Knowledge: computers and internet
See Also:
- computers
- society → issues → science and technology → computers
- society → people → women → on the web
Links
- Womenspace
http://www.womenspace.ca/ - Women activists share stories and explore how the internet is being used by women. Also features Canadian women's internet directory.
- Women and Computing
http://www.cpsr.org/dox/program/gender/ - General information about women and computers, conference information, and categorized links. Maintained by the Palo Alto chapter of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
- Recruiting Girls and Women to Technology
http://www.techup.org/tech/tech_main.html - About efforts in California to raise the percentage of women in computer programming training.
- Systers
http://www.systers.org/ - An informal organization for technical women in computing.
- Center for Women & Information Technology
http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/ - The Center for Women and Information Technology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Gender Issues with Computers
http://www.rajivshah.com/directory/Social_Issues/Gender/ - News articles highlighting the role of gender with computers.
- GenderChanger Academy
http://www.genderchangers.org/ - A nonprofit organization located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It is run by female volunteers only. They encourage women to crash computers and to put them all back together again. Preferably with an improved installation.
- WomenIT
http://www.vixa.com/womenit/ - A job site for women in the Information Technology industry.
- The Ada Project
http://tap.mills.edu/ - Provides resources for women in computer science; job hunting resources and grant information.
- Women's Internet Council
http://www.rain.org/wic/ - The resource clearinghouse for RAIN Network's Women's Internet Council.
- WIT - Women in Information Technology
http://www.wit.org.au/ - A network of members in Queensland focussed on the advancement of women in technology industries.
- ACM Committee on Women in Computing
http://women.acm.org/ - Celebrates, informs and supports women in computing, and works with the ACM-W community of computer scientists, educators, employers and policy makers to improve working and learning environments for women.
- Women In Technology
http://www.womeninit.net/ - Originally founded by Jerry McDonough at the School of Information Management & Systems, the site has morphed somewhat over the years, and now also covers science, research, engineering, and other technology-related fields, but has tried to stay true to Jerry's original vision.
- Women-Related Lists for Internet Information
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/f_net.html - Email lists that focus on the internet and cyberculture.
- Equalitec
http://www.equalitec.org.uk/equalitec_main/index.cfm - A UK project for women in ITEC. Equalitec conducts research, offers career information, student work placements, training workshops, and, in conjuction with the Daphne Jackson Trust, industrial placements for women returners.
- ICT Gender Awards
http://www.genderawards.net - Awards for projects by women using ICT's for the promotion of gender equality and/or women's empowerment.
- Debian Women
http://women.debian.org/ - Seeks to balance and diversify the Debian Project by actively engaging with interested women and encouraging them to become more involved with Debian (Linux distribution).
- The Eclectic Tech Carnival
http://eclectictechcarnival.org - A gathering of women interested in technology. The week-long carnival includes workshops on installing open source and free software, looking at Linux, building websites, other chat and conferencing software.
- Girl Tech
http://teachertech.rice.edu/ - Getting girls interested in computers. Include tips and links.
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