Women Techmakers Ukraine: how we support diversity @ WTM Chlef 2016

Basing on personal experience of running Women Techmakers community over 4 years and coordinating WTM initiatives in Ukraine, I would like to share how we support diversity in our country and Google Developer Group communities in Ukraine.

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1. Women Techmakers Ukraine: how we support diversity Opportunities for women in IT Kseniia Shumelchyk Software developer, SoftServe Inc. Women Techmakers Ukraine Leader
2. #iwd, #wtm15 Few words about me Now — Software Engineer at SoftServe Inc., Manager at Women Techmakers Ukraine and GDG Dnipropetrovsk; Google Anita Borg Scholarship Recipient 2015 Past — Software Developer at Ciklum/BackupAgent B.V., Student Developer at Google Summer of Code 2012/ R Project, Google EMEA Travel and Conference Grants Winner (2012).
3. #iwd, #wtm15 Agenda - Women minority in Computer Science - Google’s position about gender diversity - WTM Ukraine: goals & history - WTM Ukraine community structure, events - Programs to support women in Computer Science
4. #iwd, #wtm15 Women minority in Computer Science
5. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Minority Problem Around 66% of 9-year old school girls said that they love math. Women earn just 18% of undergraduate degrees awarded for computer science. At top research universities, that number is 14%, according to the Anita Borg Institute. In 1985, women earned 37% of computer-science degrees. The number of women in CS peaked in the mid-1980s, and has declined ever since. – In the mid-1980s, women represented 38% of the computing and information technology workforce. – Today it stands at about 25%.
6. #iwd, #wtm15 Google’s position about gender diversity
7. #iwd, #wtm15 Google’s position: Women in Front “We always believed that hiring women better served our users. We continue to hire outstanding women who become leaders at Google and beyond.”
8. #iwd, #wtm15 Why does it matter? • 1.4 million computer specialists job openings are expected in US by 2020. • Research shows that diversity leads to better decisions, creativity, performance, innovation. • Allows organizations to better cater to a variety of clients. • A lot of benefits for women (high salaries, possibility of remote job, scholarships, grants). • Diverse minds drive innovation, and that access to resources will help us level the playing field for more great minds to join the technology industry.
9. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Women Techmakers aims to raise awareness of innovative women leaders in technology and inspire others to join the field. Enabling passionate, creative women to lead the technology industry. • Visibility (produce more female role models) • Community (connect and inspire around the world) • Resources (opportunities for career development and personal growth)
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14. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Ukraine Goals and history
15. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Ukraine goals Our idea — inspire, motivate and share technical skills and knowledge about opportunities for women in IT. Our goal — show successful stories for famous girls, encourage them go ahead and improve their skills. Why WTM Ukraine is so active — Ukrainian girls are smart, we have several active groups, strong support of GDGs and a lot of scheduled event.
16. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Ukraine history • DevFest Women 2013 • Hangouts [WTM, Asia, Get-To-Know, ...] • Girls MeetUp Cherkasy • Workshop with GNOME developers • Women Techmakers Ukraine 2014 • WTM Ukraine on DevFest UA 2014 • Collaborating with international WTM’s
17. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Ukraine 2014
18. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Ukraine Community structure, plans
19. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers events within an existing GDG The goal of Women Techmakers is greater inclusion and integration of diversity within the developer community. Just have more than half of women speakers to create event. • WTM Dnipropetrovs’k • WTM Lviv • WTM Kyiv • WTM Cherkasy • WTM Uzhhorod [NEW] Women Techmakers Ukraine We decided to create WTM Ukraine chapter, because it may be helpful to connect nationally under one community. This connection will facilitate sharing of resources and event collaboration nationally. Additionally, the chapter directory listing is helping other interested women in country learn about the events.
20. #iwd, #wtm15 Women Techmakers Ukraine: main threads 1. Education 2. Inspiration 3. Communication 4. Involving 5. Motivation 6. Fun!!!
21. #iwd, #wtm15 Programs to support women in Computer Science
22. #iwd, #wtm15 The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship • Be a female student currently enrolled at a university for the 2014-2015 academic year. • Intend to be enrolled in or accepted as a full-time student in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD program at a university for the next academic year • Be studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics or a closely related technical field • Maintain a strong academic record • Show leadership abilities Scholarship recipients will receive €7,000 and all recipients will be invited to attend our annual Scholarships Retreat in Google Zurich. http://www.google.com/anitaborg
23. #iwd, #wtm15 Google Travel and Conference Grants • Free registration for the conference • Up to 1000 EUR towards travel and accommodation costs (to be paid after the conference) • Be a woman working in or studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a technical field related to the conference subject • Have a strong academic and/or professional background with demonstrated leadership ability https://www.google.com/edu/scholarships/google-travel-and-conference-grants/
24. #iwd, #wtm15 Google Travel and Conference Grants https://www.google.com/edu/scholarships/google-travel-and-conference-grants/
25. #iwd, #wtm15 Grace Hopper Celebration Women in Computing The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the World's Largest Gathering of Women Technologists. • Biggest meetup IT women across world, around 95% of attendees (8000) - women! • Free registration for the conference for grant recipients; • Cover travel expenses; http://gracehopper.org/
26. #iwd, #wtm15 Google Summer of Code Google Summer of Code is an online, international program designed to encourage university student participation in open source software development. • Full-time coding schedule during summertime; • Scholarship 5500$ and cool t-shirt; • Working on open-source projects; • Open for students, not only girls https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015
27. #iwd, #wtm15 GNOME Outreach Program for Women • Full-time internship; • Working on open-source projects; • Scholarship 5000$ • For women any ages, not only for students https://www.gnome.org//opw/
28. #iwd, #wtm15 Thank you! google.com/+KseniiaShumelchyk https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kseniia-shumelchyk dnipro.gdg.org.ua g+ in www