I have a Facebook group for women in technology. I ask 3 questions to women who want to join the group. One of them is: “Why do you want to join the group? “. All the answers I receive say that it is to meet other women in technology, to exchange tips, etc!
Since not everyone is on Facebook or enjoys the platform, I had the idea to write this article to share all the platforms for women in technology that I know. My goal is to regroup all women in tech communities that you can join and where you can go to exchange with others!
Women in tech communities to join
Facebook Groups
In French
- Les filles du web au Québec : The group aims to bring together girls from the web in Quebec to exchange, help and inspire.
- Lesbians Who Tech Montreal
In English
- Women Know Tech : My Facebook Group, for anyone who identifies as a woman.
- Women In Tech
- Global Tech Women
- Underrepresented in tech : The group is for people who identify themselves as an under-represented individual in technology.
- Moms Can: CODE : For moms to learn how to code, but I don’t have kids and I joined it… really inspiring group!
- IronRingGirls – Group : for women in engineering
- freeCodeCamp Ladies’ Lounge : FreeCodeCamp FB Group for women.
- Ladies Storm Hackathons : all individuals are invited to join the group to reduce the gender gap in hackathons!
- #GirlsOnWP : For women who use WordPress
- Women Who Tech : Focus on issues related to women in technology
Less active:
- She Codes Her Adventure : Group created by Code by Sisters, two sisters who decided to learn how to code.
Slack
I have been in this Slack for a very long time. The topics discussed are very diverse, but I believe that most members (all who identify as women) are concentrated in the United States. It’s the most active slack this on this list.
Women Techmakers is a Google program that aims to give visibility, communities and resources to women in technology. It’s not been long since I was on this Slack, but it’s friendly for the experience I had. Women Techmakers offers 3 different Slack teams: early career, mid-level career, or established career. The goal of these three slacks is to help women’s careers by providing access to resources and events.
This group is for all those who live, work or are connected to Montreal in any way. We speak in English and in French in this Slack!
- Use women empowerment hashtags
I wrote a complete blog post listing all the women related hashtags I could find, so you can easily connect and find other women in tech accounts!
Accounts to follow
- Twitter lists of women in tech accounts
Hashtags to use
Twitter Chats
Twitter chats are discussions that can be said to be “directed” to a particular topic, and where everyone can answer a question and give their opinion. This allows you to meet other people and network a lot on Twitter!
Snapchat
- Women in Tech : Almost every day, a woman takes over the Snapchat account for a day and shares video clips of her day. Sometimes it’s a woman who runs a business. Most often, she introduces her work colleagues and shows us what a typical day looks like for her. Other times, it is about women who go to conferences and make us attend with them!
- /r/LadyDevs : full of news around women in tech
Meetups
Meetup.com is a website that allows organizers to create recurring events around a topic. Thus, all people interested in this subject can meet to network.
I can not list all the meetups, but I suggest you go to meetup.com and search using keywords like “women + code”, “women in tech”, etc. You will surely find a group that is near you!
- Girl Develop It (New York)
- Montréal All-Girl Hack Night (Montréal)
Events
Organizations
United States
Canada
- Canada Learning Code, with Ladies Learning Code
Conclusion
I hope this article has helped you discover new communities for women in technology! If you ever know a community that I have not listed here, feel free to leave a comment for me to add!
