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marion mulder(she/her)
futurist & sense-maker on ai, technology and inclusion at marionmulder.com
about
my story began with a quiet discomfort. working with technology and innovation, i sensed a gap between what systems promised and how people actually experienced them. voices were missed, nuances flattened, and care often treated as secondary. at the same time, i saw the immense potential of technology to reflect our values and shape more balanced futures. that tension became my compass. it drew me to questions of gender, power, and inclusion — not as problems to fix, but as invitations to design technology that honours our full humanity.
who is a woman (past or present) you wish more people knew about, and why?
i always find hedy lamarr very inspiring. she was best known for being an hollywood actrice from the 1940s but at the same time she was also an inventor who co-patented a frequency hopping technology we now use every day in bluetooth and wifi. she was able to combine her femininity and brilliant mind and tech innovation skills in a day and age where that was very uncommon.
marionmulder.com
i joined this campaign because equality is not a destination, but a practice — especially as ai and technology increasingly shape how power, opportunity, and visibility flow through our world. women are half of humanity, and every person carries both feminine and masculine qualities, yet our systems still reflect only a narrow slice of human experience. from my work with leaders and organisations, i see how easily old patterns are coded into new technologies. i believe we can design futures that honour our full humanity — if we choose to do so consciously.