Experience report and data visualization to evaluate a game programming project aimed for girls using Scratch tool

The inclusion of women in technology has increased in recent years, but the number of women in technology is still much smaller compared to male involvement. Many factors make women not part of the information technology field. These factors include cultural, social factors of lack of information about the area. Thus, this paper aims to understand some of the factors that lead women to look less for professional areas involving science and technology. This article presents the state of the art of science and technology projects that have been aimed at women around the world. In addition, a questionnaire was applied in order to present some of the factors that can affect the performance of girls in projects in the field of Exact Sciences. Among the variables studied, the one that had the greatest correlation with the worst performances achieved by the girls was the absence of technology and internet at home. Furthermore, a quali-quantitative analysis shows the importance of carrying out projects that involve women in science and technology.

Women in Technology: Uma análise bibliométrica dos últimos cinco anos

Este artigo tem como objetivo prover uma análise bibliométrica dos cinco anos do workshop Women in Tehcnology (WIT). A pesquisa utiliza indicadores de Produtividade e Impacto, bem como indicadores de Colaboração Científica. A análise revela que o número de artigos, autores e citações aumentaram no decorrer dos anos. Já a rede de colaboração científica aparece fragmentada, com muitos grupos publicando de forma isolada. É possível concluir que o WIT está se fortalecendo enquanto espaço para compartilhamento de experiências e conhecimento de uma comunidade ativa e interessada na temática mulheres na tecnologia.

Indian Women in Technology: An Empirical Analysis of Role Conflict

An important issue that our society has been facing in the recent past is the changing work and family roles of Indian women. Woman, today, function within multiple roles simultaneously operating in both work and family domains as a mother, spouse, housekeeper, as well as maintaining full-time employment outside the home. The relationship between these dual roles has thus become a topic of interest among organizational researchers. This study deals with selected antecedents and their influence on the role conflict among Indian women in technology. A sample size of 598 Indian women in technology was taken for the study and the result shows the occurrence of work-family conflict. Three predominant factors that influence the work-family conflict time-dimension are work exhaustion, work thought interference and perceived workload in the order of merit.