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15 Famous Women in STEM

Women in Tech

There are many inspiring women who have accomplished great feats in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). F…

Women and girls from the Balkans will compete in game development

Hackathon

Volunteers from Plovdiv (including members of Coding Girls and Ekaterina Karavelova Foundation), together with like-minded people from the M…

Why Women-Led Tech Startups Should Consider Coworking Spaces

Women in Tech

As startups led by women look to gain a more prominent place in the tech world, there are a lot of hurdles to deal with. Unfortunately, tech…

THE POWER OF UGANDA GIRLS AND WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY

Coding Girls Meetups

The official Coding Girls Kampala Chapter came into being, in partnership with Fenix International, at its inaugural launch event held at Ca…

Coding Fundamentals: HTML & CSS Part 1 - Student's Perspective

Workshops

It was 9th of November - an evening a bit warmer than the usual ones for this time of the year. At 3Hub - the Headquarters of Coding Girls P…

Coding Fundamentals: HTML&CSS Part 2 - Student's Perspective

Workshops

The date was 16th of November. Through the wind and the cold I was taking tired step towards 3 Hub, where Coding Girls were holding their wo…

Coding Fundamentals Part 1

Courses

"No matter how hard it looks don't give up!" - Todor Nikolov Today was the first session of the course HTML & CSS Basics. Most of the studen…

Coding Fundamentls: HMTL&CSS Part 3&4 - Student's perspective

Courses

The month had passed and the end of the crash-course Coding Fundamentals: HTML & CSS, that was held by Coding Girls Plovdiv, was near. The l…

What is Artificial Intelligence and Where it Exists Today

Numbers and Facts

When people hear about artificial intelligence, they think about a super-modern robot which is almost unidentifiable from human by its consc…

Famous Women in Tech - Admiral Grace Hopper

Women in Tech

Admiral Grace Hopper Hopper was born in New York City. She was the eldest of three children. Her parents were of Scottish and Dutch descent.…

5 Easy Tips to Bring More Diversity to a Tech Event |part 1

Events

When planning your event, you will probably be occupied by such points as setting a budget, organizing a team, choosing perfect location, da…

Arch Summit 2018: Bridging the Gaps and Bringing Diversity

Opportunities

Up to 10,000 attendees are expected at the two-day event, which will feature pitch competitions, corporate exhibitors, keynote speakers, pan…

Coding Girls Meetup - Embrace Your Courage

Coding Girls Meetups

Yesterday Coding Girls had one of their typical meetups in Plovdiv - vibrant, motivational and fun. The topic of the evening was Embrace You…

HTML & CSS Course - Participant's Review

Courses

If you follow our events and activities, you are maybe aware that recently our CODING FUNDAMENTALS: HTML & CSS BASICS finished and we had ou…

4 Takeaways from LinkedIn's TransformHER Conference

Events

The LinkedIn TransformHER conference recently had its second gathering and gave people plenty of inspiration. Its purpose is to provide a pl…

Famous Women in Tech - Ada Lovelace

Women in Tech

Ada Lovelace was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella "Annabella" Milbanke, Lady Wentworth. Byron sep…

Open Fest 2017: First Steps in Programming and App Building with Coding Girls

Conferences

OpenFest is one of the biggest tech conferences in Bulgaria and probably the largest dedicated to the free culture, knowledge sharing, and o…

WeAreDevelopers 2018: one city, three days, 8000 people

Conferences

Vienna. 2018. 16-18 May. “People. Code. Future” is the slogan of the WeAreDevelopers Congress 2018. It’s all about the people, code and the …

Why More Female Speakers Have Been Invited to CES Event

Events

For the past couple of years, men have seemed to dominate the tech industry. The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) lineup echoed this wil…

Become a Coding Girls Ambassador

Opportunities

Coding Girls Ambassador Benefits: Become one of the global makers, shakers, game changers from the tech field. Become an essential part of o…

Coding Girls MeetUp - Everyday Impact

Coding Girls Meetups

This Tuesday something very fun and dynamic happened: Coding Girls’ MeetUp, the topic was Everyday Impact. It was not only very enjoyable ev…

Empowerment leads to Innovation

Coding Girls Meetups

Coding Girls UDM Chapter “Innovating Ideas through Empowerment” was the theme during the first campus meetup of Coding Girls Manila held at …

EU Code Week: Meet and Code IT Weekend: Build Your First Drupal Website

Events

Photo Credit: PlovdivTime The Europe Code Week is over, but we are still full of excitement! On the 21st - 22nd of October Drupal Bulgaria C…

From Engineer to Entrepreneur: Helpful Tips for Keeping Your Website Successful

Women in Tech

Taking your skills as a computer programmer and putting them into practice can be a bit intimidating. If you are an engineer looking to make…

Interview with Benjamin Ruschin, Managing Director and Co-Founder, WeAreDevelopers

Interviews

1\. How and when did you come up with an idea to organize WeAreDevelopers? What makes this conference stand out? Sead and I always wanted to…

