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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Organisations: 17. Code for Girls

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Code for Girls

Location: Saudi Arabia

Code for Girls empowers girls in tech, teaching them to code via bootcamps and workshops, and building a community of talent. They have taught over 850 young people across 65 different projects, and offer both live and pre-recorded training.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @_codeforgirls
Instagram: @_codeforgirls
YouTube: Code for Girls
LinkedIn: Code for Girls
GitHub: codeforgirls-sa
Caramella: Code for Girls
Website: codeforgirls.org

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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Advocates: 16. Dr Maria Augusta Arruda

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Dr Maria Augusta Arruda

Location: United Kingdom

Maria is a professor at the University of Nottingham, manager of the Drug Discovery Programme and Chair of the BAME Staff Network. She is an advisor for Black Women in Science, a network to support black women in science.

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @guta1610
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mariaaugustaarruda
Website: bwisnetwork.co.uk

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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Organisations: 16. Lotus STEMM

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Lotus STEMM

Location: South Asia

Lotus STEMM is a grassroots community for South Asian women which works to increase the visibility of and inspire South Asian girls and women in STEM. They provide resources for parents and teachers as well as students, and workshops and mentoring to help women develop skills. They run competitions, such as the recent Degrees of Success video contest, and carry out research on issues affecting women. In 2020, they were awarded The STEM Squad Cross-Pollination Grant for their mentorship program.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @Lotus_STEMM
Facebook: facebook.com/Lotus-STEMM
Instagram: @lotusstemm
YouTube: Lotus STEMM
Website: lotusstemm.org

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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Advocates: 15. Dr Allison Gardner

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Dr Allison Gardner

Location: United Kingdom

Allison is a Teaching Fellow and Programme Director for the Science Foundation Year at Keele University, where she researches machine learning for disease prediction, and gender and computing. She co-founded Women Leading in AI in 2018, is an alumnus of the Jo Cox Women in Leadership Programme and is a panel member for the Artificial Intelligence Health and Care Award. Allison also spoke at our International Women’s Day event in 2019 ‘IWD: Shifting the balance in STEM‘.

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @AllisonCGardner & @WLinAI
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-allison-gardner
Website: womenleadinginai.org

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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Organisations: 15. Women In STEM Brainiacs

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Women In STEM Brainiacs

Location: Nigeria

Women In STEM Brainiacs is a not-for-profit initiative from Brainiacs STEM & Robotics and encourages girls and women in STEM. They run a mentoring scheme, STEM competitions and events, internships and are setting up STEM networks in schools.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @WinStemBrainiac
YouTube: Brainiacs STEM & Robotics
LinkedIn: Brainiacs STEM and Robotics
Instagram: brainiacs_ng
Website: brainiacs.com.ng

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