We are DataTjej

DataTjejs travel

DataTjej is a non-profit association that was founded in 1998. Two female students in Umeå were inspired during a seminar on women's well-being in computer education. Hence, they chose to organize the first conference in Umeå to create an opportunity to get to know several women who studied IT-oriented subjects and to discuss how to get more women to apply to data. On the first occasion, the conference had approximately 20 participants from, among other places, Stockholm, Linköping, Uppsala and Umeå. Twenty years later, the conference is our biggest event of the year with 120 participants. Read more here on the official website for DataTjej The conference. 

In 2023, we will be over 5000 members in Sweden. The goal of the association is to create a network between individuals who identify as female or non-binary of all ages who study, work or are interested in data/IT. We work to encourage and facilitate contacts mainly between students and business, as well as to increase the community DataTjej-members between.

As a non-profit association gathers DataTjej every year to talk about what we have done and what we will do in the future. We meet to vote for new elected officials and to share ideas. Our goal is to make the tech world more equal. Read more about this here in our statutes and protocols.

What do DataTjej?

Conference

Meet and connect with other awesome IT girls and non-binary genomes DataTjejs annual conference!

Events

Every year arranges DataTjej the majority of events around Sweden that are free for our members to attend. Network, get to know members and companies, and gain a lot of knowledge.

Mentoring program

Through a mentor, you get their insight into the IT industry while you get the opportunity to ask all the questions you can think of!

inspiration

DataTjej available on several social platforms. We have a Discord channel, and update our various social media channels with loads of inspo and updates. Join and follow!

We at DataTjej

Every year, a new board and project group are voted in. Click below on each group to read more about who is in the current financial year.

Womentor Prize 2015

DataTjej won the Womentor Prize 2015 with motivation from the jury that DataTjej makes a major effort to attract more women to the IT industry and to take leading positions there.

"DataTjej is an important platform for community between young girls, and its members are all role models well worth highlighting and praising, ”writes IT & Telekomföretagen in a press release.

2018 vann DataTjej in addition, the award Best Organization at the WE Awards in Stockholm with the following motivation:

“This is an organization that has grown over the past year thanks to the hard work of the people behind the organization and the realization among women and non-binary to be part of something bigger that helps unite them in the field of data and IT. Thanks to the events and networks made possible through the organization, people have found jobs, internships and friendships, which inspires each other to continue working for a common goal - equality.