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Our mission
CCS-Women is an initiative of the Cyprus Computer Society aiming to empower women and girls in ICT and promote diversity and inclusion by recognising their accomplishments, raising visibility of their inspiring stories, organising networking events, mentorship programs, and skill-building workshops and seminars.
Our vision
Our vision is to serve as a beacon creating synergies and advocating diversity and inclusion in the ICT landscape. We envision a tech community which is open to everyone without barriers, stereotypes, or biases.
Our values
 | We showcase inspirational stories and admirable achievements of women in tech, highlight female role models, and set the stage for inspiring more girls and women to pursue a career in technology-related fields in Cyprus. |
 | We organise and support initiatives such as mentorship programs, networking events, skill-building workshops, and seminars to empower women and girls thrive in technology-related careers and establish a strong presence in the ICT community. |
 | We actively engage with established communities and groups fostering partnerships, promoting systemic change, breaking barriers, and creating a supportive ecosystem for women in ICT. |
By sharing the inspiring stories of women in ICT and female role models in the broader field of Computer Science, in industry and academia, we aim to raise visibility of their roles and responsibilities, showcase their accomplishments and, ultimately, empower more girls and women to follow a career in this exciting field!
Meet the women role models and join our expanding network!
Let’s share more stories. Contact us to nominate women in ICT or the broader computing field and we will invite them to share their inspiring stories!
We organise and support initiatives such as mentorship programs, networking events, training workshops and seminars to empower women and girls and help them thrive in technology-related careers! Creating synergies with other groups and initiatives will help us establish a stronger presence of women in the ICT community.
Would you like to participate in an upcoming event? Are you organising or hosting a relevant event? Let’s collaborate!
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Upcoming activities and events
7 May 2025 | Official Launch of CCS-Women and networking event!
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Previous activities and events supported or organised by CCS-Women
2025
| 8 March 2025 | CCS celebrates International Women's Day 2025 and proudly introduces CCS-Women! | Read more |
15 February 2025 | Dr. Andriani Piki, Assistant Professor in Computing at UCLan Cyprus, member of CCS-Women and UK alumna, was invited to join a panel of female role models in STEAM professions to share the inspirations, challenges and opportunities in their fields of expertise. The event was hosted by Girls in STEAM Academy in collaboration with British High Commission Nicosia, the UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality, the University of Cyprus, and supported by British Council Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus). | |
11 February 2025 | Joining forces to celebrate UNESCO's International Day for Women and Girls in Science 2025. UCLan Cyprus led an inspiring and creative initiative promoting the role of women in Science through a series of videos featuring CCS-Women members among other remarkable women scientists from diverse fields. |
2024
24 November 2024 | CCS-Women proudly supported an educational robotics fair engaging individuals of all ages (Larnaca, Cyprus) |
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22 November 2024 | Dr. Andriani Piki represented UCLan Cyprus and CCS-Women during the CEPIS Women in ICT Expert Group to discuss gender equality in technology at Cyprus Universities (Larnaca, Cyprus) | |
21 November 2024 | Mr. Toumazis Toumazi presented CCS-Women at the CEPIS General Assembly and introduced the coordination team (Larnaca, Cyprus) | |
14 November 2024 | Mr. Toumazis Toumazi introduced CCS-Women at the Exness Behind the Code Meetup (Limassol, Cyprus) |
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8 October 2024 | Dr Andriani Piki, member of CCS-Women coordination team and ACM-W Cyprus Treasurer, participated at the ACM-W Celebration Event: 'Empowering Women in Computing 24 (EWiC 24)' as a Student Mentor and Appraiser for the Creative Coding Hackathon (Limassol, Cyprus) |
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Dr Katerina Hadjigeorgiou
Administrative Officer, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy in Cyprus
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Dr Andriani Piki
Assistant Professor in Computing, School of Sciences, UCLan Cyprus
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Melpo Pittara
Special Scientist, Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus
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Dr. Eirini Schiza
Senior Research Associate, CYENS CoE
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Maria Zeniou
Cybersecurity professional
Toumazis Toumazi
Project Manager/Administrator/Researcher, CCS
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By sharing the inspiring stories of women in ICT and female role models in the broader field of Computer Science, in industry and academia, we aim to raise visibility of their roles and responsibilities, showcase their accomplishments and, ultimately, empower more girls and women to follow a career in this exciting field!
Meet the women role models and join our expanding network!
Let’s share more stories. Contact us to nominate women in ICT or the broader computing field and we will invite them to share their inspiring stories!
Dr Christiana Ioannou
Assistant Professor and Course Leader of MSc Cybersecurity at UCLan Cyprus
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