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Meet the Women Tackling E-Waste

ifixit: “Repair is for everyone. But the reality is, the world of tech is not yet equal. 34 percent of iFixit’s employees are female, and nearly half of our leadership roles are filled by women. That’s pretty good for a tech company, but there’s always room to do better. Writer Gloria Steinem once said, “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” The growing e-waste problem is a human rights issue, and repair is the best way to prevent it. We can’t conquer e-waste without making repair accessible to everyone, and these awesome women of iFixit are tackling stereotypes about repair—and the gender gap—head-on…”

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