Category: Women in Repair

Learn about some of the incredible women from around the world who repair their devices.

Happy International Women’s Day!

Everybody can repair. This is something we say often, and we mean it. Repair is something that you can learn. No matter who you are. Today is International Women’s Day,…

March 8, 2024

by Maria Parker - iFixit

What's In Your Toolbox?

iPad Rehab’s Microsoldering Mom: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today we’re featuring Jessa Jones of iPad Rehab, who is…

May 12, 2023

by Gwendalyn Garcia - iFixit

Fixers

Advice for Female Fixers from the Women of iFixit

March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day—a day to celebrate the achievements of women all over the world. This year’s theme, #BreakTheBias, is a reminder to…

March 8, 2022

by Olivia Webb

iFixit

Ladies of iFixit Earn 1 Million in Reputation

The Ladies of iFixit have earned 1 million in reputation! This collective milestone is thanks to a wonderful group of women fixers, each of whom contribute to iFixit’s community by…

January 10, 2022

by Kris Rodriguez - iFixit

Tech News

Becky Stern: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today’s post features Becky Stern, an all-around, multi-purpose maker, explainer, tinkerer, instructor.…

July 26, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

What's In Your Toolbox?

Erica Griffin: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today we’re featuring Erica Griffin, a self-described “technology nerd who likes to…

July 12, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Right to Repair

Lina Khan Is the New FTC Chair, and That’s Great for Repair

News leaked on Tuesday that antitrust expert Lina Khan won’t just be joining the Federal Trade Commission as a new commissioner, she’ll also be appointed as the FTC’s new Chair.…

June 15, 2021

by Kerry Sheehan

How To

What You Should Know Before You Fix: iPhones

If you want to fix an iPhone, we’ve almost certainly got a guide for you at iFixit. You can swap the battery in an iPhone 3GS, the front camera on…

November 10, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Fixers

Beauty and the Bolt’s Xyla Foxlin: What’s In Your Toolbox?

This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today we’re featuring Xyla Foxlin, executive director of Beauty and the…

April 21, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Activism

Meet the Woman Behind the Repair Café Movement

This article was originally written on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the first Repair Café in 2019, and International Repair Day. To commemorate this notable week for repair,…

October 17, 2019

by Dorothea Kessler