The Sheroes Project is an interactive, online video talk show featuring inspirational personal and professional stories of women in technology. Each month, we will showcase the remarkable journeys of dynamic women, who are breaking through barriers, blazing new trails and making a difference in the tech industry. Featuring a variety of guests, from entrepreneurs and executives, to engineers and academics, the goal of the Sheroes project is to educate, inspire and motivate young girls to pursue engineering and computer science.
The SHEROES project is aimed at addressing the gender divide in the tech sector. Within the last 30 years, the percentage of undergraduate women who received computer science degrees at major research universities has plummeted, from 37% in 1985, to a mere 14% in 2013. As computing-related jobs are growing faster than ever, with 1.2 million jobs expected to open by 2022 in the U.S. alone, it is problematic that the representation of women in the workforce is so disproportionate.
“You can’t be what you can’t see,” so we want to SHOW young women the technical achievements they are capable of, and allow them to interact with role models who they can look at, and say “Wow, I want to do what she’s doing someday.” Through the SHEROES project, we are looking forward to reaching thousands of young girls, parents, and educators. By sharing the inspiring stories of our remarkable SHEROES, we hope that more young women will find the field of technology accessible, welcoming, and exciting.
Do you know of any SHEROES whose stories you want the world to hear? If so, we please visit our nominate page on the website, and nominate an inspiring woman in technology today.
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