Members of the Senior Executive Service host the Parenting Outreach sessions, and chat with the parents about their experiences of working and parenting. The structure of these events is flexible, and toys and games are provided for the children. Women’s Leadership Council ASD’s Women’s Leadership Council aims to drive equal gender representation in ASD, ensuring we make best use of the talent pool available. Acknowledging that we are an organisation with a high number of technical roles, the Women’s Leadership Council vision is to initiate and drive positive action around recruitment, recognition, retention and representation. Girls Programming Network ASD lead the Canberra chapter of the Girls Programming Network (GPN), which is a free quarterly coding workshop for up to 100 girls aged between 11 and 17. The GPN aims to inspire and support girls to consider careers in computing and technology. It is coordinated and run by female volunteers within ASD, other technical organisations and tertiary students. The workshops are suitable for all abilities and include coding training, mentoring and the opportunity to demonstrate new skills to parents and carers at the end of the day. Curious Minds Program ASD provides several mentors for the Curious Minds program, which encourages girls in year nine to year 11 to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) by matching them with female coaches who work in STEM fields. In July 2019, ASD hosted a cyber/maths event for 63 girls in the Curious Minds program which included engaging workshops and problem solving challenges to inspire the girls to consider careers in STEM. ASD Cyber EXP ASD Cyber EXP is an interactive online program for high school and university students to gain experience points in a cyber-security incident response operation. The experience is based on real-life scenarios and provides a taste of what it is like on the front lines of cyber security within ASD. All program content was designed to ensure gender balance so that students could see equal representation in technical and cyber roles. esafety.gov.au/parents