The Diversity & Inclusion Initiative encourage policies and practices that promote under-represented people of all kinds within technology industries. i2Coalition members comprise this working group. They engage industry leaders to broaden the technology workforce and support those already in it. The DII advises and partners with existing, like-minded policy, education, and workplace advocacy groups to achieve these goals.
Core Values
- Advocate. Be a voice to promote diversity and equity for all in industries supporting Internet technology and operations.
- Network. Promote networking activities to encourage and support diversity and equity for all in technology fields.
- Collaborate. Support the needs of organizations already working to provide educational and other opportunities in an effort to improve diversity and equity for all in technology fields.
What we’re working on…
- Bring together panelists to engage in an open dialogue about how we can all contribute to the improvement of diversity and equity in our space.
- Advise and partner with diversity advocacy groups in the technology space on critical issues and building opportunities.
Watch Our 2021 Briefing on Paid Leave in the US Tech Industry
Recent Diversity & Inclusion Updates
HostingCon 2017 Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative Luncheon
Attending HostingCon next month? Our Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative will be hosting a lunch session on the conversation around parental leave policies.
Join Our Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative At WHD.global!
Today, on International Women’s Day, we’re proud to support the advancements of female engineers, computer scientists, product managers, marketers, PR, social media, sales, legal, compliance, customer support teams and more, who are key contributors in the Internet infrastructure industry. Our Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative works to grow the conversation around gender and diversity in […]
2016: Year In Review
The state of the Internet’s infrastructure remains strong; every aspect of the Internet has continued a rapid growth rate throughout 2016.