Hello. Hello. Can anybody hear me? Yeah. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Sarah. Can we study
me proper or should we wait? Let's start. We have some amazing people here. We've got
amazing women on. We've got members of our DAO, so let's get rolling. All right. Can
I know the Twitter handle so that I can bring it up? Sarah, are you there? Yeah. Are you
asking me? Yeah, I'm asking about the Twitter handles, like the women in New York. Let's
say we've got Adio 4K. Okay. And we've got Raven Mask. Okay. Should I bring them up? Yeah,
why not? Okay. Hey, Wax. I think Wax is busy, but you should join us before the end of GCME.
Great. I'm trying to send invites to Adio 4K and Raven. I hope they accept my... Yeah. And
also, Raven Mask can also... It is just, you know, ask for the... I don't mind talking a little bit
about his new friend and introducing everybody to what we're doing. All right. Okay. Let me start
the introduction. All right. Hello, everyone. You're welcome to another episode of EME with
Neha. She launched you. Today will be early. She is Neha. I'm really happy. You don't know how excited
I am to have them yet. Before we start this EME proper, I would like you to invite your
female friends. Make sure they join this EME. Do not deprive them of what they need to know.
All right. Retreat the space. And we got $10 a sort of net to give
winners today. So make sure you retreat this space and invite your female friends. If you're
a female, too, you can invite your female friends so that we know more about
she is Neha and the opportunity that they have for them. All right. I can't see Jane. Hello, Jane.
And unfortunately, I could see them. I really hope now. All right. Before everything,
Sarah, and you tell us about yourself and your journey in cryptocurrency or in Web3. Thank you.
Hey, everybody. It's great to be back on this show. And it's exciting to see everybody here.
Thank you for having us. And my name is Sarah. I've been in the near ecosystem for almost two
years. I have been in tech for about 20 years. I'm really lucky to have been in San Francisco
during some really amazing innovation. And I'm a writer and a producer, but I've been paid to be a
communications and marketing strategist. So I have been part of the Vermal spec. I've been
developer relations, head of developer relations for a lot of different things and including the
Java for the enterprise, which dates me. I also developed the first thought leadership programs
for some of the really large organizations in Silicon Valley. And I was one of the first
producers at Netflix in through the marketing division. And the biggest sort of thing that I've
had the honor to be involved with was positioning Keyhole, which became Google Earth, which was
acquired after we positioned Google Earth for Google Earth. So my area of expertise is art and
technology. So I got involved with not crypto, but blockchain, because a ton of artists that I knew
were telling me that this was the future and that the really exciting technology advancement,
as well as the labor, the enormity of the impact blockchain would bring to labor and to equal
rights was before us. So I spent the last year with Nia as part of the development of the first
governance working group. And now I am one of the founding council members for She Is Nia.
I have a company in San Francisco and Italy called Rising Partners. But that is another story.
So what we do for She Is Nia is, then there are women who are in this in our DAO who are founding
members of the DAO is to really think about what blockchain, how blockchain can benefit from women.
Not so much about what women need to do to be in crypto. It's more like, what is the wisdom
women bring to this blockchain movement? And how will this DAO help to support those women? Now,
that may sound kind of wacky. But think about it this way. If you think about the innovation that
blockchain empowers, which is just starting to just tickle at healthcare, the enormity of the
creative economy, the creative economy is a $2.2 trillion economy. And that is being like if you
think about NFTs, and you think about what the fashion world has been doing with NFTs or digital
assets, it's huge. And women live in that space. Women live in healthcare. Unfortunately,
like, it shouldn't be any surprise to you all. But it's sad, only between three and seven percent
of projects in web three are funding women. So there's only three to seven percent of projects
for women that are funded. And that's nuts. Like considering how much women bring to projects,
that's nuts. Harvard Business Review and a lot of other really reputable institutions have done
a lot of research. And they find that when women are in senior positions, not only is there higher
retention, but there's more growth. And it's something that sort of gets missed in the
conversation about women in tech. It's more like, should women be in tech? Can women be developers?
