Girl Geeks Want To Be Heard
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| Audience/Grade: | 9 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Engineering Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity |
| Special Topic(s): |
Women and Information Technology |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Wired News |
| Description: | This paper reviews past literature to understand why there are so few women in IT fields. Next, the paper introduces the SWIFT program , which is a program aiming to understand and challenge the low numbers of women in the IT field. The paper ends with a discussion of the SWIFT project, and plans for its future. Keywords:gender equity, women and information technology |
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| Keywords: | gender equity industry glass ceiling |
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| Publication Date: | November 2000 |
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WWW |
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| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39958,00.html |
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| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
ACM Women in Computing
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