This year, new research shows that there is still a long way to go to achieve gender equality in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain. WEF’s April 2021 Global Gender Gap Report found that it will take nearly 135.6 years to achieve Bridging the gender gap Due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, this has not stopped these women who use blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to solve a series of social problems ranging from girls’ education in developing countries to the gap between rich and poor in black American communities.

In no particular order, these 10 women use encryption technology to change the world one block at a time.

Tavonia Evans

Tavonia Evans is the founder and chief engineer of GUAP Coin. She created the coin to help bridge the gap between rich and poor and support businesses owned by black Americans. Despite being hospitalized due to COVID-19 and facing massive funding cuts, Evans said her company has achieved more this year than ever before.

“We have brought hundreds of women of color to the Masternode space, which is an encryption field dominated by men,” she told Cointelegraph. 70% of GUAP nodes are owned by women of color.

“Our visits and education in cryptocurrency and finance have stimulated awareness of cryptocurrency among people with less access to education – and we will continue to do so.”

This year, the company recruited the first batch of physical merchants. It also launched the xGUAP wrapper on the Binance Smart Chain.

Lisa Wade

Lisa Wade is the recipient of the 2021 Blockchain Australia Annual Gender and Diversity Leadership Award, which recognizes her work in advocating women and LGBTIQ+ people in the blockchain industry.

She is the founder of NEOMI, an investment ecosystem that connects charitable entrepreneurs seeking to raise funds with investors seeking real impact investments. Wade explained to Cointelegraph:

“NEOMI has a set of insights into our theory of change that supports LGBTI and female entrepreneurs.”

Wade is also the chairman of NAB Pride and pioneered the Australian bank’s “Rainbow Women” program, which provides LGBTIQ+ women with a space to talk about issues that hinder their career development in the financial sector.

She also continued to engage in environmental activities and co-founded a blockchain project called Project Carbon, which tokenizes voluntary carbon credits.

Oleinka Alderniland

Olayinka Odeniran is the founder and chairman of the Black Women’s Blockchain Council (BWBC), which is working to increase the number of black women’s blockchain developers to 500,000 by 2030.

In the past year, BWBC and Blockchain software company Consensys Help African people around the world participate in encryption.

She also opened a room called “What the hell is a blockchain” on Clubhouse, a social audio application, and a community website where members can establish connections and learn about everything from non-fungible tokens (NFT) to decentralized All content of the DAO.

If this is not enough to keep her busy, she also released a socially influential NFT series Cyber ??Mermaid through The Dope Sea, a non-profit organization for marine conservation.

In 2022, Odeniran plans to hold a one-month event for Women’s History Month in March and release a new plan to teach African women about NFT and blockchain knowledge.

Maliha Abidi

Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American writer and internationally renowned visual artist. She founded the “Women Rise NFT” this year. A collection of 10,000 NFTs Representing different women from all over the world Including activists, artists, scientists, and programmers.

The series has appeared on the front page of Rarible and DCentral Miami. Abidi also had an artist residency program during Art Basel Miami.

According to Abidi, the 2,350 NFTs from the collection so far total more than 150 ether (Ethereum), approximately $591,000, has been sold to 1,200 unique buyers, including some well-known personalities such as Randi Zuckerberg and Gary Vee. 10% of the total project proceeds will be donated to charities supporting women and children.

Abidi’s main project next year will be to create the world’s first Yuanjie school for marginalized children from all over the world.

Lavinia Osborne

Lavinia Osbourne is the founder and host of Women’s Blockchain Talk (WiBT), a female-led education platform in the UK where women can connect and learn about the blockchain. She told Cointelegraph:

“Getting started in this revolutionary field is the key to change and adoption, so women in the blockchain conversation want people-especially women and marginalized groups-to do this as easily as possible.”

This year, WiBT launched the “Let 50,000 Women Enter the Blockchain by 2023.” Osborne explained to Cointelegraph that this will “show that blockchain is for everyone and highlight different ways to participate in the field” .

Osbourne also created the upcoming female-centric Crypto Kweens NFT market, which is currently being built on the Rarible agreement.

WiBT has introduced a Middle East ambassador to expand its international influence on women and marginalized groups who want to learn about blockchain technology through translated versions of its educational materials.

Jane Grayson

Jen Greyson is an advocate for the empowerment of women through cryptocurrency in Utah and a board member of the Blockchain Academy (KBA) in Kerala, India.

KBA trains women to become leaders in the fields of STEM and blockchain. In 2021, it launched several new blockchain courses, including two free basic courses. The college has trained nearly 7,000 students this year, and in less than four months, more than 6,000 students have registered for basic courses.

She told Cointelegraph: “The blockchain training program aims to provide start-ups and individuals with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to enter the industry.” Grayson further added:

“Although my hometown of Utah is even struggling to equip every student in every school around the world with a computer, KBA did this in response to the pandemic in 2021.”

This year, the Academy’s vaccine traceability solution, Immunochain, was selected as the Kerala government health plan. KBA has also developed a blockchain-driven multi-party document signing and verification system called Sign-A-Doc.

In 2022, Greyson will launch NFT podcasts and academies, “focusing on bringing more encryption education to women.”

Manasivola

In May of this year, Manasia Vora co-founded Komorebi Collective on Syndicate, becoming the first investment DAO focused on funding women and non-binary crypto founders.

She is also the founder of the non-profit Blockchain Women’s Organization (WIB), which aims to provide women with a space where they can mentor each other on blockchain and cryptocurrency. “Our goal is to connect women with thought leaders in this field to inspire, collaborate, and encourage others,” she said in a post on LinkedIn. December 15th, WIB Tweet:

“Encryption is about shared abundance and shared ownership. But if underrepresented communities are not included in architecture, design, and decision-making, this is impossible!”

Roya Mabubu

Roya Mahboob is not only an internationally recognized activist, but also one of the few female tech CEOs in Afghanistan, but was forced to flee when the Taliban took over the country in September this year.

She is the founder and CEO of Afghanistan Citadel Software Company (ACSC), where more than half of the employees are women. Since many Afghan women cannot use traditional bank accounts, she uses Bitcoin to pay employees’ salaries. In an interview with CoinDesk in August, she said:

“If young people can understand computers, they can understand Bitcoin. Now everyone wants to learn how to access Bitcoin. They need it.”

She is also a board member and president of the Digital Citizenship Fund (DCF), a non-profit organization that aims to educate girls and women in developing countries about technology and finance.

Mahboob is also a member of the advisory board of the Forbes School of Business at Ashford University and recently created EdyEdy, a platform to help young people in developing countries learn practical digital literacy skills.

Cliff Messido

Cleve Mesidor is My pursuit of politics and cryptocurrency justice, And former officials of the Obama administration.

She was appointed as the public policy consultant of the Blockchain Association in March this year and was appointed by the mayor of the DC Innovation and Technology Inclusion Committee.

She is also the founder of the National Women of Color Policy Network Blockchain and LOGOS, which is a social platform for activists on the blockchain.

Alakanani Itirelen

Alakanani Itireleng, “Ms. Bitcoin” in Botswana, is the CEO of the Satoshi Nakamoto Center, which is responsible for educating her community members how to make money through encryption and blockchain technology.

This self-funded center is developing an incubator where startups will be able to establish contacts with potential sponsors or mentors.

She has campaigned for the Bank of Botswana to regulate and legalize Bitcoin as legal tender, and is also developing a local encrypted wallet that can be directly connected to a regular ATM.

In an interview with Forbes in July, Itireleng Say, “I feel that Bitcoin has some unique features, different from ordinary legal tender.” She further added: “I always call it the currency of love.”