Here are some links to articles, blog posts and websites about women in computing and FLOSS. We will be publishing these kinds of links for time to time concerning these topics, in order to have an overview of what’s new and what is currently going on. IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out [...]
Barbie has had 124 careers since 1959: she was a princess, a rock star, an Olympic champion, an air hostess and an astronaut. Toy company Mattel has launched a contest to determine their next Barbie doll’s occupation and she has finally received her 125th job: she will be a computer engineer. According to the director [...]
Summary of an article written by Mathilde Cristiani Indian girls are massively interested in computer sciences and engineering jobs1. The number of girl teenagers following theses studies has increased by 125% in 2008. They are attracted by information and communication technologies related to environment or electric resources, but not so much by nuclear or aerospace [...]
It’s been a while since the last WoMoz update. FOSDEM has been an update in itself thanks to the WoMoz side-sessions we have led there. Here’s what’s happened in the WoMoz project since then: WoMoz IRC Meetings are now held twice a month, at 17:00 UTC (9am PST). More info here We’ve finished establishing our [...]
Summary of the article “Geeks drive girls out of computer science” written by Jeanna Bryner The stereotype of computer scientists as geeks may be driving women away from the field. Women can be turned off by just the physical environment of a computer-science classroom or office. When we think about computer science, we immediately think [...]