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  • The Backyard Project originally sponsored by the Garnett Foundation offers summer computer camp for high school girls. Website has lots of additional stuff.

  • Girlstart formerly Smartgrrls, in Austin TX.

  • An NSF site called TeleMentoring: Young Women in Science, Engineering & Computing

  • Girltech makes the Password Journal and other devices, and although the packaging doesn't explain the technology, the Girltech website does - so you can go find out what voice activation means, for instance. Lots of stuff here, too.

  • The AAUW, which just put out the TechSavvy report, has about thirty desciptions at this URL to model Math, Science, and Technology Programs for Girls around the country; many of the programs have websites.

  • CyberSisters is an innovative educational telementoring program for middle school girls in science, math and technology. Unfortunately it is only on the West Coast for now, but it is a start.

  • SBA Launches New Web Site to Bring digital Opportunity to Girls

  • New Interviews On Line Girl Geeks?  is a series of nationwide media events exploring the past, present, and future roles of women in computing through TV specials, web sites, radio shows, books, educational products, lectures and games.
  • Getting Girls Interested in Computers: Great tips and links to gender equity.
  • Tomorrow's Girl: A page about being proud of the things you've done, about being smart and happy with it, about liking school and school activities, and about using technology to communicate ideas.

  • Rural Girls In Science: The Northwest Center for Research on Women's comprehensive program for rural girls in science developed a partnership with students, teachers, counselors, parents and community members to create an environment that was conducive to rural girls' science and math achievement.

  • The Role Model Project for Girls: This site was created to share the notion that girls can grow up to be almost anything--in a wide variety of professional careers--way more than they probably know exist.

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  • WOMEN'S ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
    The National Science Foundation is sponsoring the first Women's Engineering Leadership Conference. The 4-day leadership conference is designed to familiarize high achieving mid-career women engineering professors with academic leadership roles ranging from department chair to university president.

  • CALL FOR PAPERS -VOLUME 7, 2001
    Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

  • On April 5, 2000, women business leaders around the world will be leaving their corporate boardrooms, TV networks, publishing houses, university chairs, and their own thriving companies to meet for the largest and most significant gathering in history. We're calling it the MainEvent. And you can play an active role.

  • Call For Papers: A Conference: Urban Girls: Entering the New Millennium


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  • Center for Women and Information Technology
    The Center's web site includes a very extensive collection of news articles concerning women and IT as well as announcements of conferences and calls for papers, links to women-related web sites focusing on Science/Technology, on Internet Information, and on resources for girls, information about women-related email lists in Science/Technology, and a vast collection of web-based syllabi for women- and gender-related courses, including courses focusing on women and science/technology.
    A recent Wired Women column on ABCNews.com called the Center's web site "the best resource for women and technology on the Web" http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/wiredwomen/wiredwomen991228.html

  • Females Active In Computer Technology (FACT)

  • WICSE is an organization for all women graduate students in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of California in Berkeley . We meet every Friday at noon for lunch, and maintain several ongoing projects, such as running a Big Sister program for new women grad students.

  • Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE): CEOSE is a Congressionally-mandated advisory committee to the National Science Foundation. The following excerpts from the CEOSE charter describe the Committee and its functions.

  • Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) at Texas A&M University is an organization of graduate students, staff, and faculty from various science and engineering backgrounds. This group was created to address the specific problems that often face women in non-traditional fields.

  • Supporting Women in Information Technology (SWIFT)

  • TAP: The Ada Project Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science
  • Groups Relating to Women in Computer Science/Computing

  • Small Business Administration: Information relevant to small business.
  • WebSearch: The Business of Women: Women-owned and operated businesses on the Web and the resources available.
  • Hireawoman.com (HAWC): Is a directory of business & professional women.
  • Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP): ICCP, founded in 1973, is dedicated to the establishment of the highest professional standards in the Information Processing industry. We promote these goals, along with our 22 constituent societies, by offering the most widely recognized certification examinations in the profession. Address: 2200 East Devon Ave, Suite 247, Des Plaines IL 60018-4503. Phone: 847-299-4227. Fax: 847-299-4280.Association of Women in Science (AWIS)
  • Australian Computer Society (ACS)
  • American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women
  • Groups Relating to Women in Computer Science/Computing

