
AWS re/Start and the EU-funded Femme Forward project aim to address gender inequity in technology by empowering women across Europe with skills training, mentorship, and support to launch tech careers or startups.


<div><p>This article discusses gender inequity in technology and introduces the Femme Forward project, an EU-funded initiative to empower women in tech careers and entrepreneurship.</p><ul><li>Women hold only 8% of cloud roles in European companies</li><li>Female tech founders in Europe remain under 15%</li><li>AWS re/Start is a reskilling program supporting career transitions into tech</li><li>Femme Forward runs January 2023 to December 2024 across eight European countries</li><li>Program targets 500+ women with mentoring in seven languages</li><li>Two streams: Tech Careers (AWS re/Start content) and Tech Founders (business-focused)</li><li>Partners include Simplon, Randstad, Fujitsu, and eleven other organizations</li><li>Mentors and female founders can register to participate or deliver sessions</li></ul><p>Femme Forward represents a collaborative effort to address tech's gender imbalance through skills training, mentorship, and entrepreneurship support across Europe.</p></div>


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