But yeah, you know, we run businesses, and we're amazing technologists, and we're great thinkers,
and we add a lot. So as NIR is starting to sort of replenish its heart and replenish its thinking
around running itself and self-governing itself, we really want to be at the table
in that conversation around that growth. So we have amazing projects that we're working on this
year. We want to bring in as many women from around the world as we can. And we have, oh,
fortunes here. We should also put her in as a speaker. We're also really lucky to have
amazing women from Africa who are driving it. We know that it's simply a fact. I was in
Switzerland this year at the Davos, at Davos, at the World Economic Forum. And I was invited with
some other people to speak at the first Women in Web 3 Summit, Global Summit. And everyone hands
down is like, you've got to watch Africa, and you've got to watch India, and you've got to look at
these spaces. Because when we think about empowerment, we can't think about GDP or gross
domestic product as defining growth anymore, right? We all know that blockchain is defining a new
currency and a new economic reality, right? So to leave all of these incredible people out of the
conversation is sort of a crime. And so we are open to everybody. And we love male allies,
but we're a woman-centric Dow. Was that helpful? Did that give some context for what we're doing
and what you would like us to review today? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's actually a lot. I've
learned some things, and my eyes are open to some things you're doing. Okay, like let me just say
in our recent days, ladies believe in acquiring skills, physical skills that you can see. Let me
say like tailoring and hope. They don't really, they're not really aware of that there is things
called blockchain or ladies in it. Because some ladies, if you say these things in their ears,
they would be like, what are you saying? No, no, no, we are not meant to do this. Like those kind
of ladies, how do you think they will see this as an opportunity for them? Like how do you think
they will see this as an opportunity? Because ladies are like, I believe that ladies are meant
to stay in the house, all this education stuff, like Africans, we don't really believe in that.
How do you want to create all this awareness today? How do you want to convince them?
That's my question. Hey, Sarah, are you there? Sorry, I was muted. Is Blessed on this call,
do we know? Did she, I think we need to have. I actually brought some people who are, I don't
know, maybe they went back or the network is. Let's make sure to bring Fortune up as well,
because I've been trying to send invitation to fortune. I don't know, she's not accepting.
Oh, fortune, please accept if you can. I don't want to speak for Africa because I'm not African
and I don't live in Africa. Yeah, and I think that if you're on the call, and also Ravenmas
might want to speak to that, all I can say is that the issue around women in education
globally is still fraught with problems. And I think that, Adefoke, do you want to speak to that?
Like, what are your thoughts on how she is near and what we're trying to do,
we'll speak particularly to Africa? Okay, my name is Adefoke. Okay, with my own experience,
I finished from everything and I got to know about this victory through my new friends. So,
the best way to talk to Africans about this is to try to, how like it is known, try to
compare this with what looks like, that's the best way to explain to an African,
Indian, like trying to bring it together. So, I think that's my whole opinion,
concerning how to make them know it. Because most of you, most of you are still like,
the theory is difficult, the theory is hard. Tell me what people say, it's kind of that
you're just, you're just coming, you're missing your time. I've been there before, you understand,
Adefoke, like, you know, tell me that you're just wasting your time and money, go to your
husband's house, go and marry, you know that kind of stuff. Like, it's annoying. So, I really understand.
I have a sister that is also in this space. So, the best way to explain to them is if you are
in testimony yourself, like you have proof to show them, you have experiences yourself. Someone needs
to be experienced to really explain to them that this is what this really entails. So, I think, Adefoke.
Yeah, I also think, I think your success story, your challenges can actually motivate them because
let me tell you something, some people will not believe you want this, except they see the results.
Do you understand? They don't see the results, they'll be like, just come in with us, you don't want
to give us those, like, we are not even saying something good on you. Do you understand? So, I
think the success story can convince, I don't know, in a way, right? Yes, again, the
success story can convince them and explain to them better. I think one of the things, too,
is just to explain that this is, and most women are taught that tech is above, it's too hard.
Oh, technology is way too hard for you, never understand it. Why not? Particularly like
blockchain technology. If you think about what it's like to be in a DOW right now, you think about
what is decentralized. When you think about collaboration, like, this is women's superpower,
right? When women are working together and not in a situation where they're being told they compete,
right, with each other, when they're together and there's togetherness, right?
We collaborate really well. So, I think that's another way to explain to women that blockchain
is like this massive collaborative web and the technology is actually not that hard to learn
and that you can figure out ways to build things together, right? I think that's really important
and I think that if you move through that conversation with women and explain to them
that, you know, do you use your phone? Yeah, I use my phone. Is it easy? Yes, it is. Okay.
You can do it. It'll be all right. And I think the things that are really important when you're
reaching out to women friends is to say, what kind of options do you have in your future?
Like, what are your dreams? What are the things that you want to learn in your life?
And try to connect with women what their personal goals are and then help them navigate
any blockchain space, any chain, any project, bring them in on step by step. That's what I think.
