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FemTech: Broadening Participation to Digital Technology Development

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Pernille Bjørn,

Maria Menendez-BlancoAuthors Info & Claims

MM '19: Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3343031.3355512

Published: 15 October 2019 Publication History

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In the digital age, the fields and professions related to computing are having an unprecedent impact on our lives, and on societies. As computing becomes integrated in fundamental ways in healthcare [10,11], labor markets [2,4], and political processes [3,6], questions about who participates and takes decisions in developing digital technologies are becoming increasingly crucial and unavoidable [7].

A bottom line is that, if a rather homogeneous group develops most of the digital technologies, there is a risk that these technologies only consider a part of the population, and therefore unwillingly introduce biases or trigger exclusion. There are many intersectional characteristics - such as race, gender, or class - by which people can be part of an excluded minority. This keynote focuses on women as a gender minority in computing.

In Western societies, the percentage of women participating in computing is low. According to a recent report for the European Commission, there are four times more men than women in Europe in studies related to Information and Communication Technologies [12]. Similarly, a study by the Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that only 26% of computing jobs in USA were held by women [13].

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1. Human-centered computing
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MM '19: Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia

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2794 pages

ISBN:9781450368896

DOI:10.1145/3343031

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CNRS-IRISA, France
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EURECOM, France
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Radboud University and TU Delft (Netherlands)
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CNRS-IRISA, France
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Delft University of Technology Netherlands
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