  • Caltech's Women's Center

  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): The AAAS was founded in 1848 and presently has enrolled about 132,000 scientists, engineers, science educators, policy makers ands others interested in science and technology. AAAS publishes a weekly journal, SCIENCE, which carries news and reports on groundbreaking research as well as broader issues. AAS also sponsors an annual meeting to which several thousand attendees come together for five days of intellectual exchange in a program of symposia, panel discussions, seminars and workshops, poster sessions, exhibits and lectures. Information, Computing, and Communications is one of the 23 specialty sections of AAA. Programs and activities are driven by these imperatives: Advancing science and technology education; Broadening the human resource pool of scientists and engineers; Expanding scientific cooperation on global issues. Shaping public policy as it relates to science; promoting public understanding of science; defending scientific freedom and promoting high professional standards; and communicating scientific research and news about science. Address: AAS, 1333 H Street NW, Washington DC 20005. Phone: 202-326-6450. Fax: 202-289-4021. Email: jwedel@aaas.org.
  • Association for Women in Computing (AWC): A national, nonprofit, professional organization for individuals with an interest in information technology. AWC is dedicated to the advancement of women in the computing fields, in business, industry, science, education and government. Address: 41 Sutter Street, Suite 106, San Francisco CA 94104. Phone 415-905-4663. Email: AWC@ACM.org.
  • Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM): A national organization whose purpose is to encourage women to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences. The AWM is a member if the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences and holds meetings in conjunction with the national AMS-MAA meetings at which it sponsors talks by eminent women mathematicians, awards prizes to the outstanding undergraduate women in mathematics, etc. AWM publishes a bi-monthly newsletter on professional opportunities, news of women in mathematical sciences, and book reviews. Among other activities, AWM administers an electronic network and sponsors events aimed at high school students. Address: 4114 Computer and SpaceSciences Bldg, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Email: awm@math.umd.edu.
  • Association for Women in Science (AWIS): A particularly good organization for those of us who straddle another field such as biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy and computer science. Address: 1200 New York Avenue NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-326-8940. Fax:202-326-8940. Email: awis@awis.org.
  • International Network of Women in Technology (WITI): An organization committed to supporting professional development, personal growth and self-improvement. Our members care about each other and want to make positive impact. We consider ourselves principled, effective, and capable of assuming great leadership roles. We believe we can contribute to solving problems and making things better in small and large ways. For further information, please contact Vicky Burner. Address: 4641 Burnet Avenue, Sherman Oaks CA 91403. Phone: 818-990-6605. Fax: 818-906-3299. Email: info@witi.com.
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE): The Society of Women Engineers is a non-profit educational service organization of graduate engineers and men and women with equivalent engineering experience. Address: 120 Wall St. 11th floor, New York NY 10005-3902. Phone: 212-509-9577; 800-666-1SWE. Fax: 212-509-0224. Email: hq@swe.org.
  • Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN): Founded to provide greater access for women to careers in engineering. By assisting colleges and universities to establish innovative programs or expand existing programs, WEPAN has had a significant impact on increasing the number of women engineers in the United States. WEPAN includes representatives from industry, government and academia. Address: WEPAN Member Services, c/o Purdue University, 1284 CIVL Building, Room G-293, West Lafayette IN 47907-1284. Phone: 765-494-5387. Fax: 765-496-1349. Email: wiep@ecn.purdue.edu.
  • Women, Information Technology and Scholarship (WITS): WITS is an interdisciplinary group of women faculty, academic professionals, and graduate students working to help insure that new communications technologies will be structured and used in ways beneficial and equitable to all.
  • Feminism in/and Science and Technology (FIST) Electronic Mailing List:The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss feminists in science and technology, feminist science, and feminist critiques of science and technology. In addition, the purpose includes discussion of the teaching of science, and the implementation of technology. To subscribe, "subscribe" in subject line to fist-request@niestu.com. The listowner is donna.s@niestu.com.
  • Systers Electronic Mailing List: Systers is a private, unmoderated electronic mailing list intended to allow professional women in the field of computing (including technical positions, industry, academia, or government) to discuss issues of mutual interest. The intended membership of the list is the technical female computer professional and female students. Email: systers-request@pa.dec.com. Moderator: Dr. Anita Borg, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Email: mailto:borg@pa.dec.com.

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