LinuxChix - a women's-only computer initiative by an African group - hopes to empower the fairer sex in matters of technology and software.
Linuxchix Africa was formed in 2004 "by African women for African women" because, as one of the co-founders Dorcas Muthoni says, "people fear computers and women are more affected by this fear".
"But with a lot of technology tools coming into their lives, women are becoming more and more open to this (computers). The whole IT industry has opened a lot of specialised areas, which are not necessary geeky," Muthoni said.
The group plans to acquaint schoolgirls with IT as an industry so as to enable them to choose IT as a career. Thanks to its efforts, networking, web design and web development are no longer a taboo area for women.
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