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12 votes
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The organisation levelling the playing field in the music industry: Founded in 2022, The Name Game is committed to helping female, non-binary and trans people navigate the industry
6 votes -
Trondheim set to welcome PoMo museum in 2025 – minimum of 60% of its acquisition budget to women artists to tackle gender inequality in museum collections at large
8 votes -
In the US, more than 200 pregnant women were prosecuted the year after Roe v. Wade was overturned
23 votes -
Jessica Valenti (Abortion, Every Day) has a book coming out next week
5 votes -
Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi's paintings had a recurring mysterious woman with her back turned – here, through letters and photos, her sadness-tinged story is revealed
11 votes -
Domestic abuse experts to be embedded in emergency response control rooms in England and Wales
11 votes -
The moral implications of being a moderately successful computer scientist and a woman
27 votes -
Sports where women can outperform men - shooting and distance swimming
10 votes -
Though the Icelandic president's role is mostly ceremonial, Halla Tómasdóttir said that she would seek to raise “the right questions” and bring attention to critical health issues
6 votes -
Credit at last for female screenwriter airbrushed from Hollywood history
12 votes -
A new exhibition opening at Denmark's National Museum is exploring the history and legacy of a mysterious female Viking sorceress known as the Völva
15 votes -
Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths
54 votes -
Is economics a losing game for women?
10 votes -
Gilead shot prevents all HIV cases in trial of African women
29 votes -
Iceland is voting to elect its seventh president on Saturday, with a tight race expected between three women
9 votes -
WASPI [Women Against State Pension Inequality] Campaign's legal action is morally wrong
3 votes -
How to build 300,000 airplanes in five years
9 votes -
Meryl Streep: it’s ‘hardest thing’ for men to see themselves in female characters
34 votes -
The US maternal mortality crisis is a statistical illusion
31 votes -
Many widely used reproductive health apps fail to protect highly sensitive data, study finds
33 votes -
Denmark to liberalize its abortion law to allow the procedure until eighteenth week of pregnancy
22 votes -
HHS strengthens privacy of US reproductive health care data
10 votes -
The troubling trend in teenage sex (it's strangulation)
26 votes -
Women Who Code shutting down
There isn't any public announcement yet, but they sent out this email to leadership: Dear Women Who Code Community, It is with a heavy heart that we write to inform you of the difficult decision...
There isn't any public announcement yet, but they sent out this email to leadership:
Dear Women Who Code Community,
It is with a heavy heart that we write to inform you of the difficult decision to close Women Who Code, following a vote by the Board of Directors to dissolve the organization. This decision has not been made lightly. It only comes after careful consideration of all options and is due to a variety of factors that have materially impacted our funding sources. We understand that this news may come as a disappointment, and we want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who have been a part of our journey.
As a community, we are powerful. For more than a decade, Women Who Code has created a sense of belonging in tech and support for our community, thanks to the dedication and commitment of our members, volunteers, and staff. We have brought together a vibrant community of over 360,000 technologists who deeply care about building an industry that is more diverse, inclusive, and equitable. We’ve delivered more than 20K community-led events, awarded more than $3.5 million in scholarships, held developer conferences and technical summits in tech hubs around the world, logged more than one million high-skilled, leadership-building volunteer hours, given away more than $2.5 million in conference tickets for broader industry engagement, and shared more than 14K job opportunities. Even more than these trackable outputs, we’ve come together to support each other, navigate the industry as a powerful force, share both technical protips and strategies for rising in our careers, and break barriers.
While so much has been accomplished, our mission is not complete and our vision of a tech industry where diverse women and historically excluded people thrive at every level is not fulfilled. Despite our collective efforts, the challenges we face have become insurmountable and we must confront that what worked for us is no longer working. We are deeply saddened by the difficult decision to dissolve the organanization.
As we embark on the process of winding down operations, we are committed to ensuring a smooth transition and fulfilling any remaining obligations to the best of our ability. Unfortunately, we will not be able to continue offering any program services, and will be cancelling all upcoming events. We will be refunding any ticket purchases made by members for our upcoming developer conference, WWCode CONNECT 2024.
Although this chapter is coming to a close, we believe that the spirit of our community will endure and hope that the relationships and experiences you've gained through your involvement with Women Who Code will continue to inspire you in your future endeavors.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of Women Who Code, we extend our heartfelt thanks for being part of the movement, and encourage you to continue to seek support from other like-minded organizations who authentically support the careers of women in the tech industry and keep inspiring each other as you navigate the industry. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the mission, and work alongside such passionate individuals.
Thank you for your understanding and support during this challenging time.
39 votes -
‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit
25 votes -
The fight for abortion pills – In the US, UK and around the world, the backlash against safe, at-home abortion medication is growing
26 votes -
Writer, woman, playwright, spy: Aphra Behn, author of Oroonoko was the first known woman to be paid for writing in English
8 votes -
When Virginia Woolf wrote about early women writers, she was unaware of or underestimated a few published Elizabethan women
8 votes -
Nearly 30% of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds
36 votes -
Denmark wants to conscript more people for military service – including women, for the first time
13 votes -
Fertility rates are falling in the rich world. But there are still plenty of people to go round.
21 votes -
Join me on the path to Twilightenment
27 votes -
France becomes the first country in the world to guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
58 votes -
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s
29 votes -
'Copa 71' - the Lost Lionesses and the forgotten 1971 women's World Cup
6 votes -
How Finland survived a 1,000,000+ Soviet invasion (1939-1940)
13 votes -
Why a tire company gives out food’s most famous award
15 votes -
‘Mean Girls,’ twenty years later: The villain’s triumph
6 votes -
Kristen Stewart ‘I want to do the gayest thing you’ve ever seen in your life’
34 votes -
All-time great Hakuho hopes to help girls realize their sumo dreams
9 votes -
The Roman Colosseum: What it was like to attend the games
12 votes -
Men benefit more from their looks at work than women do, new research shows
16 votes -
Study reveals why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease: A molecule made by one X chromosome in every female cell can generate antibodies to a woman’s own tissues
23 votes -
Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers.
15 votes -
How Nellie Bly and other trailblazing women wrote creative nonfiction in English before it was a thing
12 votes -
Trials of the witchy women: Across seven centuries, women have been accused of witchcraft—but what that means often differs wildly, revealing the anxieties of each particular society
13 votes -
AI may spare breast cancer patients unnecessary treatments
5 votes -
Uncovering the forgotten female astronomers of Yerkes Observatory
15 votes -
Why is AI pornifying Asian women?
30 votes