Singapore women with the IT factor

Three women aged below 35, none of whom would fit the bill of a traditional IT specialist, made it onto the inaugural SG 100 Women in Tech list released in September. The Straits Times looks at how they are making waves in the tech sector.

(From left) Ms Nurul Jihadah Hussain, Ms Rika Lim and Ms Charmain Tan. ST PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMAR, ONG WEE JIN, ALPHONSUS CHERN
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Ms Nurul Jihadah Hussain, 33, is not a technology professional, and does not command in-demand technical skills in artificial intelligence, cyber security or data analytics.

But that has not stopped her from being a champion of gender diversity in the technology sector as the founder of non-profit organisation The Codette Project.

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