Bring Django Girls Workshop to Mozambique by Cecilia Tivir & Carina Matimbe

In Mozambique, as well as in other African countries, ICT is still seen as being exclusively for boys. Social norms do not teach women to choose coding or others ICT areas.

Bringing Django Girls Workshop to Maputo was meant to teach girls more than how to code and create amazing blogs, we also wanted to use it as a platform to create opportunities that would empower them and promoting the diversity in technology.

Today we have started to hold small and informal meetings to teach girls and boys how to program in python. Some of the girls who have participated in Django Girls Maputo workshops have continued to learn more and develop their skills. We hope to have more girls learn how to code in python so they can also share their experiences.

Our talk will cover the importance of how bringing Django Girls community to our girls in Mozambique and how powerful it was, is and it will be to bring them to demonstrate their abilities, skills and belief in their capabilities.

The message we intend to cover to the audience is that Django Girls is not only for a some women, but it's for all women that we can reach, so that we can encouraging more women to strive for programming careers benefits the tech community at large and also is a way to give them tools and show them the way that they can empower themselves and contribute in technological development, so that better the societies they are situated in.

One of the most amazing feedbacks that we got was: "In this event it is possible to realize that anyone is capable of developing technological tools. Django Girls has come to say that women are capable of programming, coding and creating technological solutions".

Transcript

1. 1 Cecília Tivir, Carina Matimbe
2. About Cecília Tivir • IT Support • Django Girls Maputo/Matola Organizer • Freelancer • Africa Code Week Trainer Volunteer 2
3. About Carina Matimbe • OpenMRS events organizer • Freelancer • Business Analyst • Django Girls Maputo/Matola Organizer 3
4. About Us 4
6. How did everything started? 2018 February: Start organizing 1st Django Girls Ask suporte for experient people (Renata from PyLadies POA, Amanda From AfroPython, prof Fernando Masanori, Lucius from PyLadies Angola) August: Start organizing the 2nd Django Girls 2016 PyLadies POA/Brazil 2017 Join to Django Girls POA Coach training Back to Mozambique (search for people who were developing apps using Python and community that’s suporte women in ICT) 6
7. Why Django Girls? • Women empowerment in tech • 1 Day event • Easy to understand • Tutorial available • Pleasure to share knowledge 7
8. First Django Girls Workshop • Getting started • Getting sponsors • Getting interested people • Looking for support • Organization members • Applications • Selection • The day!!!!! 8
9. First DG lunched on 7th April 2018 in Maputo city, 30 incredible women attended, 70 applicants, 13 organizers and coaches 9
11. Training material and participants engagement. • Coaching training sessions • Using the tutorial materials • Share devices • Reaction of participants after the workshop 11
12. Accomplishments • More girls interested in programming • Share knowledge • Bring happiness to who can participate into the workshop 12
13. 13 Benefits • Digital Literacy • Creative problems solving • Competitive advantage • Freedom to innovate • Women empowerment • Logical thinking
14. What’s Next? 10th November, DG Matola Expected 30 women 20 organizers and coaches (75% women) 14
15. 15 Organizers Team: Django Girls Matola
16. Vision for the future • Expand Django Girls to other provinces in the country • Bring more Girls to Tech • Give a more detailed follow up to all the Girls that participate in the workshop 16
17. Challenges • Joining interested people for support • Getting support • Arrange a venue • Difficult to find many girls interested in learning tech 17
18. "In this event it is possible to realize that anyone is capable of developing technological tools. Django Girls has come to say that women are capable of programming, coding and creating technological solutions". 18
19. 19 Thanks for Listening Q&A