But oh, the fortune's here. Let's ask fortune because fortune's one of our great members.
Hey, fortune. Can you meet just Mike and speak? Hello, everybody. Good evening.
Yes, we can. You're very audible. Good evening, everybody. Good evening, fortune.
I have been feeling the conversation. I was a little busy, but now I am here. So I didn't really
get the question. Yeah, the question. Okay. Should I repeat the question? Go for it. Yeah.
All right. The question is about ladies in Africa. You know, we believe this in Africa that ladies
are all made to work. People's mindset is about ladies going to the husband's house. Even education
says it's not for now, not for this modern day. Like, how do you think we can undo this? Now,
if you want to convince your fellow female that this is near, this is she's near dial. This is
what we do. Like, how do you want to convince them in coming? It's really in this kind of
mentality we have in Africa. Okay. Okay. This is very, very, very, very, very, very good question
because I have been in this situation where I was having a conversation with my friend.
I was talking to her about joining this crypto space. And she was like, no, no, no, no, no,
no. What is that? I don't want to, what I was doing there, it does not seem legit. You people
do not even have, like, physical office and stuff like that. Exactly. Yeah, exactly.
Exactly. You can't online. I've been like, what is this? Come, do you get, well, I think there was
one time that there was this airdrop and then she saw that people are actually making so much money.
Then she came to my DMS and was like, oh, how fun, how come I teach me now? What's going on?
So people are actually drawn by whatever you show, maybe your, your efforts, your
working. Do you get, like, that's what attracts them. They want to be a part. If you have nothing
to show for it, I am sorry. It's going to be so annoying and frustrating at the same time.
You will not be able to convince them to join. Even when you are trying to say, you know,
Dao is about everybody having a say. You know how in your normal kind of organization,
they are like top guys that will have to make the decision. But if you join Dao,
your voice could be heard. It's money that they want.
Yeah. You know, Fortune, you know, Fortune, Sarah, like, I've been there. Like, when I started this
journey, this web3 journey, my family would be like, you're just wasting your time. You know,
I would just lock myself in my room, you know, doing things, though it's also challenging. And
I learned from experience and also pain. I learned through pain. So, you know, people would be like,
my brother would just come and tell me, you are just wasting your time. You are just wasting your
money. I know what I want. And, you know, I was, God, I don't know, maybe those words were just
a means for me to even do more. Do you understand? Just like an encouragement to me.
So, like, wow, do you know, do you know what they are feeling about me now? Like, God, you know,
because of the social story, that's what they want. Because at that point, it's actually error.
Question. Like, in Africa, I think we need to, like, educate these people that it's not all about,
maybe they look at it as calm. Like, they can actually have skills in web2, right? The normal
day, like, maybe they are graphic designers, they are project managers, you know, stuff like that.
And bring it into the web3 space and thrive. It's not all about, oh, my God, it's crypto. What is
that? No. You can thrive here in the web3 space. It's a very broad space for everybody. So, I think
most people don't know about this. It's like, is there a special thing that you have to do?
Yeah. Believe it or not, I think educating them is going to help.
I was wondering if you can talk.
I was serious. I think Sarah wants to say something.
One of the things I want to just bring that back to what She Is Near is focused on this year.
So, She Is Near is a DAO. We are funded by the Near Digital Collective, but we are also
working with lots of other chains, and we're also raising money, you know, independently.
And we're doing really well. We're getting a lot of amazing things together. But our
primary focus for this year is education. So, we have a really exciting relationship and
partnership with Jutsu, who is doing amazing work with us. We're also going to be working with She
Is Near, sorry, with Shifai, which does training, which does MBA, 13-week training programs, MBA
programs, which we cover 100 percent of the cost for women. And we're bringing in organizations
from around the world, and we're also going to be executing this year a huge research project
around women in blockchain. So, you know, I think the easiest thing to say is,
how do you get women involved? Please tell them about She Is Near. Invite them in. We have a
telegram group. I think it was like less than two or three weeks we went from zero to 100 people.
Boom, like that. I think we're up to like 130 people. And we're going to keep growing. But
it's women only, and people who identify as women. And we are really, really committed to
creating community between women around the world. And so, I think the thing is that when you start
to connect with women, and they're saying like, yeah, well, you know, people are telling me it's
a waste of time, and I should just get married. Just invite them to She Is Near. We'll take care
of her. We got her. And we'll help people understand that you can have a private life
and a professional life. And the only way to do that is to model it, right? And to show people
that there's a balance for both. Yeah, thank you, Sarah, for that. Thank you for that.
