#codingforwomen

Gender equality on the internet is both part of the problem and the solution because it where women can disseminate their thoughts, launch businesses and protest for equal salaries, the internet does give voice and independence, but if we think deeper we can see that the problem starts in the platforms used. The whole world is controlled by coding and according to the International Data Corporation (IDC), only 0.26% of the population knows it, mostly men. GitHub a leading software platform says, Java’s female proficient percentage is only 2.5%. Also, most of the funding in Silicon Valley goes to companies led by men, according to Fortune in 2018 only 2.2% of the founder who got venture capital money were women. As in race or gender, I’m for equality, the same opportunities and salaries being given based on value and effort. We can too appreciate the differences between genders where men or women can have some advantages in doing certain tasks but when it comes to men and women seeking employment or funding with the same set of skills, they should have the same opportunities and salaries offered. And that’s for Hollywood actors, trash collectors, coders, and CEOs. I believe gender equality is an attitude that starts inside of our homes, it’s a revolution that has been going on for a while. We can’t say it is a reality in the majority of the countries but it’s a reality in many households where mom and dad decides and provides, it is something currently discussed deeply in the US and so it’s a trend that might be implemented globally eventually if we keep enforcing it.

References and further readings:

https://www.infoq.com/news/2014/01/IDC-software-developers/

http://www.idc.com/research/viewtoc.jsp?containerId=244709

https://medium.com/angels-news/silicon-valleys-equity-gap-women-own-just-9-29159f40a17

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html

https://www.womenwhocode.com