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Order the October 'Banned Books" bundle and help us pack our shelves and send all of these books to people in prison and jail.
freebirdbooks.com/shop.html
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Emma
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Emma
@EmmaJaneDicks
Co-founder of CodeSpace || Queen's Young Leader
Cape Town Beigetreten Şubat 2013
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In the latest GeDIA blog, Mapping Africa’s tech ecosystem, @C_WamalaLarsson interrogates "the mapping of Africa’s tech hubs, asking what purpose they serve and . . . the extent to which these maps represent accuracy with reality.” bit.ly/gediablog_mapp…
#africa #gender #digital
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More than 2-million South Africans found work between June and October 2020, according to the latest round of data from the Nids-Cram survey. But hunger — and child hunger in particular — persists, writes @NicSpaull. bit.ly/2Zlh9tf
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Parents & Teachers — I’ll be chatting to Pippa Hudson at 2.10pm today on @CapeTalk about how to get kids into coding and the free coding courses @CodeSpaceZA is offering.
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Change is not a one way street. Thanks @CellC and @SBTopWomen for letting me keep preaching this 🙌🏽
#SBTopWomen@SBTopWomen
“As you pay women more and incentivise them, then you create a virtuous cycle!” Emma Dicks, Founder & Director, Code Space #SBTopWomen #power #women #conference @SB_BizConnect @CellC
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A great chat about gender equality through inclusive skills dev & employment - thanks @thaminkadimeng @ziphosikhakhane & @CellC
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“We need to develop the ability to have really uncomfortable conversations.” Emma Dicks, Founder & Director, Code Space #SBTopWomen #power #women #conference @SB_BizConnect @CellC @CodeSpaceZA
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Jane Fraser speaking at @FortuneMPW is an inspiration!
🔥 on setting stretch goals not goals ‘Allow yourself the possibility of failing’.
🔥 ‘Enjoy each phase of life’
Citigroup’s Fraser to Be First Woman to Lead a Big Wall Street Bank nytimes.com/2020/09/10/bus…
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Teachers are the CEOs of the classroom! They need our unwavering support and attention – now and well beyond this pandemic. #FortuneMPW
Reshma Saujani@reshmasaujani
"Our teachers are our heroes right now. They are doing the best that they can." Loved getting to join @FortuneMPW today to talk about about K-12 virtual education and access! #FortuneMPW
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An inspiring kickoff to the 2020 summit 🥰
Fortune MPW@FortuneMPW
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, concludes her conversation with @ellmcgirt with a quote from Georgia O'Keefe: "I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free." #FortuneMPW
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Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, concludes her conversation with @ellmcgirt with a quote from Georgia O'Keefe: "I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free." #FortuneMPW
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Watch Co-Founder & Director of @CodeSpaceZA @EmmaJaneDicks, tell you why supporting women-led businesses is good business.
Book your ticket to the @SB_BizConnect Top Women Conference here: topbusinesswomen.co.za/tickets/
#SBTopWomen
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Anyone looking for good reads? —> @becauseweveread is the bookclub that’s missing in your life rn ;)
#BecauseWe’veRead@becauseweveread
Jamila started off with a quote from The Fire Next Time which inspired her: “Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word “love” here not merely in the personal sense ...
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A good reminder to look generously at a leader’s strengths while remaining critical & pressing for more. Our democracy rests on robust institutions and I am gladdened to be reminded of work done to this end. news24.com/fin24/opinion/…
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@elonmusk @neuralink Can my daughter join your team as an intern? We built a brain-controlled exoskeleton for her paralyzed arm, and it WORKED :) but we still have so much to learn and her shoulder is still paralyzed. Plus, she loves pigs :) #neuralink ourkidscandoanything.com
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Results from a 2020 survey of SA adland revealed ZERO female backend devs. I was asked to comment. No easy answers, but asking the right q's will move us forward.
@SheSaysCapeTown @iab_sa
@Anelde2
@johannievanas
@PrideMM @jarredcinman
@mpume_ngobese
@Milz_rara
@neomashigo
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"The state needs to consider what responsibility it has towards the thousands of community leaders who have been delivering a public service without support, and the millions of families that depend on them" - @davidjefferySA dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-0…
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@NicolaByrom For historical fiction: Guernica (Dave Boling) and Mornings in Jenin (susan abulhawa) are both lovely
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Looking for book recommendations. I don’t fancy anything emotional or distressing. I’d like something along the lines of “the hundred year old man who climbed out of a window...” or “a short history of tractors in the Ukraine” - good storied that won’t break my heart.
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