Today, on International Women’s Day, we are looking back on 15 years of Google’s Mind the Gap initiative, a grassroots program which aims to bridge the gap of female representation in the tech industry by inspiring middle and high-school students to pursue careers in STEM at a critical stage of their education.Computer science is for everyoneFor the two first female engineers in Google's Tel Aviv office, Daniela Raijman and Michal Segalov, the challenge of making computer science more inclusive was personal. They wanted to see more female engineers like themselves in the tech industry.In 2008, with the support of site lead Yossi Matias, who continues to sponsor the program today, they set out on a mission: to inspire female students to pursue a career in STEM by introducing them to female role models and giving them a behind-the-scenes look into software engineering jobs. This is how Mind the Gap (MtG) was born. Their idea was to change the perception of young women about their place in the tech world, and the message to young female students was clear: computer science and STEM are for everyone.
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Friday, November 15, 2024
