By Petra Kotuliakova | Project Leader
A visit and discussion with the president of Slovakia, Mr. Andrej Kiska happened in Martin, northern town of Slovakia,at the end of June.
More than 100 girls from five high schools participated in the discussion, leaded by Mr. President, with the presence of four wonderful Slovak IT women. Their motivating speeches touched the girls and showed that women have their place in the IT world.
Before meeting with students, Mr. President discussed with directors of these schools about their needs and problems regarding IT education and especially how to attract young girls to study IT.
We are very proud that Mr. President is so involved in this topic!
After 8 months, we have accomplished very successful multimedia workshop, leaded by one of our partners. Every week, a small group of girls learns the basis of graphic and animation of video.
We have participated in the Summer edition of Rails Girls, oriented to the Ruby coding language. 50 women could work under the guidance of experience mentors and do their first steps in Ruby world.
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