PyLadies - International Women Day 2021

What I've learned from joining Women in Tech communities
By Fon, Kamolphan Liwprasert

Presented on International Women Day 2021 online event by PyLadies on Mar 8th, 2021

Celebrates diversity and inclusivity 👩🏻‍💻🌈
Cause you are not alone regardless of races and genders ✌🏼

Transcript

1. What I’ve Learned from Joining WIT 󰟲 Communities Kamolphan Liwprasert (Fon) Women in Tech #ChooseToChallenge
2. about:me Fon Kamolphan Liwprasert Senior Machine Learning Engineer @Sertis Master in Computer Science student (OMSCS) @GeorgiaTech
3. Journey in Women in Tech Communities
5. Some of the communities / events that I’ve joined ..
6. Lots of org. and companies talk about diversity & equity Not only genders, but also races.
7. Equality vs Equity ? https://www.ywcalgary.ca/news/equity-v-s-equality-whats-difference
8. Equality vs Equity ? https://www.diffen.com/difference/Equality-vs-Equity inclusivity remove system barriers equality
9. Why Diversity Matters?
10. > Biases What will happen with no diversity?
11. Case study: Research suggests women suffer from 'gender bias' at home
12. Embracing Diversities #ChooseToChallenge Properly addressing biases and be inclusive
13. Women can do great! -- they’re just underrepresented
14. First Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852) Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace
15. First bug discovered! Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)
16. The World's Top 50 Women In Tech Fei-Fei Li
17. You can do it! #ChooseToChallenge
18. Overcoming Stereotypes #ChooseToChallenge Don't let anybody tell you what you're capable of!
19. Let’s create a safe environment for women #ChooseToChallenge
20. Together we can: • Connect to people • Be inspired • Help each other • Build a better community • Grow together!
21. “The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people. They come to me, you know, and say, 'Do you think we can do this?' I say, ‘Try it.’ And I back 'em up.” -- Grace Hopper
22. Joining Communities #ChooseToChallenge Remember that women always support each other
23. Recap 󰟲 1. Embracing Diversity Properly addressing biases and be inclusive 2. Overcoming Stereotypes Don't let anybody tell you what you're capable of! 3. Joining Communities Remember that women always support each other #ChooseToChallenge
24. Thank You! 😃 Feedback is a gift! 🎁 bit.ly/feedback-form-fon #ChooseToChallenge