Grazia Oriunto – A Project Manager of a life changing 📱application #S07
This story unravelled when we luckily met Grazia Oriunto through a friend in Naples who was kind enough to give us a ride back to our rented apartment in Naples. While discussing she told us that she is the Project Manager (PM) of an application called TruSteppy which helps blind and visually impaired people anywhere to […]
Sky is not the limit for Marion Allayioti | The Applications Engineer in the European Space Agency #S06
This story is yet another important story aiming to share the work and personal experience of a young, female engineer from Limassol, Cyprus. While reading, we came across the figures released by the UN in 2021 according to which “the number of women employed in the international space industry represents just 20-22 percent of the workforce; roughly the same […]
Women in STEM: Ioanna Eleftheriou and Science Communication in an era of misinformation #S05
With misinformation on the rise, the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and the visible fourth industrial revolution (4.0), the exchange of precise and accurate scientific information is more important than ever. In light of the above, and of the absence of science and technology communicators in Cyprus, we spoke with Ioanna Eleftheriou, another scientist, who is […]
Activist and advocate for women’s safety #S04
Don’t be afraid to speak up!We always, always need people who are socially conscious and want to help improve the lives of women. There are so many areas of activism and we need volunteers, campaigners but also those who want to work quietly in the background in fundraising research.. Whilst we were reading on a […]
Meet Wolt’s food courier who is breaking the gender barriers #S03
Sometimes society looks at delivery work as a men’s job. Navneet Kaur is here to prove us wrong. Women can do things that men can do. Wolt, a Helsinki-based technology company known for its food delivery platform has expanded in 23 countries, one of which is Cyprus. Wolt Cyprus provides Wolt couriers with the training […]
The Sustainable Energy Researcher #S02
I am very honored that I got the chance to talk to Georgia Savvidou. She is (and we are proud to say) a Cypriot researcher in the sustainable energy sector. With a background in Mathematics and Statistics, Energy and Environmental science, Georgia started in 2016 as a Research Associate in Stockholm Environment Institute working with […]
The Data Scientist #S01
We’re really excited to be here with Dr. Georgia Kouyialis, a millennial woman in technology (tech) who has graduated from UCL in Mathematics and from Imperial College of London with PhD in Computer Science. Georgia has been working in the tech industry the past few years. Lets dive right into it. Talk to us a […]