IWD18: Building New Horizons Together

Events

This Monday The International Women’s Day - Building New Horizons set the beginning of a type-of events where women empowerment in the tech …

An Overview of Forbes' Top Women in Tech

Women in Tech

Forbes recently released part one of its three-part "Top 50 Women in Tech" list for 2018. In this list, the editors named Europe's top 50 wo…

Scotland's Women in Technology Accolades Seek to Champion Females as Role Models

Events

Scotland is trying to bring attention to women involved in technology. It's doing so with a group of accolades collectively referred to unde…

Tech Trends and How Women Are Reshaping Them

Girls in Tech

Tech has been one big boy’s club for far too long. While we all recognize the positive strides that are being made to include a greater numb…

What is Mentorship? 6 Reasons it Can Help You on Your Way to Success

Career and education

When you start a career in any industry or launch a business, the competition is often dense and having a Mentor is a significant advantage …

6 Ways Machine Learning is Changing the Tech Industry

Women in Tech

Machine learning (ML) refers to a method of data analysis that enables machines to make decisions essentially on their own. A visual tour of…

Microsoft Partners with Black Girls Code to Launch Seattle Chapter

Diversity

Women make up roughly half of the current workforce but only hold 18% of computer science degrees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statisti…

We Are Joining ICT Spring 2019 and 3 Reasons, Why You Should Too!

Conferences

ICT Spring is a Global Tech Conference hosting an array of International Professionals. This two-day yearly event is held in Luxembourg City…

3 Major Lessons Learned by Girls in IT for Girls in IT

Did you realize that only around 25 percenthttps://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/womenintechfactsfullreport05132016.pdf of the…

3 TED Talks to Inspire Women to Get Started in Technology

Inspiration

The tech industry is completely dominated by men. Here are 3 inspiring talks by women who didn’t put up with the gender gap in technology an…

5 Easy Tips to Bring More Diversity to a Tech Event |part 2

Events

Here are the next 3 tips on how you can bring more diversity to a tech event. If you haven't read part 1 yet, read it here. 3 Diversify your…

6 Reasons Women Should Work in Computer Network Administration

Women in Tech

Computer network administration is a growing field that requires more professionals to balance the increasing workload, particularly as clou…

7 Critical Tips to Learn Programming Faster

Educational Program

The gender gap in tech is real. However, the only way to break up this so-called “boy’s club” for good is to empower more women to join the …

12 Empowering Articles to Read for Women's History Month

Career and education

March marks Women's History Month, and what better way to celebrate than with the triumphs of our sisters in the techie world? Many of the i…

Australia Offers Free STEM Event for Female Students, Go Girl, Go For IT

Events

Deakin University is hosting the biennial Go Girl, Go For IT event catered exclusively to young girls interested in technology. Lasting only…

Coding Fundamentals: JavaScript Basics (Part 1)

Courses

The date was January 18th and we were starting off the new year in the proper way. It was time for the 1st part of one of the most anticipat…

Become a Speaker Q&A

Coding Girls Meetups

Q: I’d like to become a speaker, but I don’t know what to talk about? A: There are a lot of topics to talk about. The main topics that would…

Building Android Applications with MIT App Inventor

Workshops

On Friday, 27th of October the lovely and inspiring Irina Ivanova led the workshop for MIT App Inventor at the Coding Girls Plovdiv Headquar…

Coding Fundamentals: JavaScript Basics (Part 2, 3, 4 and Project Presentations)

Courses

The day was January 25th and it was time for the second part of the Coding Fundamentals: JavaScript Basics course. Everyone came back and wa…

Coding Girls and Trio-group Mentoring Students at HackAUBG

Hackathon

On 23-25 March 2018 we had a chance of mentoring the participants at the American University during HackAUBG. The main topic of the hackatho…

Coding Girls are looking for heroes!

Opportunities

If you want to volunteer at Coding Girls it is important to know that we are passionate and devoted about making a difference in tech field …

Coding Girls Awarded for Best Social Project at Splash Awards

Awards

This Wednesday the first edition of Splash Awards Bulgaria, organised with the support of SuperHosting.bg was held. The award ceremony gathe…

Coding Girls at Arch Summit: Bridging The Gap and Empowering Females

Events

We just spent two days at Arch Summit in Luxembourg and had a chance to participate in the Female Empowerment category. We didn't win in the…

Coding Girls: Empowering Students at Math School with the Knowledge of the Future

Coding Girls Meetups

Last Friday students from the Math School in Plovdiv learned what Coding Girls is. Part of the Coding Girls Team in collaboration with IT te…

Coding Girls Manila and Women Who Code Manila Hackathon 2017

Hackathon

The main photo credit: WWCode Manila Coding Girls Manila partnered with Women Who Code Manila last November 24-26, 2017 at Atlassian BGC The…

Coding Girls Meetup - From Dream to Reality

Coding Girls Meetups

On the 21st of February we had a Coding Girls Meetup at 3HUB. Around 20 people gathered together to listen to the Coding Girls updates as we…

Coding Girls Manila's Geek Up Party

Coding Girls Meetups

In the rainy afternoon of June 9, Coding Girls Manila pursued the 3rd general meetup scheduled for the day. With the expected 60 attendees w…

Coding Girls on Being Human: Closing the Gender Gap. Are You Ready?

