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Gender in software engineering degrees

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Celia Fernández Aller,

Sara Román NavarroAuthors Info & Claims

ECSA '18: Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Proceedings

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3241403.3241420

Published: 24 September 2018 Publication History

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Considering the highly relevant gender equality gaps in the scientific field in Spain, the present work has the objective of analyzing the pertinence and impact requirements of a proposal designed to contribute to improve gender relations at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) and at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).

This proposal intends to guide the introduction of gender-related contents in various subjects, so that both teachers and students can gain a gender perspective in addressing different issues. Some other proposals related to technical subjects are also included.

The methodology that has been used is based on a gender mainstreaming literature review and on an analysis of worldwide good practices on gender equality in high education institutions. A case study is also provided.

Our main conclusion is that our proposal may have very strong impact in reducing the gender gaps and in creating a basis for a wider mainstreaming strategy. This is relevant now, as the Equality Plan in the UPM and UCM have been recently approved.

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Gender in software engineering degrees
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Software engineering education
  2. User characteristics
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ECSA '18: Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Proceedings

September 2018

325 pages

ISBN:9781450364836

DOI:10.1145/3241403

General Chair:
Jennifer Pérez
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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Program Chairs:
Raffaela Mirandola
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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Hong-Mei Chen
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

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