It's not about marriage. It's about what you like, adding value to yourself. It's actually important
for most ladies, like adding value to yourself. What do you want to give to the community?
I don't know. The lady behind She Is Near, do you want to talk? I actually want to hear
the person's voice. That might be blessed.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Hello. Good evening. Good evening, Sarah. Good evening, Amba. Good evening, Fortune.
Good evening. I'm greeting from my end. So hello, hello, hello.
Thank you. Dabi, can you introduce yourself?
Okay. My name is Dabi. So I've been in the ecosystem for quite a long time.
So I'm opportunity to be one of the founding council members of She Is Near.
So it feels good to be here with you all and speaking about the women. Women in most part
of the world are seen as lesser gender with less ability. But I believe that with She Is Near,
we are going to make a difference with the capable ladies we have, people like Sarah,
Amba, Fortune, Maggie, world, blessed, Creek and people that I can't mention right now.
I think we are going to change the world and educate women on the importance of
living, not just for yourself, but living to live a trace which people can follow towards their path
to success. So our primary goal, just as Sarah said for this month, is education. We want to
educate as many women as possible. We have, as we speak, we have finalized a partnership with
some renowned women in blockchain, some people like Chifai and then Jutsu, not basically women,
but an arm of education, which are really interested in what we are doing. And it's
really, really, they are really, really eager to help educate and onboard more women to Web3
and in fact, near protocol. So yeah, we are working so hard to hit our goal and ensure that
so many women, as we can have, are educated. And so many women are living free of the mindset
people have about them. And so many women can stand up for themselves and learn for themselves.
So yeah, thank you very much, Amba, for the question. And that's all I can say for now.
Thank you so much. I want to just like support what Dabi just said. And Dabi, I think of Dabi
as our peacemaker inside of our DAO. She has a superpower for peace and a superpower for
conflict resolution, which I think is an enormous part of what we're trying to do in the DAO, which
is to create an environment which is healthy for women and safe for women. One of the things that
I think is important to talk about, particularly with a lot of guys, Andy's raising his hand,
and there's some men here that are obviously great because they're here listening, is that
we experience a lot of different kinds of violence in the world, right? Because we're
in blockchain and we're not physically in the same room, does it mean that we don't experience
levels of the distrust, malevolence, anger, distrust, meanness that that women experience
in the world right now? And some of the ways that we experience them that we're really hoping to
change through action, change through what we do, change by empowering women and helping them to
find their voice, is to say, hey, it's not okay that we're paid less, right? Women bring
intelligence and brains and grit, community, to everything they do. So there are three big
things that we're focusing on in terms of what happens still on blockchain, not just specific
denier, but is income inequality. The idea that women should work more for less, it's just not
fair. This is dumb and equated silly idea. The second thing is that we are talked to in a way
that we're, you know, there's a cliche called mansplaining, right? And I think it's a little
bit mean, because I think sometimes men aren't really always mansplaining. I think they're just
trying to talk about something, but helping men understand that it's okay to just talk about the
work. You don't have to explain it to us. You can just, you know, you can just talk about what you're
interested in. We want to talk about interesting projects and technology. And the third thing is
that women really need an opportunity to fail up as well. Well, let me explain what I mean by that.
Men get to fail in their jobs, and they then get promoted. I'm not saying that they keep failing,
but you know, you can make mistakes. And the way in which men help each other is they say, Hey,
man, you know, you messed that up. That was stupid. Don't do that again. Okay, what should I do?
Do it this way, do it that way. Then, you know, you try again, and then you succeed and you get
promoted. That's reasonable. Women don't get that opportunity. We were supposed to make everything.
We're supposed to be perfect in all things. Women need opportunities where they can make mistakes
and where we make mistakes and someone doesn't say, you know, you're fired. You made a mistake.
Just take a look. Notice that when you're in your team, notice how guys can make mistakes,
but the girls aren't supposed to or women aren't supposed to. So we want to create environments
where you can make a mistake, try things and have resources that explain how to continue to
move forward and succeed so that you can be promoted. Right? So those are some of the things
that we're thinking about. And I'm wondering if it's an opportunity right now, especially since
there's some men here in this environment where we're not going to be aggressive. And we're not
going to be any of us are going to be defensive. If you have any questions that we can answer for you.
I think Andy had his hand raised.
