Inspiring Confidence for Namibian Women Coders

10/04/2017
11:30 am - 11:50 am
OCCC W224H

Objective: Guidance
Audience Level: All
Session Type: Presentation

The Namibia University of Science and Technology graduated 50% women with computing degrees in 2016. An online survey of 231 Namibian women in tech show that majority of participants experienced NO gender discrimination in the workplace (84%) or classroom (77%). However, closer scrutiny reveals that women found coding challenging and wished for more support options. We discuss our interventions.

Speaker(s)

, Executive Dean, Namibia University of Science and Technology