Techmakers Women is an initiative by Google, which aims to raise awareness and empower women in sectors that are still largely occupied by men, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (known as STEM). On the occasion of International Women's Day promotes the months of March and April at various events around the world.
Tarragona GDG (Google Developer Group) will be responsible for bringing this initiative to Catalonia with a conference to be held at the Fira de Reus, 29 April. It will be aimed at both men and women, but all the papers will be pronounced by women experts in technology in order to normalize their occupation, skills and enhance their visibility. In fact, the event two objectives:
- Giving prominence to female profiles on studies that are still too masculinized.
- Discover new generations of women, profiles of women dedicated to technology.