Pledge for women in technology
I signed a pledge today, and I hope many of you will do the same. I pledge to blog about a woman in technology on March 24, as part of Ada Lovelace Day.
Ada Lovelace Day was just begun by writer Suw Charman-Anderson in order to empower women in technology in a constructive way. She writes:
If women need female role models, let’s come together to highlight the women in technology that we look up to. Let’s create new role models and make sure that whenever the question “Who are the leading women in tech?” is asked, that we all have a list of candidates on the tips of our tongues.
The official pledge says that the pledge is not binding unless 1000 people sign up, which is a nice escape clause, but (given that there’s no enforcement mechanism anyway) I don’t see any reason not to write about a woman in technology no matter what. It’s a great topic, for a great cause.
As of this posting, there are 595 people signed up — that means 405 more to go.
So what are you waiting for? Go sign up for the pledge!
(Thanks to Peggy for her blog post pointing this out.)
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