Oh, I'm really sorry. Network failed me. I'm really sorry. Can anyone hear me?
Oh, thank you. Okay. I think we are done talking about African women in whole rights.
Yeah, what I what I was talking about that was actually it was really important for us,
which is that we're focused on things that are really concrete right now. We're focused on
income inequality. We want to change that model. We want women to be paid as much as men.
The second thing is we want to bring down the aggression between men and women, particularly
helping men understand that they don't need to explain things to us. They just
need to talk about the work. And finally, is that we really want to have dialogue with men
in a positive way. And that if there are any men here right now that have any questions,
we're happy to answer them if if they're, you know, open to our feedback. So I think Andy had
his hand raised for a while. Oh, all right. Yeah, we are the mute some set of people. I think there
is a there is a segment for that. I will unmute people to ask questions. Okay, before that,
I think there are people that want to ask question here. Let me ask probably my last question or
let me just ask some more questions. Okay, like, how can she okay, I call near ecosystem actively
promote and support project labor women. I think you mentioned the aspect of paying or
paying the women equally with the other other projects on you. What other challenges do you
think can promote and support project labor women on your ecosystem?
Well, I think the thing is that we're going to move forward with or without the support of guys
that's really important. For the same reason that fortune was saying she, you know, and you also,
you know, someone said, don't, don't learn this, it's not relevant, you're like, man, I'm not
listening to that, I'm going to keep going. So, you know, we're not waiting for anyone to approve
of us. We're not waiting for anyone to, you know, say that we're relevant, we're just going to move
forward. And we hope that our ally counterparts and in the governance, see our value and they do,
I mean, they're, they're funding us, we've received funding month over month now. And they're
continuing to see the impact that we're making. I mean, it's, we're new, we're a new Dow, and we
are making inroads, it's going to take a little bit of time. I think that what's really important
is what I said earlier is that what men can do is bring women into their teams actively,
Dev Hub is doing this, actively recruiting women, and giving them an opportunity to succeed,
but also opportunities to make mistakes and say, hey, we all make mistakes, let's, let's keep going.
And I think that's one of the most tactical things that any guy on this call can do,
is just recruit women into your team, just get them working on stuff, and help them learn. In
the big picture, I think it's just for you to understand that between three and seven percent,
only three to seven percent of projects in blockchain are women, and women make up 50%
of the planet. So the numbers aren't adding up there, like the math doesn't math. So I think
it's just getting your head around the fact that that's kind of silly, and that as you think about
your blockchain projects, and as you see health care, huge issues, fashion, up and coming, like
there are huge brands that are willing to pay for projects, and having women in those spaces
benefits you, because they tend to be the women that really are leading those kind of projects.
So I hope that answers your question, my friend. Yeah, yeah, it's those. Thank you for that.
Okay, can you tell us about any future events, like are there any future events or future
events that you would like to give us before we move to the last segment?
Totally. At the end of this month, we're going to be at S Denver. We're going to be holding a
meetup for women with our amazing partners at Jutsu. It's going to be like a warrior women
amazing web three meetup with a panel. We'll be announcing who's going to be on that panel,
but they're women in the ecosystem who are doing great things. Our our Shifai will be rolling out
this coming year, so we'll keep everybody up to date with that. We're going to be working and
making more announcements on our research. We're going to need help from everyone, men and women,
help us identify women who are devs, women who are web two developers who are moving into web three,
because we want to interview them for this global report. So we've got a lot going on,
and it's it's pretty exciting. Wow, okay, can you post the link to all the groups,
the She's Near group, so that ladies can join. Yeah, absolutely. Let's start with just doing
She is Near. We want to, you know, people have to apply. We'll do a little research on you. We don't
we don't just let people in blind because we're being very careful about that.
But I'm sure that Dabi can put the information about our our ex following our LinkedIn
and Telegram up for women to join us. All right. All right. That's great. That's great.
Before we move, please. I think when I dropped, I lost some people that requested to speak this.
You can go ahead and request to speak. So that's how we invite you to ask your question.
Most especially, Andy, I've been trying to send a invitation to you, but
you're not accepting. Can you just request to speak so that I'll bring you hope that
that will be easier. Okay, Sarah, do you have any other thing to tell us before I start on
meeting people? No, I feel like we had really great representation of we have amazing women
from Africa. We have amazing women from South South America, Spain, India, America. We've got
amazing people. Just spread the word. All of you, all of your friends and, you know, join us. We're
really grateful to have been here today. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Sarah. Thank you,
Debbie. I can't even find a fortune again. I think she's gone. I've been trying to send
invitation to speak to her, but she's not accepting. Okay. I brought someone here,
Spark. Spark is a friend of, sorry, Nachilachi community. Spark, please, can you ask a question?
