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Calling All Computer Science Women?

Posted by Cliff on from the breaking-the-gender-barrier dept.

SemiBarbaricPrincess asks: "I'm currently in the middle of starting a 'Women In Computer Science' group at my college, and I'm wondering what other groups are out there, and what they do to help boost the number of women in CS." Slashdot last touched on this subject in this article from January. For the women readers in our audience: what do you think would be helpful in attracting more women to the world of computing?

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  1. You've got a start by Descartes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think the existance of such a group is a good start. Not being a woman, I can't give the best advice in this area, but I've heard studies that girls tend to perform better in elementary school when they are in all female classes.

    The best place to start would probably be to just get some friends together and have a couple meetings and see where things go. I haven't known any feminists to be CS nerds (except myself) but you might try starting with your college's feminist group. We started a vegetarian club by going to the social advocacy and environmental clubs to recuit. Other than that I would just announce meetings in class, write on whiteboards, put up flyers, etc. Oh yeah, one more thing, find a female CS professor who would be willing to sponsor the group, I've always felt like the clubs I've been in got more accomplished when we had a faculty member there.

    Good Luck!