian schools behind the eight ball on STEM?<\/h3>\n