Programming a Better World
Los 40 Principales - August 18, 2016. In this article Melina talked about the importance of young women detecting social issues that matter to them and using technology as a tool to solve them.
Meet this App to report street harassment developed by three teenage girls
InfoTecncology - August 8, 2016. Lorena and Rocío did not rule out going into technology once they finish high school and Lucía, for her part, commented that she is amazed with the possibility of having “such a powerful tool to generate social change”.”
Three 15-year-old students developed an application to report street harassment
Infobae - August 6, 2016. “The idea is to raise awareness and generate statistics on the areas and times where this type of abuse occurs,” highlighted Rocío, interviewee and participant of #PUMM 2016.
Game over to gender inequality in the world of videogames
Telám - August 3, 2016.Note on female role models and their roles in the world of video games. Chicas en Tecnología as one of the referent initiatives in the country that works to change this problem.
Leaders who inspire through action
La Nación - July 26, 2016. Special report on young people as agents of change.
Girls in technology: why they are still in the minority
Infobae - July 24, 2016.Barely 22% perform tasks within the techie world, and yet it is a growing sector, with great need for human resources and where salaries are, on average, 33% higher than in other areas.
Change at a click
Possible Future - July 20, 2016. In this edition of Futuro Posible they invited different entrepreneurs who knew how to use technology to achieve a positive change in society. They are Susana Garrido, Latin America Director of the website Change.org, Jorge “Yoyo” Riva, co-founder of Socialab, and Melina Masnatta, co-founder of Chicas [...]
The “girls in technology” who program a better world
Entremujeres Clarín - July 20, 2016.The demand in technology jobs continues to grow and the lack of interest of girls in technology and careers linked to computer science is visualized on a global scale. Fortunately, there are women working to reduce the gender gap in the industry.
Teenage programmers created solidarity apps
Energynews - July 16, 2016. What happened at #PUMM 2016, first edition.
Girls who program with social impact in mind
Japan Today - Radio Palermo - July 13, 2016. Mariana Varela tells the experience of working in Chicas en Tecnología and everything that happened in #PUMM 2016.