Fatores e Dificuldades que Influenciam na Entrada e Permanência das Mulheres na Área de TI

• Carla Ilane Moreira Bezerra UFC
• Maria Alice de Souza Macedo UFC
• Kassia Cristina de Sousa Lopes UFC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2023.230896

Abstract

This paper presents a survey applied to women in the IT area to investigate factors that influence their entry and permanence in the area. The survey received responses from 107 women pursuing an IT degree or working in the field. The results showed that women choose IT because they have an affinity with the area but face significant sociocultural obstacles in the academic environment and the job market, such as experiences of masculinity and moral harassment, in addition to challenges in balancing work and personal life. These problems result in feelings of insecurity and inadequacy. However, they remain in graduation because they have aptitude and interest in career possibilities.

References

Albarakati, N. and DiPippo, L. (2021). Exploring factors that influence underrepresented students to persist in computer science. In 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pages 1–7.

Cordeiro, D. F., Rocha, A. S., Cassiano, K. K., and da Silva, N. R. (2020). Representativeness of women in postgraduate programs in computer science in brazil. In Anais do XIV Women in Information Technology, pages 110–119. SBC.

Cursino, A. R. and Martinez, J. F. (2021). Análise estatística descritiva e regressão da inserção das mulheres nos cursos de ti nos anos de 2009 a 2018. In Anais do XV Women in Information Technology, pages 21–30. SBC.

González-González, C. S., García-Holgado, A., de los Angeles Martínez-Estévez, M., Gil, M., Martín-Fernandez, A., Marcos, A., Aranda, C., and Gershon, T. S. (2018). Gender and engineering: Developing actions to encourage women in tech. In 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pages 2082–2087.

Hyrynsalmi, S. and Hyrynsalmi, S. (2019). What motivates adult age women to make a career change to the software industry? In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), pages 1–8. IEEE.

INEP (2021). Censo da Educação Superior. Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em: 23 de março de 2023.

Lima, M. P. (2013). As mulheres na ciência da computação. Revista Estudos Feministas, 21:793–816.

Moreira, J. A., Silva, R. M., and Carvalho, M. E. P. (2018). Cenários prospectivos: Uma visão do futuro da presença feminina em cursos de ciência da computação de uma instituição de ensino superior. In Anais do XXVI Workshop sobre Educação em Computação. SBC.

Motogna, S., Alboaie, L., Todericiu, I. A., and Zaharia, C. (2022). Retaining women in computer science: The good, the bad and the ugly sides. In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering, GE@ICSE ’22, page 35–42, New York, NY, USA. Association for Computing Machinery.

Silva, J., Oliveira, L., and Silva, A. (2019). Meninas na computação: uma análise inicial da participação das mulheres nos cursos de sistemas de informação do estado de alagoas. In Anais do XXVII Workshop sobre Educação em Computação, pages 444–452. SBC.

Winter, E., Thomas, L., and Blair, L. (2021). ’it’s a bit weird, but it’s ok’? how female computer science students navigate being a minority. In Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1, ITiCSE ’21, page 436–442, New York, NY, USA. Association for Computing Machinery.