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International Collaboration for Women in IT: How to Avoid Reinventing the Wheel

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posted on 2024-07-12, 11:57 authored by Annemieke Craig, Catherine Lang
This paper uses information contributed by ACM-W Ambassadors from nine countries to build a picture of women working to improve the gender balance in IT around the world. The focus on women’s participation in education, the workforce and the political arena is presented using Hofstede and Hofstede’s (2005) dimensions of cultural masculinity, power distribution and individuality for each of the ACM-W Ambassador countries to set the scene. It is apparent from this compilation of information that different social and cultural climates in many parts of the world will necessitate different actions by ACM-W Ambassadors in their respective countries. While the ACM-W Ambassador program provides a forum for ideas, support and strategies to deal with the under-representation of women in IT, many of the current Ambassadors have more pressing issues to deal with, and indeed a ‘one size for all’ model for programs to promote IT to women will not be suitable. Exploring the network from an Australian perspective this work demonstrates that much is to be gained from increasing international networks to share the strategies and support required to encourage more women into IT.

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1547-5840

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Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology

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7

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9 pp

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Informing Science Institute

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Copyright © 2010 Informing Science Institute. Paper is reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/)

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eng

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