Web Resources for CS Opportunities for Women By Jacky Hanny Janice Hill Shannon Houtrouw Barry Specter

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Inspired women to embrace technology Key to including women in technological revolution as active participants Founded Systers Online 1987 Co-Founded 1994 Grace Hopper Institute In 1999 selected by President Clinton to Commission on STEM Broke through Silicon Ceiling

ACM and ACM-W Association of Computing Machinery World’s largest educational and scientific computing society ACM-W women.acm.org

DotDiva.org Geared towards high school girls Goal is to transform the negative perception of computer science Students choose what they are interested in and the site shows how computer science relates to that topic and also shows women who are in the computer science field

Carnegie Mellon University Site contains career information that will be of interest to students, administrators and counselors. It is one of the most comprehensive sites for women on the net including information on careers, specific job opportunities, industry trends and reasons why a woman would want a career in CS. University sponsors the TechNights program that targets young women. to consider a career in CS.TechNights

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