Women & Free Software -or just computer tech
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Debian Women
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It's often quite hard to convince a girl that she is skilled in programming, although she actually is. *true story* by Nov 8
Ok ! I could have think that women's code was better ! by Nov 8
What is rare is expensive. Women's work on free software projects is rare. So it's... valuable :oD by Nov 6
: Girls In Tech :
The Teslas and Newtons of history have already received enough attention, thank you very much. Ever since science started being a thing, the ladies have always played an integral role in keeping human knowledge marching forward, they just lacked the same social and political standings as their male contemporaries, therefore ranking far lower on the public relations hierarchy. Every March marks Women’s History Month, which honors the oft-marginalized demographics within math, science, technology, engineering, and (obviously) disciplines beyond.
JDuchess - Java women community
GeeCON is a conference focused on Java and Java Virtual Machine based technologies, with special attention to dynamic languages like Groovy and Ruby. GeeCON is a forum for sharing experiences about modern software development methodologies, enterprise architectures, software craftsmanship, design patterns, distributed computing and more!Home PyLadies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings .
PyLadies - Python women comunity
Systers - Institute for Women and Technology
About | FAQ | 25th Anniversary | Best of Systers Systers is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing.
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Systers is an international community of 3,000 women involved in technical-computing founded by Anita Borg in 1987 as a small electronic mailing list for women in “systems”. Today, Systers broadly promotes the interests of women in the computing and technology fields.
CyberMentor
CyberMentor ist ein Mentoring-Programm für Mädchen und Frauen, die sich für MINT ( M athematik, I nformatik, N aturwissenschaften und T echnik) interessieren oder neugierig darauf sind, den MINT-Bereich auf eine spannende Art und Weise zu erleben.
TechNixen.net - Frauen in der Computertechnik
Die FrOSCon, eine zweitägige Konferenz für NutzerInnen und EntwicklerInnen von Freier und Open Source Software, findet dieses Jahr zum siebten Mal an der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin bei Bonn statt. Im Vordergrund steht ein reichhaltiges Vortragsprogramm, das aktuelle Themen aus dem Bereich Freie Software und Open Source beleuchtet.GNOME Women is a group dedicated to providing encouragement for women to contribute to GNOME , a free and open-source GNU/Linux and Unix desktop suite. The Outreach Program for Women encourages women to get involved in GNOME anytime throughout the year and organizes internships in GNOME for women. The next internships dates are from May 21 to August 20, 2012.
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Ubuntu Women - Home
On Saturday, 26 November 2011, over 250 schoolgirls from Brussels descended on the International School of Brussels , host to the second annual Greenlight@Brussels Day, an event promoting science, technology engineering and mathematics ("STEM") to 11-15 year old girls. With over 100 hands-on workshops run by role-model scientists, engineers and technology experts, and a Fun Lab full of the latest high-tech gadgetry and science experiments, attendees were exposed to a wide array of exciting activities to inspire them to pursue technical studies and careers. The event was also officially part of EU Robotics Week and the International Year of Chemistry 2011 .
greenlight for girls - Home
In 1987, 42% of the software developers in America were women.