High school is hard enough, but when you're a girl interested in technology and one of the few girls in your STEM class, it can be daunting, students say.
Girls in technology
After high school, women entering tech are unfortunately a small number compared to other sectors: women hold only 26% of computer science jobs, and only 12% of engineers at Silicon Valley tech startups are women. The four-day international tech conference known as GirlCon hopes to change this narrative and ultimately turn girls’ interest in tech into successful careers.
“GirlCon was kind of what sparked my passion for technology,” Vidya Bharadwaj, co-director of GirlCon and a rising senior, told Lifewire over the phone. “It allowed me to connect with this whole community of young people who were interested in technology.”
GirlCon started four years ago when a few high school students noticed that there were too few women in their STEM classes and wanted to change that.
