The new platform Girls Who Code Girls allows girls to create avatars that reflect themselves outside of the male gaze.
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She’ll Be the First Indigenous Woman to Take to the Stars
NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann is set to fly to space this week with SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission.
RIP ‘Star Trek’s’ Nichelle Nichols, Pioneer for Representation
The actress and activist passed away, but her legacy lives on among women on-screen – and women in STEM.
For the First Time, an All-Women Team Wins the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna created a tool to alter genes. It earned them the top scientific distinction.
9 Women in STEM Who Might Just Save Us All
From vaccine developments to vital testing kits, women in the science world are making critical strides in helping humanity combat the novel coronavirus.
Remembering Katherine Johnson, ‘Hidden Figures’ Mathematician
Mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away. She’s remembered fondly as both a brilliant mind at NASA and a trailblazer for fellow women in science, tech, engineering and math.
Latin America Is the New Hub for Female STEM Entrepreneurs
Female founders across Latin America are putting down business roots in their home countries, thanks to an abundance of accelerator programs.
Tired of News About Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, She Launched a Site for Black Techies
A fan of numbers, technologist Sherrell Dorsey of ThePLUG takes a data-driven approach to sharing the stories and struggles of black innovators.
In Business to Make You Click
In 1999, Jessica Rovello helped invent viral content as promoter of “The Blair Witch Project.” Now a successful female tech entrepreneur, her firm Arkadium is helping large online publishers engage the internet masses.
This Woman is Reaching for the Startup Stars
Harleen Kaur is a former NASA engineer and Rolls-Royce executive. But growing her mobile social-networking company, uCiC, has been her biggest challenge yet.
Fanning the Flames of an Industry Hot Spot
New York is fast becoming one of the nation’s most dynamic tech hubs. Minerva Tantoco, the city’s first-ever CTO, intends to take it to new heights.
Debugging Tech for Women Biz Owners of Color
The deck is stacked against minority female entrepreneurs in one of America’s fastest-growing industries. But an array of initiatives offers hope.
Battling the Tech World’s ‘Dark-Ages’ Mindset
Up-and-coming venture capitalist Sarah Kunst is doing her part to revolutionize the tech and investing industries, despite colleagues with outdated views.
Modem Sounds Were Music to Her Ears
Shaherose Charania, the entrepreneurial force behind Women 2.0 and Founder Labs, was hooked on the Internet ever since she first logged on in high school.
Hacking the UK’s STEM Representation Problem
Stemettes is dedicated to eliminating the gender-based “skills gaps” in science, tech, engineering and math across the pond.