Help! I Need More Women
summary
The talk presents data showing low visibility of female role models lowers girls' interest and entry into tech, citing historically notable women (Ada Lovelace, ENIAC programmers, Grace Hopper) and recent cultural interventions (#ILookLikeAnEngineer, backlash to a Barbie coder book). It gives statistics (EU ~900,000 unfilled tech jobs in 2015, €9bn GDP upside if women with tech training join, Spanish CS students 11.7% female, Google/Facebook ~15% female) and proposes concrete actions: targeted workshops, directories, local meetups and visibility maps (63 women listed so far).
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:53Historical tech references
- 11:32Stereotypes in media
- 19:14Impact on girls
- 23:07Barriers internal and external
- 34:30Changing initiatives
- 45:05Call to action and closing
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