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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Organisations: 18. Girlhype

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Girlhype

Location: South Africa

Girlhype run coding clubs and ‘technovation’ challenges to train and empower girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. This includes a youth entrepreneurship programme that helps girls develop and code an app to solve a community issue and Mozilla Clubs via a UN Regional Coordinator.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @Girlhypecode
Facebook: facebook.com/Girlhypecode
Instagram: @girlhypecode
Website: girlhype.co.za

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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Advocates: 17. Danila C S Dias

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Danila Carrijo da Silva Dias

Location: Brazil

Danila studies radon at the Brazilian Commission for Nuclear Energy (CNEN), is on the Executive Committee of Women in Nuclear Brasil and founded the Brazilian chapter of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World in 2020. In 2015 she presented her research “Female Contribution in Nuclear Science: Experiences at the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN / LAPOC)” at the 23rd WiN Global Annual Conference: Women in Nuclear Meet Atoms for Peace. This year, she was one of the organisers for the Stand Up For Nuclear initiative.

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @DanilaDias2
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danilacdias
Website: owsd.net/network/brazil

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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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