Women Want to Learn Tech: Lessons from the Czechitas Education Project
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering |
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| Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00013 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00013 |
| Keywords | Software Engineering; Education; Women |
| Description | While it is understood by women that tech fluency might act as a powerful career accelerator or even a new career direction towards software engineering, this awakening often comes after graduation from a different field, when it is difficult for the women to make the shift towards tech and computing. In this paper, we report on our experience with running a successful education non-profit called Czechitas, which shows that women in their 20s and 30s are (maybe surprisingly) highly interested in learning tech, they just need a helping hand and tailored assistance, encouragement and guidance. |