OUR STORY

AspireHer was born from lived experience and navigating tech spaces, where talent was abundant, but opportunity, representation, and belonging were not equally accessible.
As a Muslim woman, a woman of colour, an engineer, product leader, and mother, our founder spent years working across technology and leadership roles while quietly carrying the weight of being the only one in the room.
The skills were there. The ambition was there. The impact was there. Yet the systems were not always built to see, support, or sustain women like her.
Over time, one truth became impossible to ignore: brilliance alone is insufficient when structural barriers exist. And so, AspireHer began; not as a company, but as a calling.

Why AspireHer exists

Across the UK tech ecosystem, women, especially Muslim women, women of colour, migrants, and mothers, continue to face:
  • Limited access to early and mid‑career opportunities.
  • Lack of representation in leadership and decision‑making roles.
  • Work cultures that overlook psychological safety and well-being.
  • Mentorship that is either inaccessible or not culturally aware.
 
AspireHer exists to change that. We are here to bridge the gap between potential and opportunity, and ensure that women are not only invited into tech spaces but are supported to thrive, lead, and shape the future.

Our mission

To create equitable, psychologically safe pathways into and through tech by empowering underrepresented women and working with employers to build truly inclusive, diverse, and human‑centred workplaces.
 
AspireHer exists at the intersection of talent and responsibility.
 
We support women across cultures, identities, and life stages to access skills, confidence, community, and opportunities in tech. At the same time, we partner with employers who want to move beyond performative diversity and do the real work of inclusion: designing environments where women can belong, grow, and stay.
Inclusion, to us, is not about numbers alone. It is about psychological safety, dignity, fairness, and long‑term opportunity, for people and for organisations alike.

Our vision

We envision a future where:
  • Women from all backgrounds feel a deep. sense of belonging in tech.
  • Leadership reflects the diversity of the communities it serves.
  • Career growth does not come at the cost of well-being or identity.
  • Technology is shaped by voices that are often unheard.
 
A future where women don’t have to work twice as hard to be seen because the system finally sees them.

From purpose to action

AspireHer transforms intention into impact through carefully designed programmes, mentoring, and community‑led initiatives.
 
Our work focuses on:
  • Skills development, building technical, leadership, and career‑readiness skills.
  • Mentorship & coaching, offering guidance rooted in empathy and lived experience.
  • Community & belonging, creating safe spaces where women feel seen and supported.
  • Access & opportunity, connecting women to pathways in tech, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
 
Through programmes such as Her Code, Her Tech Journey, and Future Makers, we support women at different stages of their careers, from first steps into tech to stepping confidently into leadership.

Our impact so far

AspireHer is proud to be a growing social enterprise creating meaningful change:
  • Supporting women from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
  • Partnering with organisations aligned with tech for good.
  • Delivering programmes rooted in inclusion, wellbeing, and long‑term growth.
  • Building a community where women uplift one another, not compete.
 
While numbers matter, stories matter more. Every woman who finds confidence, clarity, or courage through AspireHer is part of our impact.

Meet the founder

AspireHer was founded by a senior engineering and product leader with over a decade of experience across technology, startups, and scale‑ups.
 
With a background in computer engineering, business, and people leadership, Rana brings both technical depth and human‑centred leadership to everything AspireHer does.
 
Her journey, shaped by migration, motherhood, leadership, and resilience, is the heart of AspireHer. She believes deeply that when women are supported holistically, they don’t just succeed, they transform the spaces they enter.

Join the story

AspireHer is more than an organisation; it is a movement built on courage, compassion, and collective growth.
 
Whether you are:
  • A woman seeking guidance or opportunity,
  • An organisation looking to create meaningful inclusion,
  • A partner who believes in tech for good
 
There is space for you here. Join our community, partner with us, and grow with AspireHer.
 
Because when women rise, communities rise with them.
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