Django Girls
Typenot-for-profit
Key people
  • Ola Sitarska
  • Ola Sendecka
Websitedjangogirls.org

Django Girls is an international non-profit organization started by two Polish women, Ola Sitarska and Ola Sendecka,[1] to inspire women from all backgrounds[2] to get interested in technology and to become programmers,[3] offering a safe and friendly environment.[4][5] It is known for the free workshops it hosts to help women to learn to program[6] and for its Django tutorial.[7] It is often supported by the Python Software Foundation,[8] and they often hold sessions at the Python Conference.[9]

History

The first Django Girls workshop, which kicked off Django Girls, happened during EuroPython 2014, in Berlin.[10] Ola Sitarska and Ola Sendecka decided to use Django and Python because both are open source code platforms, which may help women developing their own ideas.[11] Since then, the initiative has spread worldwide,[12] reaching countries like Argentina,[13][14] Australia,[15] Bolivia,[16] Brazil,[17] Colombia,[18] Ecuador,[19][20][21] Ghana,[22] Nigeria,[23][24] United Kingdom,[4] Peru,[25][26] United States,[27][2] Zimbabwe[28][29] and many others.

Tutorial

The tutorial, which teaches how to create and deploy a blog application using Django, is maintained and updated by the Django Girls community, using Github. As of May 2018, the Django Girls tutorial has been published online in 14 languages[30] besides its original English version. As of May 2018, more than 1,000,000 users have visited its website.[31]

Django Girls workshops

Using a manual provided by the organization,[4][11] Django Girls volunteers offer free[32] one[33] or two days workshops in many cities of the world, usually held during weekends.[2] It is aimed at complete beginners, teaching about HTML, CSS, Python and Django.[34] As of May 2018, 414 cities across 90 countries[35] have hosted Django Girls workshops, with Accra,[22] Athens,[36] Florence,[37] Kathmandu,[38] Lagos,[39] Lahore,[40] Oxford,[41] and São José dos Campos[42] among them. As of May 2018, over 14,000 women have attended Django Girls workshops held across the globe.

References

  1. ↑ Proudfoot, Jenny (8 March 2016). "16 Women Doing Amazing Things in 2016". Marie Claire. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Falling in love with programming: Django Girls inspires women to join the tech world". Rapid Growth. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Dillon, Karen. "Lawrence-born Django, which revolutionized website construction, celebrating its 10th anniversary". Lawrence Journal-world. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Django Girls is coming to Cardiff to help women get into coding -TechSPARK.co". techspark.co. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "V&A · Django Girls – Tech activists". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Django Girls teaches women to program [sic]". One News Page. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Chilabert, Hernán. "Django Tutorials and Courses". hackr.io. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Sushinsky, Mary Ann (15 April 2015). "PSF supports more Django Girls!". Python Software Foundation News. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Django Girls invite would-be coders to PyCon this October". 12 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Our next keynote: Ola & Ola (Django Girls)". EuroPython Blog. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Django Girls make the male-dominated world of IT more accessible to women, By Matthaios Tsimitakis | Kathimerini". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Lawrence-born Django, which revolutionized website construction, celebrating its 10th anniversary". LJWorld.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. ↑ Panorama, Diario. "Invitan al taller "Django Girls" en Santiago del Estero - Diario Panorama". www.diariopanorama.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Taller Django Girls en PyCon Argentina 2015 - Mendoza". www.frm.utn.edu.ar (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  15. ↑ "European coding workshop Django Girls comes to Brisbane to teach women tech skills - Startup Daily". Startup Daily. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Taller Django Girls: Mujeres podrán aprender a programar gratis". Bolivia Emprende (in European Spanish). 21 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Django Girls realiza workshop gratuito de programação no Brasil - IDG Now!". IDG Now! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Programación web para mujeres en Barranquilla". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 28 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Mujeres se capacitan en programación". Diario El Mercurio - Cuenca Ecuador (in European Spanish). 1 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Taller gratuito de programación para mujeres en Guayaquil". Vistazo. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "Mujeres reciben un taller sobre programación". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 26 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  22. 1 2 Kuuire, Joseph-Albert (19 June 2017). "Event: Django Girls Workshop At iSpace Foundation". Tech Nova. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Django Girls will teach Nigerian women how to code for free". Techpoint.ng. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  24. ↑ "Django Girls' free programming workshop to hold in Ota this August". Techpoint.ng. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "Jóvenes recorren Sudamérica promoviendo tecnológica". RPP Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  26. ↑ "Taller gratuito de programación para mujeres con Django Girls – Pymex". pymex.pe (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  27. ↑ "Django Girls teaches women to program". Yahoo News. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  28. ↑ Mazingaizo, Sharon (7 March 2016). "Django Girls brings coding skills to Harare". Harare News. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "Django Girls Harare to host 2nd workshop this November - Kaguvi Digital". Kaguvi Digital. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  30. ↑ DjangoGirls. "Choose a language · Django Girls Tutorial". tutorial.DjangoGirls.org. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  31. ↑ Newill, Cody. "Django Celebrates 10 Years Of Web Development In Lawrence". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  32. ↑ "Coding and women: Where to learn to code for free?". PopArt Studio. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  33. ↑ "Perth Web Girls: Blurring Boundaries and Beating the Gender Bias". Spacecubed. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  34. ↑ Tysnicka, Agata. "Django Girls: How 10Clouds Helps Get More Women into IT". 10Clouds. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  35. ↑ Gorey, Colm (18 March 2016). "First Irish Django Girls coding event taking place this April". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  36. ↑ "Greek Girls Pave the Technology Path". WindyCity Greek. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  37. ↑ Corvino, Nadia. "Django Girls a Firenze: workshop di programmazione per donne e ragazze". Soft Revolutionzine. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  38. ↑ "Django Girls Workshop #3 Successfully Organized in Kathmandu | TechLekh". TechLekh. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  39. ↑ Adeleke, David (18 January 2016). "Django Girls is coming to Lagos. Ready your laptops ladies". Techcabal. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  40. ↑ "Django Girls workshop to be held in Lahore; apply before 20th May - More News". More News. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  41. ↑ Keown, Callum. "Coding event gets more Oxford women into computer programming". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  42. ↑ Kyoshy, Felipe. "Workshop promove inserção das mulheres na área de tecnologia". Meon. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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