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Web Resources for CS
Opportunities for Women
By
Jacky Hanny
Janice Hill
Shannon Houtrouw
Barry Specter
Anita Borg Institute for
Women and Technology
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Inspired women to embrace technology
Key to including women in technological
revolution as active participants
Founded Systers Online 1987
Co-Founded 1994 Grace Hopper Institute
In 1999 selected by President Clinton to
Commission on STEM
Broke through Silicon Ceiling
http://anitaborg.org/about/mission
www.anitaborg.org/initiatives/grace-hopper-celebration-india/
ACM and ACM-W
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Association of Computing Machinery
 World’s largest educational and scientific
computing society
 ACM-W
 www.acm.org/women
 women.acm.org
DotDiva.org
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http://www.dotdiva.org
 Geared towards high school girls
 Goal is to transform the negative perception
of computer science
 Students choose what they are interested in
and the site shows how computer science
relates to that topic and also shows women
who are in the computer science field
Carnegie Mellon University
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Site contains career information that will be of
interest to students, administrators and counselors.
 It is one of the most comprehensive sites for
women on the net including information on
careers, specific job opportunities, industry trends
and reasons why a woman would want a career in
CS.
 University sponsors the TechNights program that
targets young women. to consider a career in CS.
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http://women.cs.cmu.edu/technights/
http://www.women.cs.cmu.edu/Resources/JobsResearch/
Thank You