Entain, the global sports betting and gaming operator, marks International Women’s Day today with a series of initiatives to support girls and young women interested in building careers in technology,
Girls Who Code, an international non-profit organisation working to close the gender gap in technology, is to receive US$250,000 from the Entain Foundation, its not-for-profit affiliate, to support its global programmes to bring young women into the technology industry, most notably in the UK, US, Canada and India. Entain is proud to be one of Girls Who Codes’ most significant global partners.
The Entain Foundation is also providing AU$50,000 funding to the Tech Girls Movement Foundation in Australia, which challenges gender perceptions that limit girls’ participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) through community and industry collaborations, providing mentorship by women who already have successful technology careers to young women looking for guidance on career choices.
The new initiatives follow recent senior female appointments to the leadership team at Entain, including that of new chief executive Jette Nygaard-Andersen and two new non-executive board directors, Stella David and Vicky Jarman, taking female representation of Entain’s board to 40 per cent. Over 50 per cent of Entain’s workforce is female, including over 30 per cent in technology roles.
