Women in technology: why is this still a taboo?

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1. Women in Technology: Why Is This Still a Taboo? Alyne Kautnick
2. Technology remains a heavily male-dominated area, even after decades of extensive efforts to promote female participation.
3. But women can and should have more recognition and representativeness.
5. Who are they?
6. Ada Lovelace She created the first algorithm in the History of computing. For that reason, she is recurrently cited as the first programmer.
7. Mary Winston Jackson She was the first black female engineer on NASA. Her story is told in the movie ‘Hidden Figures’.
8. Juliana Freitag Borin Ph.D. in Computer Science. She coordinates the Android Smart Girls project, an initiative that aims to stimulate women to join the exact sciences, engineering and computing.
9. The numbers
10. In 2017, only 17% of startups have a female founder “The biggest issue is not the number of women starting companies, but the access to capital as you move up the food chain”. Susan Lyne, co-founder of BBG Ventures
11. It's time for a change "We must ensure that women’s participation in innovation is not the exception, but becomes the norm." Lakshmi Puri, UN Women Deputy Executive Director
12. Thank you!