Inspiration

Inspired by Zsófi Major’s motivating blog post about Being Human At DrupalCon Vienna, I couldn’t help but write this blog post and prepare a…

Drupal Curriculum for Kids and Teenagers at DrupalCon Vienna Community Summit

Educational Program

As part of the DrupalCon Vienna Community Summit, we'd like to discuss how to improve diversity in the Drupal Community. One of our roadmap …

DrupalCon Vienna: Event Report and Key Takeaways

Conferences

Authors: Anna Radulovski, Maria Totova The Group Photo Credit: Dominik Kiss DrupalCon Vienna 2017 is over and we have just got back full of …

Coding Girls Western Visayas Kickoff

Coding Girls Meetups

Western Visayas is composed of six provinces (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental) and at its center is Iloilo Cit…

Decentralized Innovation Startup Hackathon

Coding Girls Meetups

Various blockchain groups in the Philippines invite anyone who would like to hack and discover blockchain technology MAKATI, October 22, 201…

First Steps in Coding for Girls

Workshops

On the 22nd of June, we had a remarkable day. Due to such a huge interest in our workshop we organised two instead one. The results: We had …

Girls Who Code Launches in Canada

Girls in Tech

While coding jobs aren't growing as fast as they used to, the majority of the programming workforce is made up of men. In Canada, only nine …

Get Ready for DrupalCon: Inside Tips for First-Time Attendees

Conferences

Authors: Anna Radulovski, Maria Totova DrupalCon Nashville is coming! And you are probably very excited about it :) Especially if it is your…

HackAUBG: 48-hour Hackathon in Blagoevgrad

Hackathon

Photo Credit: The Hub AUBG, HackBlagoevgrad HackAUBG is the second hackathon to take place on the campus of the AUBG on 23rd-25th Macrh 2018…

Learn To Code Outreach Workshop for Female Probationers and Parolees

Events

March 8 was International Women’s Day but Coding Girls Western Visayas opted to celebrate it on March 10 through a workshop for women parole…

Marketing and Communications Volunteering Opportunity at Coding Girls

Opportunities

Are passionate about technology and marketing? Are you interested in making the world a better place? Send your CV at office@coding-girls.co…

Simple Steps to Attract Female Speakers to Your Event

IT Events

After many arguments and debates on gender and national inclusiveness, the tech society have appreciated the diversity of people working in …

OpenFest 2017 is coming! Coding Girls are getting ready :)

Conferences

What is OpenFest? OpenFest is the largest Bulgarian conference dedicated to the free culture, free knowledge sharing, free and open source s…

Tech 3.0: Together Towards Tomorrow

Coding Girls Meetups

As part of the initiative to accelerate the diversity and inclusion of the female representation in the tech world, Coding Girls Manila cont…

Top 5 Tech and Digital Events 2018 in Europe

Conferences

Planning to make the most of 2018? Looking for major tech events to visit in 2018? Checking endless lists might be overwhelming. Plus, the n…

We Are Joining Arch Summit 2018 and Here is Why You Should Too

Opportunities

What Sets This Event Apart? Access: €250,000 in startup pitch competition prize money 1000s of corporate decision makers and global purchasi…

WeAreDevelopers 2018: 8000 People and Why You Should Be There

Conferences

There are so many great ways to learn and sharpen your tech skills nowadays: you can read blogs, listen to podcasts, attend free webinars, e…

WEBIT: Re-inventing Europe's Future Together

Conferences

The integration and collaboration of the science and machinery moves fast, so the world needs to review and reinvent its plans to arrange pr…

Why do we need more women in tech?

Women in Tech

Women can be part of the great tech industry, create the future and make a difference. If they are given a chance, of course. The statistics…

What Really Keeps Girls From Entering STEM

Career and education

STEM jobs are growing dramatically as technology continues to evolve. Between 2009 and 2015, the industry increased by 10.5 percent — double…

Wolves Summit 2017: Coding Girls and Women in Tech in Warsaw

Conferences

Two amazing days are over! The best things were 1:1 meetings with potential partners and investors (up to 15 minutes each). We had over 10 p…

Women in Tech: Top Five Barriers

Numbers and Facts

Women Are Genetically Born Coders And Here's Why

Girls in Tech

In recent years, the tech world hasn’t been able to overlook the surprising study that showed that codes brought forth by females tend to be…

Women on the Mountain: Three Days of Creativity, Empowerment and Fun

Conferences

Women on the Mountain was more than just a weekend conference for females interested in technology and business! It was a weekend of skill a…

Women in Tech: Bulgaria is leading according to Eurostat

Women in Tech

According to Eurostat more than 8 million ICT specialists were employed in the EU in 2016. Bulgaria ranks 1 in female ICT specialists among …