Work and study in technology has become heavily male dominated. The reasons for this are complicated and involve everything from the stereotypical images of male computer geeks and nerds which recur in popular culture and the male culture of technological workplaces and the computing industry more broadly.

Useful Links

The EU funded Promoting Equality in Digital Literacy (PREDIL) project, contains a huge collection of resources for students and teachers as well as information on researchand initiatives into gender and technology

A large collection of resources and writings on gender and ICT by Jo Sanders

Geek Girls dinners has an expanding website

A site celebrating Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer

Further Reading

Green, E. and Adam,  A. (eds) (2001) Virtual gender: technology, consumption and identity. London, Routledge.

Holloway, S. L, and Valentine, G. (2003) Cyberkids: children in the information age. London, RoutledgeFalmer.

Spender, D. (1985) Nattering on the net: women, power and cyberspace. North Melbourne, Spinifex Press.