IT is dominated by men

In 2016 in Switzerland,
89% of the "IT specialists and analysts" were men

Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/gender-roles-since-1970_how-work-has-evolved-for-switzerland-s-men-and-women/43953426

But why?

• Gender construction pushing women towards non-scientific domains
• Job stereotyping, reinforced by the actual men/women imbalance
• Hiring discrimination (conscious or not)
• Sexism (on the workplace + at school)
• Lack of role models
• And many other factors...

Django Girls is a non-profit which goal is to empower women by giving them a hands-on experience with programming

They provide resources to help organizing programming workshops dedicated to people with no prior experience

Since 2014, the Django Girls community organized
845 events in 494 cities in 98 countries, allowing 19'567 women to attend

In 2018, we decided we would organize a
Django Girls workshop in Lausanne

The plan

Friday

Installation party

Saturday

Programming

Sunday

Programming

Goal of the week-end

11 coaches for 33 attendees

Coaches helped attendees follow the tutorial

Coaching was only one part of the week-end

Find sponsors

Find picture (sponsors logos?)

Promotion

Find picture

Set up the place

Create and assign teams

Give out gifts

Organize vegan catering

This was made possible with the help of the organizers team

Everyone can organize
a Django Girls event!

https://organize.djangogirls.org/