Perfil Feminino em Computação: Análise Inicial

• Alyne Oliveira UFMG
• Mirella Moro UFMG
• Raquel Prates UFMG

Abstract

The female presence in Science has been largely discussed. In Brazil, there is more than two thousand high education courses related to Computer Science, and the number of girls enrolled in them has decreased from 24% to 15 % in the past 10 years. The goal of this paper is to study the profile of women in Computer Science for later defining strategies to attract more women to the field as well as to keep those that already are working in it. The initial results are promising and should delineate our next steps.

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