PHP, Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. PHP Women Our aim is to provide a network of support and mentorship to women, help women become more involved with PHP, increase our numbers at conferences as speakers and attendees, and provide a “female friendly” work atmosphere.

PyLadies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings.

PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support network for women and a bridge to the larger Python world. Anyone with an interest in Python is encouraged to participate!

Rails Girls - Get started with tech

The of Rails Grils aim is to give tools and a community for women to understand technology and to build their ideas. Theydo this by providing a great experience on building things and by making technology more approachable.

Learn sketching, prototyping, basic programming and get introduced to the world of technology. Rails Girls was born in Finland, but is nowadays a global, non-profit volunteer community. Welcome to join! or Follow us on twitter

First event, held in Helsinki in November 2010 got over 100 interested girls signed-up for the workshop.

Since then the free events have expanded to Shanghai, Singapore, Tallinn, Berlin, Krakow and many more attracting thousands of girls to the world of web building. Rails Girls aims to open up technology and make it more approachable for girls and women.

The weekend event is free and open to all enthusiastic girls and women. Rails for Girls wants to empower girls to build the capacity and acquire the tools to conquer the last online frontier.

All events are organized together with local partners. A list of our local coaches.

Rails Girls also open-sourced the guides to organizing events. You can find them at guides.railsgirls.com

Savana Signatures’ strategy is inspired by Ghana’s vision of a just and free society. Savana Signatures (SavSign) has therefore aligned her mission and vision with two priorities of the Medium-Term Development Strategy initiated in 2009- the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda. 

With a mission of “to equip youth, women and vulnerable groups with ICT skills for their personal and professional development through the innovative use of ICT” and a vision of a “society where relevant information, knowledge and skills for development are enhanced by equal access to and use of ICT”, Savana Signatures intends to focus on the use of ICT to contribute to Ghana’s vision through human resource development and transparent and accountable government agencies.

Vision

A society where relevant information, knowledge and skills for development are enhanced by equal access to and use of ICT.

Since 2011, ACSA has provided scholarships to women studying for their Bachelors and Masters degrees in fields relating to information security.  These $5000 to $10,000 scholarships provide assistance to women at formative stages of their careers.  With the addition of HP’s multi-year financial commitment to this program starting with the 2014-15 academic year, ACSA was able to increase the number of scholarships, in turn helping to increase the number of women in the field.

The Women’s TechConnect Initiative is designed in partnership with Women in Technology honorees, WICT and SCTE to provide a mentoring relationship between senior and rising cable technology professionals to help educate and retain women in the technology fields of the cable industry.  This formal mentorship program will pair WIT honoree mentors, each of whom is a leader and innovator, alongside less-tenured, though high-potential, women in technology fields.  The goal of the program is to provide a crucial support system to better equip mentees to overcome workplace challenges, while helping them rise through the cable ranks until they themselves become the leaders and innovators.  WICT and SCTE will support the mentors/mentees by providing online resources and tools, underwriting event registrations and memberships, as well as a sense of community, as the designated mentees embark on their mentoring journey.

For more information, please contact:

SCTE: 
Cathy Oakes
SVP, Operations
140 Philips Road
Exton, PA 19341-1318
Phone: 610.594.7328
Fax: 610.363.2391

WICT:
Parthavi Das
SVP, Strategic Alliances
14555 Avion Parkway, Ste. 250
Chantilly, VA 20151
Phone: 703.234.9803
Fax: 703.817.1595

SmartWoman is a mobile service supporting the advancement of women around the world.

SmartWoman Nigeria offers practical advice for women to help them improve their lives, their business performance, be more efficient and effective in their jobs; generate new employment opportunities; connect directly with like-minded women for mentoring and build self-confidence.

Organisation that puts girls in contact with women working in technology, offering workshops and other technology-related events such as hackathons.

TechFuture Careers aims to bring the tech sector to life for 14 to 19 year-olds with interactive content to encourage students to consider a tech career, video profiles of inspiring tech professionals from a range of different sectors and clear, up-to date information on the routes into the tech sector.

Promote positive role models to encourage and raise awareness of information technology careers for girls.

A 3-week intensive skills development program aimed at inspiring girls from the Middle East and North Africa to pursue careers in technology. 

Summer camps and workshops to give girls hands on experiences with technology and inspire them to follow careers in technology.

Techsploration is a program designed to provide young women with opportunities to explore trades, technical and technology-related occupations, while creating an awareness about the critical role of work in their lives. It also helps them understand the significance of high school math and science to their future careers. This site focuses on skills training.

TechWomen is an initiative of the US State Department that pairs women in Silicon Valley with their counterparts in the Middle East and North Africa to create exchange programs at leading technology companies. Using innovative technologies, cutting-edge content, and social networking tools, TechWomen fosters and develops the next generation of women leaders in the technology field by providing women and girls with the access and opportunity needed to pursue tech-based careers.

$5,000 scholarship that can be used for educational and professional development, including coding bootcamps, online coding courses, and textbooks.  Also includes a year of weekly mentoring.