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• UPDATE Partner 7 Arche Noah
• Prof. Dr. Sylvia Neuhäuser-Metternich
• Dortmund University of Applied Sciences
• Ada-Lovelace-Mentoring-Association
• Germany

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Ada-Lovelace-Mentoring

• group mentoring scheme
• started in 1997
• motivating young women to choose a career in
  science, engineering, mathematics
• building a network and strategic alliances
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Ada Lovelace

• Ada Countess of Lovelace
• 1815 - 1852
• known as Software-Pioneer
• programmes for Charles Babbages analytical
  engine

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Ada-Lovelace-Mentoring-Association
www.ada-mentoring.de

• initiating and strengthening mentoring strategies
• networking
• enhancing the number of women in SEM
• transforming SEM curricula
• strengthening the process of gender mainstreaming

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Ada-Lovelace-Mentoring-Association
www.ada-mentoring.de

• Founding members 2001
• Gesamtmetall, the employers' association for the
  metal and electrical industry
• Siemens AG, YoLaNTe
• persons from universities, research centres and
  enterprises

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Ada-Mentoring Journal for Mentoring and Gender
Mainstreaming in Science and Technology

• addressing working women and students in science
  and technology, mentors and journalists
• showcase girls and women in science and
  technology
• discussing gender mainstreaming and diversity
  issues

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• Encouraging and recruiting female students to
  careers in technology
• Both female and male students of the Departments
• Design / Camera
• Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
• working together as a peer-mentoring group
• producing advertising video clips addressing to
  girls or young women

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• Interdisciplinary developmental approach
• Students will
• collect own information about department
  unlocking the clubhouse
• be advised and counselled on
• necessary technological subjects
• on topics of intergroup communication
• on gender issues

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Intergroup communication
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• Gender Traininginstead of Gender doing
• changing the very male image of technology
• aspects of both genders being recognised
• changing culture and communication style

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Gender orientation in the academy
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• Time schedule

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• Results
• will be attributed to the newly developed
  holistic curricula
• will help to promote, encourage and mobilize
  especially girls and young women
• reports and dissemination of best practises and
  scientific publication will be done, a public
  conference in Germany will be organised

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• Thank you for your attention!