EQUALS-EU Hackathon. Despite significant progress in recent decades, inequalities between men and women in the labour market persist. Women workers in the EU are paid less than men, and in some sectors, such as science and technology, the employment rate of men is much higher than that of women.

Things that are troubling

According to data recently announced by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), in 2020, women in the EU were paid 15% less than men. In Greece, the available data refer to 2018 and show that the corresponding percentage stood at 10.4%.

At the same time, sectors such as technology are still "male-dominated". In 2018 in the EU, 59% of men worked, on average, as scientists and engineers, compared to 41% of women. In Greece, in 2020, only 16.4% of women declared skilled professionals employed in the field of information and technology.

EQUALS-EU Hackathon: Women in technology and innovation

Seeking to highlight and empower the role of women in entrepreneurship and innovation, the KMOP - Centre for Social Action and Innovation organizes from Wednesday 4 May to Friday 6 May 2022 the EQUALS-EU Hackathon - ICT for Social Equality.

The aim is to single out and support innovative solutions that will help strengthen the role of women in entrepreneurship, technology and innovation.

Three days, one goal

On the first, "introductory" day of the Hackathon, the participants will meet at the KMOP center in N. Faliro (Matrozou 1 & Tzavela), where they will have the opportunity to get to know each other, exchange ideas and be divided into working groups.

On the second day of the Hackathon, the members of each team will collaborate online and co-formulate their proposal for the innovative product or service they will present to the jury.

On the third and final day of the Hackathon, participants will present their proposals online to the jury, which will also announce the winners.

The awards

The teams that will impress the judges the most with their idea will receive the following awards:

• Participation in a 6-month incubator program with workshops and mentoring, in order to be supported in the implementation of their idea
• Participation in a 3-week summer school in Oslo, Geneva and Valencia for the leader of the winning team
• EQUALS-EU Certificate

All participants will receive prizes on the first day of the Hackathon.

Eligible to participate in the EQUALS-EU Hackathon are:

• women
• men
• non-binary persons
• Graduates of the Faculties of Technology, Telecommunications, Informatics, Business Administration and Social Sciences

The deadline for submitting applications is ¹ May 2022.

About the EQUALS-EU programme

Το EQUALS-EU Hackathon πραγματοποιείται στο πλαίσιο του ευρωπαϊκού προγράμματος ΕQUALS-EU, μέρος της πρωτοβουλίας των UN Women και International Telecommunications Union, ΕQUALS GlobalPartnership. The goal of the program is to contribute to empowering and strengthening the role of women in entrepreneurship and more specifically in the field of technology.