Hey, Spark, are you there? Hello, can you hear me? Yeah, you were, you were audible. All right, great.
Thanks a lot, Sarah, for what you guys are actually trying to establish, for what you guys
are actually trying to break up. And my question will be in the aspect of having female developers
and how do you guys plan to set that pace of having female developers? Because most of the
devs we know around are basically male developers. So how do you guys plan to set out that pace?
Because right now, I noticed you guys are still trying to, like, get that recognition
in participating in the new ecosystem as a whole and not just becoming a developer.
So how do you guys intend to set that pace? Did you say set the pace?
Yes, like bringing the first probably more female developers. Yeah, totally. So
let me ask the members, do you mind if I answer that question or do you all want to speak to that?
Okay, so thank you for the question. I think that we're being reasonable and, oh, Dabi wants to
speak as well. Okay, Dabi, I'll answer and then you speak to it as well. I think that we are being
very reasonable about it, Spark. First things first, which is we are aligning with educational
groups that are doing amazing things with women. And some of this is having women train women,
you know, we first want to train people, right? We need to make sure that we're identifying women
in web two who have sort of the curiosity, the passion to go into blockchain. So the pace that
we're setting is very, very conservative. We want to have a goal of 300 women for the year. We want
to make sure they're trained really well. We want to make sure that we are supporting them for a
full year so that they get the education, that we help them find projects, and that she is near,
will be porting to funding some projects that come out of those women. That's going to be really
important to allow them opportunities to grow, to make, to fail, like I was saying, to make some
mistakes, to challenge themselves and to migrate into, you know, teams as we see that. Okay,
so that's the first thing. For our research, which we'll come back here and talk more about it,
we want to take a whole year to research globally women between 500 and 2500 women for a report.
So we really understand what women need. We really want to understand what women want to invest their
time in. We want to make that something really, really valuable for the near ecosystem and other
ecosystems, right? So when we think about setting the pace, we want to head towards a goal where we
can become, where we can do what's called train one, teach one, or train the trainer. So in other
words, if we get 100 women in 2024 to be trained up as, maybe not even full developers, but to
understand a full stack, right, for the near full stack, or to understand abstractly and then very
technically what boss is, okay? If that we can do that in a year, that's a huge win for us, right?
Even if 100 of those women, maybe 50% of them are like intermediate, but we get a couple of
them that are more advanced, then they can spend the following year training more women in their
region, right? So that most education programs try to be conservative, right? Spark, you're trying
to make sure that you've got women or people who've got areas of expertise and then they can
figure out where their passions lead them and you lead them into classes. Now, I mean, into projects.
We're really lucky that we have amazing allies at Dev Hub. We have amazing allies in the NDC.
We know that the women that we're training up are going to be entering into some of these other
programs and under these other projects. So I hope that answers the question for you. We've got a goal
of like between 100 and 300 women. We've got a goal of researching between 500 and 500 women.
And out of that, if we get like, man, if we get a dozen women who are leaders and a dozen women
that are intermediate but can grow fast, I think that adds value to a dozen projects. That's a
pretty good case study, right? I hope that answers it. And maybe Dabi, you want to speak to that a
little bit more? Yeah, I think Dabi want to speak. Yes, I wanted to speak but you actually
set my mind. Well, another thing I want to add is that we are partnering with projects that are,
you know, concerned with Dev's training, all right? And why we are partnering with this project
is to see and ensure that women who are interested in this aspect of technology
are being trained to become Dev's. Just as Sarah said, we're already aiming at
onboarding, like teaching 100 women this year. So that will be a big win for us, just as you say.
Sorry, I'm sorry. Never mind. It's okay. Thank you. Thank you, Dabi. Thank you,
Sarah. Spark, I thought I hope your question has been answered, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It kind of did. I should have another major concern, which is on the aspect of
funding because being the front-runner of this particular kind of event or move
would actually require a fund. You would actually need a fund to get education.
Go about that. Well, we received funding from Dabi.
Dabi, speak to that, please, because we have funding.
Yeah, we have funding from the NDC, and this aspect of it is included in our education budget,
right? So if we get women that are interested, then we are set to, you know, get them studying.
