Organization:Django Girls

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Short description: International non-profit organization
Django Girls
Djangogirls-logo.png
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.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ Proudfoot, Jenny (8 March 2016). "16 Women Doing Amazing Things in 2016" (in en-US). Marie Claire. http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/16-women-doing-amazing-things-in-2016-14919. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Falling in love with programming: Django Girls inspires women to join the tech world". Rapid Growth. http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/innovationnews/022417-Django-Girls.aspx. 
  3. ↑ Dillon, Karen. "Lawrence-born Django, which revolutionized website construction, celebrating its 10th anniversary". http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/jul/09/happy-birthday-django/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Django Girls is coming to Cardiff to help women get into coding -TechSPARK.co" (in en). 12 July 2016. https://techspark.co/django-girls-coming-cardiff-help-women-get-coding/. 
  5. ↑ "V&A · Django Girls – Tech activists" (in en). https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/django-girls. 
  6. ↑ "Django Girls teaches women to program [sic]". One News Page. http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170425/7355456/Django-Girls-teaches-women-to-progam.htm. 
  7. ↑ Chilabert, Hernán. "Django Tutorials and Courses". https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-django. 
  8. ↑ Sushinsky, Mary Ann (15 April 2015). "PSF supports more Django Girls!". https://pyfound.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/psf-supports-more-django-girls.html. 
  9. ↑ "Django Girls invite would-be coders to PyCon this October". 12 September 2017. https://www.techspark.co/blog/2017/09/12/django-girls-invite-newbie-coders-to-pyconf-this-october/. 
  10. ↑ "Our next keynote: Ola & Ola (Django Girls)". 25 April 2015. http://blog.europython.eu/post/117337312602/our-next-keynote-ola-ola-django-girls. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Django Girls make the male-dominated world of IT more accessible to women, By Matthaios Tsimitakis | Kathimerini" (in en). http://www.ekathimerini.com/168766/article/ekathimerini/community/django-girls-make-the-male-dominated-world-of-it-more-accessible-to-women. 
  12. ↑ "Lawrence-born Django, which revolutionized website construction, celebrating its 10th anniversary" (in en). http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/jul/09/happy-birthday-django/. 
  13. ↑ Panorama, Diario. "Invitan al taller "Django Girls" en Santiago del Estero - Diario Panorama". http://www.diariopanorama.com/noticia/242196/invitan-al-taller-django-girls-santiago-estero. 
  14. ↑ "Taller Django Girls en PyCon Argentina 2015 - Mendoza" (in es-es). http://www.frm.utn.edu.ar/webgraduados/index.php/1235-taller-django-girls-en-pycon-argentina-2015-mendoza. 
  15. ↑ "European coding workshop Django Girls comes to Brisbane to teach women tech skills - Startup Daily" (in en-US). Startup Daily. 2016-07-04. http://www.startupdaily.net/2016/07/coding-workshop-django-girls/. 
  16. ↑ "Taller Django Girls: Mujeres podrán aprender a programar gratis" (in es-ES). Bolivia Emprende. 2015-08-21. http://boliviaemprende.com/eventos/taller-django-girls-mujeres-podran-aprender-programar-gratis. 
  17. ↑ "Django Girls realiza workshop gratuito de programação no Brasil - IDG Now!" (in pt-br). IDG Now!. 2016-02-15. http://idgnow.com.br/mobilidade/2016/02/15/django-girls-realiza-workshop-gratuito-de-programacao-no-brasil/. 
  18. ↑ "Programación web para mujeres en Barranquilla" (in es-co). El Heraldo. 2017-05-28. https://www.elheraldo.co/entretenimiento/programacion-web-para-mujeres-en-barranquilla-366549. 
  19. ↑ "Mujeres se capacitan en programación" (in es-ES). Diario El Mercurio - Cuenca Ecuador. 2016-05-01. http://www.elmercurio.com.ec/526210-mujeres-se-capacitan-en-programacion/. 
  20. ↑ "Taller gratuito de programación para mujeres en Guayaquil". Vistazo. 2016-06-22. http://vistazo.com/seccion/tecnologia/taller-gratuito-de-programacion-para-mujeres-en-guayaquil. 
  21. ↑ "Mujeres reciben un taller sobre programación" (in es). El Tiempo. 2017-03-26. http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias/cuenca/2/409962/mujeres-reciben-un-taller-sobre-programacion. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Kuuire, Joseph-Albert (2017-06-19). "Event: Django Girls Workshop At iSpace Foundation". https://technovagh.com/2017/06/19/event-django-girls-workshop-ispace-foundation/. 
