CivicTech and Gender - Reading "Reclaim the Language How to deal with a sexist".
Overview
In the past year, issues related to diversity and gender have arisen in the world and in Japan. When such issues arise, what kind of action should we take as civic techies, or what kind of position should we express? We are now once again reading "Reclaim the Language How to deal with a sexist" by Lee Min-Gyeong.
Speakers
Mami Enomoto
Code for CAT
Member of Code for CAT / Fellow of Code for Japan. Promotes open data and data utilization related to civil engineering infrastructure, including the Infrastructure Data Challenge. Organized a free workshop for beginners called "Django Girls" in Japan in order to increase opportunities for women to encounter programming.
Kazuki Imamura
Code for CAT / Code for Japan
Web developer at InfoLounge, Inc / Runs the IT community "Django Girls Tokyo" / Known as the "GitHub okami"