Top 5 Cities Where Women Work in IT:

1. Washington, DC Metro area - women account for 32.3% of the IT workforce.
2. Detroit - women account for 31.5% of the IT workforce.
3. Baltimore - women account for 28.6% of the IT workforce.
4. Philadelphia - women account for 28.2% of the IT workforce.
5. Atlanta - women account for 28.2% of the IT workforce.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Facts:

• 2% of open source developers are women.
  Source: 2005 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
• Women account for 28% of the workforce in proprietary software.
  Source: FLOSSPOLS, 2004-2006
• Women who earn B.S. degrees in Computer Science: 28%
• Women who go on to get PhD: 16.5%
• Women who held professional positions in the IT industry in 2006: 26%
  Source: Anita Borg Institute, 2007
  
  

Teen Girls Have Access To Computers Later Then Teen Boys:

• Age of first computer use: Female: 14.5 Male: 12
• Age of first computer possession: Female: 19 Male: 15
  Source: FLOSSPOLS, 2004-2006
  
  

Articles and Studies:

Gender Diversity at Web Conferences: By kottke.org       

We Assume Floss Benefits Us All Equally. But Does it Really? By Cheekay Cinco

Women in Technology: Hear Us Roar Series: By Tatiana Apandi

Women Who Risk: Making Women in Technology Visible: By Tara Hunt

The State of Women and Technology Fields Around the World:  By the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

The Business Case for Gender Diversity in Technology: By the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

Organizations and Blogs:

BlogHer: In 2005 Elisa Camahort, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone responded to the often repeated question: "where all the women bloghers?"  Blogher was their answer, the largest online community of women bloghers to date.

ConnectionCafe: Jordan Viator edits this great blog about nonprofit technology issues, trends and best practices online.

Feminist Approach to Technology:  A not-for-profit organization based in New Delhi working towards empowering women through technology.

Geek Girl Blogs: A great blogging community for women working in IT.

Genderit.org: Emerged from the Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programs advocacy work in information and communications technologies (ICT’s). 

Idealware: A non-profit organization that provides candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits. Founded by Laura Quinn.

Linuxchix: Great network of women working in Linux.

MobileActive.org: MobileActive is a global network of people (and their tools, projects, and resources) focused on the use of mobile phones in civil society spearheaded by Women Who Tech advisory committee member Katrin Verclas.

NTEN: A member driven organization that aspires to a world where all nonprofit organizations skillfully and confidently use technology to meet community needs and fulfill their missions. It's lead by Women Who Tech advisory committee member Holly Ross. 

Rad Campaign Blog: Women Who Tech founder Allyson Kapin blogs about the latest trends in technology and online marketing and how it impacts non-profit organizations.

ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange:  A blog that highlights women in open source.    

TakeBackTheTech.org: Huge props to the women who started TakeBackTheTech.org (echoing Take Back the Night). This 15 day campaign is working towards creating digital spaces that protects everyone’s right to move freely, without harassment or threat to safety and addresses the intersections between communication rights and women’s human rights, especially violence against women.  You can also check out the work by the UK chapter here. 

Women2.0: Angie Chang co-founded this great organization that aims to increase the number of young women entrepreneurs by encouraging women to work with and in the field of technology.

WebChick.net: Angela Byron's blog about working in open source.

Systers: One of the world’s largest email communities of technical women in computing.

Zen and the Art of Non-Profit Technology:  Michellen Murrain who spearheads the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative writes this informative blog about the latest issues in non-profit technology.

Upcoming Conferences:

BlogHer '08: July 18-20, 2008 in San Francisco

The 2008 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference: October 1 – 4, 2008. 

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  WOMEN ARE UNDERREPRESENTED

  
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