Communications of the ACM
Special issue on gender-balancing computing education
Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC) - Special Issue on Gender-Balancing Computing Education
Creating gender parity: an instruction aide's influence
Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC) - Special Issue on Gender-Balancing Computing Education
Guest Editor's Introduction: Women and Gender in the History of Computing
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
An analysis of the international discourse about women in information technology
Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
A South African perspective of the international discourse about women in information technology
SAICSIT '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
A fantástica fábrica de chocolate: levando o sabor de IHC para meninas do ensino fundamental
Companion Proceedings of the 11th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Brazil has one of South America's largest information technology (IT) communities. One hundred million people voted electronically for President and congress in 2004, and 97 percent of all income tax declarations are submitted via the Internet. Over 20,000 students graduate every year in computer science alone, and two of the federal government's four industrial priorities are related to IT --- software and semiconductors. Though women represent 60 percent of the country's college graduates, less than 5 percent choose Computer Science as a major. Programs to foster gender equality have little intersection with the national digital inclusion program. This paper points out actions that may be considered to allow Brazilian women to become full citizens of the information society. These actions concern formal and informal means of education, and on visibility and advocacy.