CodeGirl is a documentary directed by filmmaker Lesley Chilcott, and he collected some of the stories of more than 5,000 young people from over 60 countries.
Less than 1 percent of women in the world studying computer science, and no longer speak of professionals who graduate to make the leap to the labor market. The curious thing is that for example in the United States, 74 percent of women in secondary education have expressed their desire to pursue a career related to technology and computer science, but on reaching higher education this figure drops 0.3 percent.
It is no surprise that companies are recruiting young graduates for careers in information technology, becoming the highest paid jobs in the US and in other regions of the world, and demand is forecast to increase over the next ten years. But several issues, social and cultural, women are left out of this, why there are initiatives by universities and other institutions that companies want to reverse this. And here is where Google and his new documentary.
Made with Code is sponsored by Google initiative that has the support of a large number of associations and colleges, from where he was born CodeGirl, an interesting documentary that brings us to the fascinating world of programming, but where now women are the protagonists, who show their challenges and difficulties because of a gender gap in the field of technology.
CodeGirl is a documentary directed by filmmaker Lesley Chilcott, and he collected some of the stories of more than 5,000 young people from over 60 countries participating in the Technovation Global Challenge 2015 , a competition of three months where the goal is to create a mobile application that comes to solve a problem in their countries.
The idea of such initiatives is to inspire, and at the same time be a vehicle for more women to join this, the world of programming, which estimated the documentary, in 2017 the market applications will be valued at 77,000 million dollars, hence the importance of women participated in a male-dominated field.
Inside the web project can also take a look at the various projects that have emerged through this initiative, in addition to the data from all these young people are included, because the intention is to get partners commercial, partnerships and financings.
The documentary CodeGirl will be available for free through YouTube 1 to November 5, then will come gradually theaters around the world. Fortunately, and since it is an international project, the documentary is available with subtitles in Spanish.
“From the remote land of Moldova, through the metropolitan Brazil to suburban Massachusetts, CODEGIRL follows high school girls teams from around the world who have three months to create a application to solve the problems in their communities. The winning team will receive $ 10,000 US dollars if you complete your application, but every girl discovers something valuable down the road. “
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