halftheskymovement: “ In 1984, 38% of computer science degrees were awarded to women; today, women represent less than 12% of computer science majors. Across the United States, 0.3% of high school girls express interest in studying computer...

halftheskymovement:

In 1984, 38% of computer science degrees were awarded to women; today, women represent less than 12% of computer science majors. Across the United States, 0.3% of high school girls express interest in studying computer science.

Girls Who Code, a program founded in 2012 by Reshma Saujani, stands to close the STEM gender gap. By pairing intensive instruction in computer science with mentorship and exposure from the industry’s leading entrepreneurs and engineers, Girls Who Code provides the motivation and training to young women who aspire to break into the technology and engineering fields.

This June marked the launch of the 2013 Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Programs, in which 160 young women in New York City, Detroit, San Jose, Davis, and San Francisco, were selected to participate through a competitive application and review process. In each of its 8-week Summer Immersion Programs, Girls Who Code will embed 20 young women inside eight partner companies—Twitter, Intel, eBay, Goldman Sachs, AT&T, GE, Cornell Tech, and IAC—from 9am to 5pm each day, where each girl will receive hands-on experience in programming fundamentals, web development and design, robotics, and mobile development, tour the halls of Google, Microsoft and Twitter, and meet with the likes of Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey.

Learn more about Girls Who Code here.

(via instinctiveinnovation)

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