  23. ↑ "Django Girls will teach Nigerian women how to code for free". 2016-01-20. https://techpoint.ng/2016/01/20/django-girls-teach-women-programming/. 
  24. ↑ "Django Girls' free programming workshop to hold in Ota this August". 2016-07-08. https://techpoint.ng/2016/07/08/django-girls-free-programming-workshop-hold-ota-august/. 
  25. ↑ "Jóvenes recorren Sudamérica promoviendo tecnológica" (in es). RPP Noticias. http://rpp.pe/peru/piura/jovenes-recorren-sudamerica-promoviendo-tecnologica-noticia-931815. 
  26. ↑ "Taller gratuito de programación para mujeres con Django Girls – Pymex" (in es-ES). https://pymex.pe/eventos-empresariales/notas-de-prensa/taller-gratuito-de-programacion-para-mujeres-con-django-girls. 
  27. ↑ "Django Girls teaches women to program" (in en-US). Yahoo News. 2017-04-25. https://www.yahoo.com/news/django-girls-teaches-women-progam-194140778.html. 
  28. ↑ Mazingaizo, Sharon (2016-03-07). "Django Girls brings coding skills to Harare". http://www.hararenews.co.zw/2016/03/django-girls-bring-coding-skills-to-harare/. 
  29. ↑ "Django Girls Harare to host 2nd workshop this November - Kaguvi Digital" (in en-GB). Kaguvi Digital. 2016-11-09. http://www.kaguvidigital.com/2016/11/django-girls-harare-2-apply/. 
  30. ↑ DjangoGirls. "Choose a language · Django Girls Tutorial" (in en). https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/. 
  31. ↑ Newill, Cody. "Django Celebrates 10 Years Of Web Development In Lawrence" (in en). http://kcur.org/post/django-celebrates-10-years-web-development-lawrence. 
  32. ↑ "Coding and women: Where to learn to code for free?" (in en-US). PopArt Studio. 2015-11-16. https://www.popwebdesign.net/popart_blog/en/2015/11/coding-and-women-where-to-learn-to-code-for-free/. 
  33. ↑ "Perth Web Girls: Blurring Boundaries and Beating the Gender Bias" (in en). Spacecubed. https://www.spacecubed.com/en/blog/read/159874717/perth-web-girls-blurring-boundaries-and-beating-the-gender-bias. 
  34. ↑ Tysnicka, Agata. "Django Girls: How 10Clouds Helps Get More Women into IT". https://10clouds.com/blog/django-girls-how-to-get-more-women-into-it/. 
  35. ↑ Gorey, Colm (2016-03-18). "First Irish Django Girls coding event taking place this April" (in en-GB). Silicon Republic. https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/django-girls-dublin-april-rte-coding-grace?google_editors_picks=true. 
  36. ↑ "Greek Girls Pave the Technology Path" (in en-US). WindyCity Greek. 2015-11-04. https://windycitygreek.com/greek-girls-technology/. 
  37. ↑ Corvino, Nadia. "Django Girls a Firenze: workshop di programmazione per donne e ragazze". http://www.softrevolutionzine.org/2017/django-girls-firenze/. 
  38. ↑ "Django Girls Workshop #3 Successfully Organized in Kathmandu | TechLekh" (in en-US). TechLekh. 2016-10-10. https://techlekh.com/django-girls-workshop/. 
  39. ↑ Adeleke, David (18 January 2016). "Django Girls is coming to Lagos. Ready your laptops ladies". http://techcabal.com/2016/01/18/django-girls-is-coming-to-lagos-ready-your-laptops-ladies/. 
  40. ↑ "Django Girls workshop to be held in Lahore; apply before 20th May - More News" (in en-US). More News. 2016-05-12. https://www.morenews.pk/django-girls-workshop-in-lahore-apply-before-20th-may/. 
  41. ↑ Keown, Callum. "Coding event gets more Oxford women into computer programming". http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15286291.Coding_event_gets_more_Oxford_women_into_computer_programming/. 
  42. ↑ Kyoshy, Felipe. "Workshop promove inserção das mulheres na área de tecnologia". http://www.meon.com.br/noticias/regiao/workshop-promove-insercao-das-mulheres-na-area-de-tecnologia. 

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