"So, you’re the technician?" This is what Computer Scientist Antonella Dipierro was asked at the beginning of her first work experience. Called to resolve a problem, she immediately experienced the gender prejudice that is still largely present in the technical and scientific world.
This is the beginning of the TGR Puglia news report on the Coding Girls Tour in Bari (Nov. 16). Journalist Giorgio Demetrio interviewed some of the participants in the hackathon organised at the “Aldo Moro” University of Bari. The focus of the challenge was "How could you make a difference?"
"Coding Girls": A Digital Marathon to Defeat Prejudice (in Italian)
by Giorgio Demetrio
The hackathon held at the University of Bari against gender discrimination attracted 120 young women from high schools in the metropolitan area. The news report was broadcast on November 16, 2019.