Yes, we already spoke with the NDC about it, and we have their support. So that is a
great question. Well, that's great. Spark. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Thanks, Sarah.
All right. Spark, make sure you invite your female friends. Let him join our community.
Come on. All right. Thank you, Andy. Your end has been raised. I don't know. Can you
ask a question? I don't know. I want to know if you are a guy or a lady.
Hello, can you hear me? Yeah. Thank you for bringing me up to speak.
Okay. Can you ask a question? It's an interactive and entertaining MA so far.
Thank you. So my question is,
partnership and community support is very important in terms of any project building.
So how do you intend, what is the strategy you use in order for you to know
how the community will be participating or will partner with you?
Hi, Sarah. Yeah, I lead partners. So I can hear you. That's great. Blessed is our
rock and our anchor and a great leader. So I will speak to the partnerships, but I also
think if Blessed is on the call that she could speak to the partnerships in terms of education,
she and Crick lead our partners for education. Andy, is your question, how are you going to
work well with people? Is that specifically what you're saying? Or are you asking what are the
sort of company partnerships that you're going to create? Can you help me understand a little bit
more? Like what are the partnership strategy you use to let the community know that partnership
with you is a good strategy? Got it. So right now the partnership group is doing something which
most big venture organizations or startups do, which is we're doing our research. Okay. Can't
really say why should you partner with us if you don't know who your audience is, you don't know
who your community is. And currently, where is no data about women training up or women
running blockchain projects in the world? Like we we've been looking for it. There's some
feet. There's some research on women and technology. There's some research on women in tech. Okay. But
as I described earlier, and we'll come back and talk about this more in detail is we're doing a
global research project on women and blockchain. We have partners and advisors from Zurich, from
Switzerland, venture capitalists. We have African leaders. We have South American leaders. We have
American women who are running blockchain projects, including blockchain nonprofits, but also
big venture firms. Okay. And we're really focused on what is it that women need? How do women grow
how do women support each other? How can women leverage blockchain? And I think that that is
really what we're doing. First, we recognize that we are 50% of the planet. Okay. And there's an
opportunity with only between three and 7% of projects being funded for women. That's an
opportunity. Right. So we are we have, first of all, we have an amazing marketing group led by
Dabi. We have an amazing social media team, and they're getting the word out. And now with these
partnerships with she fi, we're hoping to be working very extensively with Deb hub, we'd love
to work with Deb up more. You know, that's they're straight up legit. They're amazing organizations
that have shown a lot of results, and they believe in our team. So I guess the answer is blessed
answer this a little bit more. But my my I would just say, Andy, just just watch us, right? Just
watch us. We're gonna do amazing. You're gonna love you're gonna love working with us. Hey,
blessed are you there? Oh, blessed is not here. Sorry, that's Deb. Oh,
blessed requested to speak. Okay. Andy, so you hear from Sarah already. You know,
watch us watch. Thank you. Thank you so much. Um, treasure. Are you there?
Yes, I'm here. Can you? Oh, love your voice.
Actually, I've learned a lot this evening. And it's my first time. And I think I find it
very, very, very interesting. And education. Yeah, I definitely think actually invited me
actually, and well, thank you for your care. I love you. I actually at first used to think
crypto is a very boring space. And I find it interesting. Well, as it is now, I'm even in
love. It's like, I've been doing and performing very well in the crypto space. Just for the
dinos. Yeah, I joined. I joined the telegram page. And I think I've listened to all that Sarah has
said. And I think the projects and the vision of she's there is is a very good one. And I really
I'm looking forward to what's going to happen in the future, the education, the women,
bringing women into this space. I think here, women are not actually aware, we don't have this
awareness, awareness at all. I don't think we may really have that awareness, like we guys do.
I think guys are more in this space than women have. So I'm looking forward to inviting so many
women's right now. Like, I'm really enlightened and my eyes are open. I think I really want to
bring more women into this space. I know I can do that because I have this convincing spirit. So
I'm looking forward to the project on she's near and I would love to see what's and what's and
I'll be glad to participate in all. Thank you so much.
Oh, thank you. Thank you. Treasure for your time. Really great for your friends. Please
invite them. Thank you. By the way, I love your PFP. Thank you so much.
Hello, good evening. Can you hear me clearly? I've been having it.
Yeah, we can hear you. Thank you, ladies. Thank you, everybody, for being a part of this. Although
I don't know what has been discussed or anything that needs me to answer, maybe regarding our
move in education department, or maybe I'm very sure Sarah must have covered a whole lot.
