Women in Technology
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“Any time women come together with a collective intention, it’s a powerful thing.” - Phylicia Rashad
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A little something to get you to know more about Computer Science, check this out: The 10 Domains in Computer Science. To know more about the different fields in CS and access their resources, see here. This has allll the resources you need and more! ? Also take a look at Google's Tech Development Guide and Google Computer Science! It's a great place to start and grow.
If you want to start learning how to code, Codecademy is a great site for that! Once you know basic coding, get started! Dive into any one of these, and learn more as you progress.
Rewriting the Code is a growing virtual community of 10,000+ exceptional college and early career women with a passion for technology. They come from 700+ colleges and universities, and show their talent through engaging in projects, internships, hackathons, and volunteering for good.
ACM-W supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women.
She Gazette is a community for female students. They provide constant reminders about year-round scholarships, conferences and other programs. The community helps students connect with past achievers to educate, equip and empower them. They endeavor to elevate the academic pursuits of ambitious students by guaranteeing awareness about opportunities, followed by constant guidance, and help women embrace technology.
STEM4Girls works to bring fun, educational workshops and camps available garner the interest of young minds in the hopes that it will help them throughout their lives.
GirlScript is working to change lives by imparting tech education and relevant skills. GirlScript is a non-profit project to support women in technology. We do it by imparting skills online and offline.
DevelopHER to champion tech women and mentor fellow female engineers on the importance of negotiation and building their worth.
SheCodes is a community of women which provides coding workshops to women who are looking to have a career in technology.
Women in Technology empowers girls and women to excel in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM) from the classroom to the boardroom. We do this by providing female students in middle school, high school, and college with education, exposure, and experience. By sharing the stories of successful professionals across the STEAM fields, we encourage all generations of girls and women to write their future.
When you become a part of Women Who Code you gain access to programs and services that are designed to help you step up your tech career. We have over 200,000 members who are career-aged tech professionals operating at each level of the industry.
LearnIT Girl!: Their aim is to help women learn a programming language while doing an awesome project! But don't worry, you're not alone in this journey, each scholar has a mentor that guides them on their path. There are many roads you can take and we will make sure you go on the one that is best for you - without missing out on the important features of the chosen language.
Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like and does.
At Girls Teaching Girls to Code (GTC), we empower college girls pursuing Computer Science and Engineering to connect with local high school girls and inspire them through mentorship and applied projects.
PyLadies aims to provide a friendly support network for women and a bridge to the larger Python world. Anyone with an interest in Python is encouraged to participate!
Girls in Tech is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the gender gap in tech.
BUILT BY GIRLS prepares female and non-binary students to step boldly into careers powered by technology.
Girl Devleop It is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable programs for adult women and non-binary individuals to learn web and software development in a judgement free environment.
TechGirlz inspires middle school girls to explore the possibilities of technology to empower their future careers. TechGirlz is accomplishing its mission through the creation of free, fun, interactive “TechShopz” led by industry professionals, community leaders, and students.
Through community-based programs and philanthropy, Google works to connect students from underrepresented groups to computer science education and to connect them to the tools they need to build skills for their futures. Click here
Step Up propels girls living or going to school in under-resourced communities to fulfill their potential by empowering them to become confident, college-bound, career-focused, and ready to join the next generation of professional women.
WooTech provides a mentorship platform to women in technology and guide them in their career. The mentorship platform is open to everyone including students, working professionals or just anyone curious about technology.
Harvard WECode runs the largest student-run women in tech conference in the world. Their mission is to cultivate the next generation of technical leaders, foster a network and community among collegiate engineers, and promote more female representation in the technical industry.
Rails Girls aims to give tools and a community for women to understand technology and to build their ideas. They provide self-hosted events to help women get introduced to the world of technology and learn about sketching, prototyping, basic programming, etc. with an emphasis on the Ruby language and Rails framework.
Ada's List is an email based group that is open to all women (trans, intersex and cis) and all nonbinary people who are committed to changing the tech industry. It provides a space for women and nonbinary people around the world to connect with each other and feel open to talk about professional topics, share job opportunities, find mentors, etc. in order to encourage a more inclusive and diverse environment in the tech industry.
Women in Data Science The Women in Data Science initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field. Since 2015, WiDS is a global movement that includes a number of worldwide initiatives, as conferences, datathons, podcasts, an education outreach program and a workshop series.
Muses Code JS Community to programming for the first time or, if you already code, to learn something new about JavaScript and/or Node.js. The half day coding bootcamps are a great opportunity to grow your network and meet new people with similar interests.
Good First Issue when we think they are well suited for people who are new to the codebase or OSS in general.Amber Gordon, Founder of Femsplain:
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