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Well I do engage quite actively in these discussion with girls in high school; young women in universities and women in the industry the problem space and opportunity is multifaceted, cultural depending upon the country--- and btw my motto: "geek c ést chic! " Monique On 4/30/12 2:03 AM, "Riccardo Bernardini" <framefritti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I understand that this was the result of a "high-level dialogue" > (whatever that means) among few (how many?) people. This reminds me > of the "the Emperor of China nose length" problem > > http://imaginatorium.org/stuff/nose.htm > > Discussion among a limited group of people is not guaranteed to give > you the "truth," in this case the conclusion is maybe more the result > of the preconception of the participants, rather than the real > motivations behind low woman participation in ICT. > > In this case the best solution (although not easy to implement) would > be to ask directly to young women: "Are you interested in an ICT > carrer?, If yes, why? If no, why not?" > > My personal (limited, I admit it) experience with my high-school > female co-students, was that most of them were not interested in > technical stuff, telling them about the latest program for C-64 was > the most efficient algorithm to get them bored. If you say that > personal interest does not matter and that they should be attracted by > the career opportunities in a field that they do not like, let me beg > to disagree: I had enough negative experiences about people that do > their work only for money, rather than for passion. > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx> > wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:39:56AM +0200, >> Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx> wrote >> a message of 13 lines which said: >> >>> I also note that the "prominent women from the technology industry" >>> invited by the IUT >> >> s/IUT/ITU/ of course.