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Ladies, show off your code.

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Black Woman Engineer Launches 'Blind' Job Match App To Take Bias Out Of Tech Hiring

Lampkin hopes women, people of color, members of the LGBT community and other minorities in Silicon Valley who may feel alienated by job search tools that prominently display one's name and headshot will feel comfortable using Blendoor.

Good job, Forbes, for the title. Let’s take out the bias shall we? Would the article have less readers if the title started with “Engineer Launches ...”??

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It's simple: Don't participate in or tolerate harassment, call out bad behaviour when you see it and create a safe and respectful environment for all colleagues and students. It's about being a decent human being,

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New Report Details Hurdles for Black Women Launching Tech Startups

On paper, Asmau Ahmed could easily be typecast in the role of promising tech startup founder: honors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia, MBA from Columbia University, patent holder and co-developer of a visual search engine that could revolutionize the way shoppers make decisions about everything from [...]

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Is Accenture leading tech industry diversity? A new report shows not by much.

There's still room for improvement.

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Women considered better coders – but only if they hide their gender

Researchers find software repository GitHub approved code written by women at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the gender was not disclosed

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Computer Science For All

Learn about President Obama’s bold new initiative to empower a generation of American students with the computer science skills they need to thrive in a digital economy.

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Technology’s largest diversity event returns as the IT industry gears up to celebrate its female leaders at London’s Grosvenor House on 28 January 2016

“This is a platform not only for celebrating the achievements of female IT leaders, but also for identifying new role models for young women.

“It is vital that we expand the circle of women innovators, creators and drivers looking to join our industry. Simply being involved in this initiative contributes to tackling technology’s disheartening gender imbalance."

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Every year, Technovation challenges girls all over the world to build a mobile app that will address a community problem. Since 2010, over 3,000 girls from 28 countries have submitted to Technovation, thanks to dedicated volunteers around the world. Girls do not need to have programming experience to participate, and Technovation is free for any girl who wants to participate.

Register for Technovation Challenge 2016

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To let girls in, the tech industry is thinking pink. But that isn't enough.

From blushed tones to upping the "cute" factor of events, the tech industry assumes that to welcome girls into coding, we need to think pink.

Do we need to ‘pinkify’ STEM to get girls involved?

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These STEM initiatives are inspiring women and girls around the globe

Increasing the number of women in STEM careers is a global issue, but these promising initiatives are making an impact around the world.

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ITJobMatch.com - A startup with 50% woman, including the CEO and the Lead web developer.

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Can’t Find Qualified Women for Your Startup, You Say? Here’s 1,000

Diversity-challenged tech companies run out of excuses as Boardlist, a database of more than 1,000 qualified women for corporate boards, comes out of beta.

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Male Scientists' Biographies Written As If They Were Women

In 2013, the pioneering rocket scientist Yvonne Brill died. In her obituary, The New York Times opened with the facepalm-inducing line: “She made a mean beef stroganoff.”

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Why the lack of women in IT is bad for tech, bad for the economy | ZDNet

By the end of 2016 fewer than 25 percent of IT jobs will be held by women - exactly the same proportion as in 2015.

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12 Historical Women Who Gave No F*cks

These are just some of the women who, historically speaking, didn't give a single fuck.