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Success, Hype or Myth for Women in Computing?: A Reflection

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In many parts of Africa, as elsewhere, women are underrepresented in undergraduate and graduate computing degree programs and there are gender inequalities in the workplace in computing fields. Women face challenges ranging from inexperience, poor social and economic background, culture, access to resources and discrimination. This poster is a critical reflection on our journeys as computing professionals, which aims to inform about the challenges that women encounter and illustrate in a highly personal way the opportunities we can make to address these challenges.

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    AfriCHI '16: Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction
    November 2016
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    ISBN:9781450348300
    DOI:10.1145/2998581
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