awesome-tech-feminism

A curated list of awesome articles, websites and resources about tech feminism (aka technofeminism) and feminist technology.

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Contents

• Awesome lists
• Organisations
• Events & Conferences
• Videos
• Non-English resources
  • German
• City/Region/Country-specific
  • Austria
    • Wien
  • Germany
    • Berlin
    • München
    • Stuttgart

Awesome lists

Other related awesome lists and resource collections:

• Awesome Diversity - a curated list of amazingly awesome articles, websites and resources about diversity in technology.
• fem vienna - an overview of feminist organizations in Vienna (not exclusively in tech context, but with a strong focus on it)
• Feminist / Women / Gender Diversity in Tech Initiatives in Vienna - a link/resource collection for initiatives in Vienna (Austria).

Organisations

• DjangoGirls - a global network of communities that empowers and helps women to organize free, one-day programming workshops based on the Django web application framework.
• ngGirls - a global network of workshops and events to introduce women to the world of technology based on building a web application with Angular.
• PyLadies - an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community.
• R-Ladies - a worldwide organisation whose mission is to promote gender diversity in the R community.
• Women in Tech e.V. - an association in the DACH-region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) with the aim that technology is designed by all genders

Events & Conferences

• PyLadiesCon - a global online conference covering all topics related to Python programming, organised by the global network of PyLadies communities
• Women Techmakers Vienna - first a local conf in Vienna (Austria), then an online conference (last edition so far 2020)

Videos

• Feminism - For more Equity in AI | Eva Gengler | TEDxCBS Cologne
• Why we need to design feminist AI | Josie Young | TEDxLondonWomen
• The Feminist City | Dr. Ellie Cosgrave | TEDxUCLWomen
• Can architecture and planning ensure safety for women? | Vania Ceccato | TEDxKTHWomen
• The surprising neuroscience of gender inequality | Janet Crawford | TEDxSanDiego

Non-English resources

German

• F.U.C.K. - Feminismus und Computer Kram, FLINTA* online hackspace (bilingual mode for English-speakers)
• Haecksen - eine Gruppe für Techniker*innen, Hacker*innen, Maker*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen, Künstler*innen, Aktivist*innen im Umfeld der deutschen Hacker*innenszene und solche, die es werden wollen

City/Region/Country-specific

Austria

• Female Coders - Gruppe für Frauen, die im Rahmen zweiwöchentlicher Study Groups ihre Programmierkenntnisse erweitern oder auffrischen möchten (hauptsächlich in Linz & Wien)
• IEEE Women in Engineering Austria - Austrian chapter (with lots of connections in Vienna) of the IEEE Women in Engineering
• OVE Fem – Frauen in der Elektrotechnik - Frauennetzwerk im Österreichischen Verband für Elektrotechnik (OVE)
• VÖSI Special Interest Group Women in ICT - Quartalsweise Meetups, Vernetzung und Kooperationen im Rahmen des Verbands Österreichischer Software Industrie (VÖSI)

Wien

• diebin.at - queer*feminist ICT collective providing ICT infrastructure and workshops
• Feminist Linux Meetup für Frauen*, Non-Binary*, Trans* und Inter* Personen - … monatlicher Vernetzungs-, Lern-, Probier- & Experimentierraum
• Mz* Baltazar’s Lab - feminist collective and hackerspace with a focus on DIY projects on the intersection of arts, technology & feminism
• PyLadies Vienna - meetups and beginner courses for the Python programming language (part of the international PyLadies network).
• Referat für Gleichbehandlung und Frauenförderung an der ÖH der TU Wien - womens' department of the students union at the TU Wien
• #TheNewITGirls - a community for women in tech with monthly meetups
• Women && Code - initiative to bring women into programming in Austria, which offers different events related to coding in general, and JavaScript, Web Dev, and Python in particular

Germany

Berlin

• Heart of Code - ein Hackspace für programmierende und technikbegeisterte Frauen (trans und cis), trans* und nicht-binäre Personen

München

• F.U.C.K. München - FNTI* und Computer Kram - monatliches Event in dem der µc3 Hackspace ausschließlich von FNTI* Personen genutzt wird

Stuttgart

• Ready to Code - Online-Programmierworkshops und Networking Events für mehr Gendergerechtigkeit in der IT
  • also hosting the Cocktails & Code meetup