But I wanted to add something to the question someone asked about why a company or a community
would like to partner with us as a women-based girl. Now, I think it also has to do with
perspective, right? Because partnering with a women-based community will actually help you see
things from a different perspective, especially when it comes to building tech for good, right?
Tech that people actually need, like something that solves actual problems. Some people build
technologies, they build products that aren't even needed, right? But when you partner with us,
you get to understand things from the women perspective and also realize something that
needs to be built. I was speaking with somebody else, and I was talking about a product I have in
mind, something I've been trying to build. Initially, I wanted to build it on Web 2,
but she was trying to convince me to build it on Web 3. Now, she explained to me how that will help
solve the issue of women when it comes to financial independence, when it comes to owning
assets, when it comes to being able to save, right? Because I was thinking of building a product where
people can either buy things outrightly. I was thinking of the perspective of hairs, like because
from the society I come from, women use, when it comes to hairs, a lot, wigs, a lot. And sometimes
people want to buy these products, but they don't have the money to pay outrightly, so it hinders
them. So I was thinking of building a product where people can actually deposit money into
their wallet, where they have a wallet that people can deposit money, and when they deposit, I wanted
it to be as seamless as possible that some people not even notice that, oh, I'm in Web 3, right? So
they deposit money, it is converted to stables, and they keep deposit maybe weekly or monthly,
and how they want to, and when their deposit is complete, the smart contracts will just
execute the transaction. This was what I was thinking about. So we were looking at it from
the point of view of women, right? Women who struggle to, who doesn't even have income, so they
can't, they can't buy things like that outrightly, right? So I feel that when you mix with women,
when you mix with the community that is focused on women, you get to understand some things,
it doesn't just, it's not even just about equality and equity and bridging the gender gaps in Web 3
by educating women, yes, educating women, producing women dev, it doesn't end there. It also have to
do with realizing what women actually need, realizing the actual product. When you converse
with them, you realize the things that should be built and how you can build tech that can be useful
and drive real-time users. So I think this is one of the ways I look at it among many others.
Now Sarah, please correct me if I'm wrong, I don't know if you've talked about our plans with Jutsu
that we are going to eat Denver and we're having a side event and we're going to be doing massive
marketing and just all of our plans with Jutsu and how we intend to onboard women and educate women
and teach them how to actually build real-time on Nia. I don't know if you've spoken about it.
We did, but you just beautifully tied it all up as usual and we are, I think that what I think
blessed is just identified that key reason why you want to partner with women. So yes, and blessed
we did, we promoted the hell out of it. Okay, that is awesome. I don't know if our link is
out or like linked somewhere under the post for the AMA. In case you have any woman that would
like to take the course, it's free. It's going to be a cohort and we'll be partnering with Jutsu.
So if you know anybody that is interested, please let them fill out the form,
let them join our DAO where we are always open and we are actively onboarding women,
regardless of where you're from, regardless of your region, your race. We are very,
very open as long as you identify as a woman, our DAO is for you.
Yeah, thank you, blessed for the explanation and for the light. Thank you. Sarah, do you,
I think it's Onha already. Do you have any background before we wrap up with the AMA?
No, I think that Hunter is hand raised.
I wanted to, you know, add to the onboarding. Please, if you're finding it difficult to navigate
or reach out to us, if you have any woman who wants to join the DAO, then you're finding it
difficult to reach out to us because our telegram is way private. So we know the people that are
going to join us that they are basically women or those that identify as women. So if you're
finding it's difficult to navigate, you can hit us here on Twitter and then we can answer you and
then get you onboarded into the group. All right. Thank you, Dabi. Sarah, do you have anything to say
before we wrap up today? I'm really grateful and really proud to be part of this community
of amazing women, all of whom teach me something. And we want to invite all of you and we're really
grateful to all the men for being here. Continue to believe in us, continue to believe in yourself
and spread the word to all of your friends that we were here. Thank you. Thanks for having us.
Thanks. Thank you, Sarah. Thank you, Dabi. Thank you for tuning in every one year.
We are really grateful for joining today's AMA. This will be the end of our AMA. But before we go,
I would like you to tell you that you should stay tuned as we are having another AMA tomorrow.
Stay tuned and be fine. Make sure you take water. Take water. Make sure you rest. Don't just
want yourself out. You are still human. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
for joining today's AMA. Have a nice day, nice night, everyone. Bye.