Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection

Suama L. Hamunyela; Annastasia Shipepe; Emilia Shikeenga; Nicola J. Bidwell

doi:10.1145/2998581.2998609

Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection

Suama L. Hamunyela, Annastasia Shipepe, Emilia Shikeenga, Nicola J. Bidwell

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Abstract

In many parts of Africa, as elsewhere, women are underrepresented in undergraduate and graduate computing degree programs and there are gender inequalities in the workplace in computing fields. Women face challenges ranging from inexperience, poor social and economic background, culture, access to resources and discrimination. This poster is a critical reflection on our journeys as computing professionals, which aims to inform about the challenges that women encounter and illustrate in a highly personal way the opportunities we can make to address these challenges.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers
Editors	Nicola J. Bidwell, Nicola J. Bidwell, Kagonya Awori
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	198-202
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450348300
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2998581.2998609
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2016
Event	1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016 - Nairobi, Kenya Duration: 21 Nov 2016 → 25 Nov 2016

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	21-25-November-2016

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Conference	1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016
Country/Territory	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Period	21/11/16 → 25/11/16

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Hamunyela, S. L., Shipepe, A., Shikeenga, E., & Bidwell, N. J. (2016). Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection. In N. J. Bidwell, N. J. Bidwell, & K. Awori (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers (pp. 198-202). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 21-25-November-2016). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998581.2998609

Hamunyela, Suama L. ; Shipepe, Annastasia ; Shikeenga, Emilia et al. / Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection. Proceedings of the 1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers. editor / Nicola J. Bidwell ; Nicola J. Bidwell ; Kagonya Awori. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. pp. 198-202 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Hamunyela, SL, Shipepe, A, Shikeenga, E & Bidwell, NJ 2016, Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection. in NJ Bidwell, NJ Bidwell & K Awori (eds), Proceedings of the 1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 21-25-November-2016, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 198-202, 1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016, Nairobi, Kenya, 21/11/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998581.2998609

Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection. / Hamunyela, Suama L.; Shipepe, Annastasia; Shikeenga, Emilia et al.
Proceedings of the 1st African Conference for Human Computer Interaction, AfriCHI 2016: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers. ed. / Nicola J. Bidwell; Nicola J. Bidwell; Kagonya Awori. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 198-202 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 21-25-November-2016).

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Success, hype or myth for women in computing? A reflection

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