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There has been a huge shift in how we think about gender equality. The #MeToo movement has empowered sexual assault survivors to stand up & fight for justice. There are now laws on Pay Equity in New York State & is pressuring companies to rethink their biases. And just this year, New York passed the nation's strongest Paid Family Leave that allows maternity leave for upto 12 weeks by 2021.
Still, a lot of work needs to be done. 114-million American workers still do not have paid family leave. Internationally, women spend 118 minutes more than men on routine household work & caregiving. Furthermore, America ranks 49th (down from 45th) in the 2017 Global Gender Gap report.
Join us on October 23 as Sherry Hakimi, executive director of genEquality, & Che Nembhard, Program Assistant at Promundo-US, talk about the issues & challenges on the road towards gender equality - & their work on tech & design - to achieve equality for all genders.
genEquality cultivates a community of action-oriented people who do the difference for gender equality at home, at work, & everywhere in between. They do these through their products & events that help promote gender equality. Most recently, they staged a hackathon to encourage the creation of technologies that promote gender equality.
Promundo works to promote gender equality & prevent violence by engaging men & boys in partnership with women & girls. Our programs, campaigns, & advocacy efforts across the themes below are based in rigorous research, including the International Men & Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), & are designed to improve the lives of people around the world.
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About Progressive HackNight
Progressive HackNight is a bi-weekly gathering of coders & creatives, makers & doers, to foment & inspire action. We use our collective talents & abilities to push forward pro-social change in benefit of the common good. We're all about making great ideas happen.
An intersection of technology & activism. A physical space for progressive activists, organizers, data wranglers, ux/ui designers, & coders to come together, discuss the issues, & work on projects together that will drive the movement forward.
This event is open to technologists, organizers, data enthusiasts, ux/ui, creatives, project managers, product managers, coders, etc, of all backgrounds/experiences.
Food will be provided!
The schedule is as follows:
6:15p - 6:45p : registration, networking (mingle!)
6:45p - 6:50p : Opening / Community News
6:50p - 7:20p : Dispatches from the Grassroots: Ocasio 2018
7:20 - 10:30 : Breakout!
After the program, the community will break out into two types of groups: discussion groups & working groups. Please notify the team at organizers@progressivehacknight.org if you want to announce a breakout group for that night.
DISCUSSION GROUP
Groups centered on learning new things, discussing solutions to addressable problems, building networks, & strategizing. Start one by filling out our Project Ideas page
WORKING GROUP
Working groups are breakouts focused on either onboarding, training, or just having a team setup on collectively coding for your awesome project! Start one by going to our Project Ideas page
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