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Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) has attracted 250 special economic zone (SEZ) companies to establish a physical presence in the Cayman Islands. This new book of knowledge-based industries is offering a growing number of opportunities for Caymanians and residents of the Cayman Islands and CEC is working to ensure that these opportunities are available and accessible to everyone.

Thursday, 14 March 2019 marked Women Code Cayman’s first public social event which welcomed over 30 women to Rackam's Waterfront Bar & Grill to learn more about Cayman’s fastest growing network of female tech professionals. “We are all about shaking up the male-dominated tech world by fostering avenues for women to develop tech skills and access opportunities that are being created within CEC’s Cayman Tech City,” said CEC’s Public Engagement Officer Bianca Mora. “We’re helping to create and endorse a growing number of female role models and advocates in technology, while evening out the gender ratio in Cayman’s tech scene.”

The initiative supported Cartan, The Ministry of Community Affairs, and CEC, hosts free weekly workshops hosted at CEC’s Strathvale House location, which introduces participants to programming and provides a supportive network for women who are learning to code. Registration is currently open for a 12-week series which officially begins Wednesday, 27 March 2019.

“CEC is adamant on building a community where mutual respect on a peer to peer level is focused on character over gender. Currently 26% of individuals working within CEC’s Cayman Tech City are female and part of a global industry where, according to a recent study by ISACA, only 21% of tech executives are women and only 8% have never experienced gender bias in the workplace,” said CEC’s Vice President of Marketing and Public Engagement, Kaitlyn Elphinstone.