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- She's Geeky - "A Technology Conference for Women"
- LinuxChix - LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux and Free Software, and for women and men who want to support women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and includes professional and amateur programmers, system administrators and technical writers.
- Gaming Angels - "A website with the purpose of showing the Gaming Industry that there is a community of female gamers worth marketing to. Women who have ideas as to how they want to play their games and we want to be vocal about it."
- DevChix - The mission: "1. provide a healthy and safe community to women in software development where we can openly discuss topics around software development both publicly and privately... (more)"
- Geek Girl Dinners - "The [dinners] are aimed at providing a welcoming atmosphere and a platform for learning in an informal environment. They are always held in pubs and bars, and there is usually a speaker or three who talk for a short while on a chosen subject for the evening." (Bay Area Geek Girl Dinners)
- Girls In Tech - "Girls in Tech is a social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology."
- Systers - the world's largest email community of technical women in computing. It was founded by Anita Borg in 1987 and it promotes the interests of women in the technology and computing fields, irrespective of their stage in career.
- SWE (Society of Women Engineers) - a non-profit educational and service organization. USF belongs to the Golden Gate section of SWE. The two chartered student sections of SWE in this region are UCB and SFSU. Students from Santa Rosa Community College function as a special interest group within this section.
- Computing Research Assosciation's Commitee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) strives to increase the number of women participating in Computer Science and Engineering research and education at all levels.
- Do babies matter? - Mary Ann Mason's latest book from Oxford University Press. Having a family is considered to be one of the main reasons PhD women do not follow an academic career. This book addresses the issues of women in fast-track professions of academia, business, law and meicine. Mary Ann Mason is Dean of Graduate Division at UC Berkeley.
- "Culture and Environment as Determinants of Women's participation in Computing" [pdf] by Lenore Blum, Carol Frieze, Orit Hazzan and Bernardine Dias, claim that culture and enviroment are the main reasons for the low number of women entering the field of CS, and not the gender factor.
- Women and Computing - A very comprehensive list of resources collected by Dr.Henderson of Butler University.
- Women 2.0 - "Women 2.0 is committed to increasing the number of women entrepreneurs starting high growth ventures by providing the resources, network, and knowledge for the launch and growth of their company."
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