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II The XII edition of the Latin American Women in Computing Congress / XII edición del Congreso de la Mujer Latinoamericana en la Computación (LAWCC) was held as part of the the XLVI Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI). It aims to encourage and visualize the contribution of women in various areas of computing. The papers presented at the congress identify women's challenges in areas related to Computing, Information Technology and Telecommunications (ICT) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in teaching, in the workplace, in research and society in general. They find ways to address recurring problems related to gender and interaction with society. The topics covered but not exclusive that were proposed for this edition were: • Analysis of the activity and participation of women in STEM and ICT in general. • Female participation in scientific and technological events (hackathons, science clubs, etc.). • Inclusive software development (games, apps and others) with strong participation of women. • Initiatives to promote gender equity in STEM/ICT. • Gender and Human-Computer Interaction. • Women's leadership models and ICT. • Gender particularities in the development and implementation of ICTs • Gender particularities in the teaching of STEM/ICT, in the 5 levels: initial, pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education. • Women's participation in national and international decision making concerning the use of ICT • Public policies on women and ICTs.
LAWCC was held in virtual mode from October 19th to 23rd because the situation of the COVID-19 crisis has not allowed us to hold the workshop in person. This volume contains 13 papers accepted by the scientific committee of the event through double blind review.
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Germania Rodríguez (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador) Alicia García-Holgado (University of Salamanca, Spain)
Aletéia Araújo, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil Ariella Quesada Rosales, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica Carina S. González-González, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain Claudia Cappelli, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Cristiano Maciel, IComp/UFAM, Brasil Diana Francisca Adamatti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brasil Donna Roper, Universidad de Panama, Panama Fabiola Guerra Nakamura, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brasil Gabriela Marin, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Genoveva Vargas Solar, CNRS-LIG-LAFMIA, France Janneth Chicaiza, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador Karen Figueiredo, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brasil Katty Rohoden, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador Lilian Berton, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil Luciana Bolan Frigo,Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil Luciana Salgado, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil Lucy García-Ramos, Universidad del Norte, Colombia Marcela Varas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile Maria E. Urquhart, UDELAR, Uruguay Maria Elena García Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay Maristela Holanda, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil Mirella M. Moro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil Priscila Valdiviezo, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador Rosiane de Freitas, IComp/UFAM, Brasil Sarajane M., University of São Paulo, Brasil Silvia Amélia, Meninas Digitais, Brasil Tanara Lauschner, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brasil
IV Using Student Profiles to Motivate and Understand How to Attract Women to Computer Science Gabriela Marín-Raventós, Rosaura M. Romero and Ana Laura Monge-Soto ...................................................... 1 - 12 Iniciativas Educacionais para Permanência das Mulheres em Cursos de Graduação em Computação no Brasil (Educational Initiatives for Women's Permanence in Undergraduate Computing Courses in Brazil) Maristela Holanda, Alice Lima, Alice Borges, Kailany Ketulhe, Aleteia P. F. Araujo and Carla Koike ............... 13 - 24 "Playful STEM-promotion": an Initiative to Encourage STEM Programs in Primary Schools Iyubanit Rodríguez, Michael Arias, Kattia Rodríguez, Laura Coto-Sarmiento and Marielos Murillo-Herrera..... 25 - 36 A Brief Analysis of the Situation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Silvia González Pérez ......................................................................................................................................... 37 - 46 STEM Women in Ecuador: a Proposal to Reduce the Gender Gap Luz Tobar Subía, Victoria Proaño and Carlos Vásquez ...................................................................................... 47 - 59 Co-creation of BootCamps Focused on Promoting STEM Germania Rodríguez Morales, Alicia García-Holgado, Samanta Patricia Cueva Carrión and Jorge Luis Jaramillo...................................................................................................................................... 60 - 70 Motivaciones de la Población Femenina en la Elección de la Carrera de Informática: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (Motivations of the Female Population in the Election of the Computer Science Career: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica) Sandra Cabrera A. and Ariella Quesada R. ........................................................................................................ 71 - 81 The Challenge of Inspiring Women Startups in a Latin American Country Donna A. Roper, Carolina Mendoza and Susana Lau......................................................................................... 82 - 92 Reducing Inequalities in STEM: The Girls in Computer Science Project, Paraíba, Northeast, Brazil Josilene A. Moreira, Giorgia Mattos and Catarina Sales .................................................................................. 93 - 104 Ecuadorian Scholarly Production in Computer Science. Analysis of Publication Patterns by Gender Janneth Chicaiza and Ruth Reátegui.............................................................................................................. 105 - 115 W-STEAM card game to develop computational thinking Victoria Guimarães, Larissa Pessoa, Ariel Luane Bentes, Raquel Folz, Thiago Melo and Rosiane de Freitas .................................................................................................................................. 116 – 127 Carência de Mulheres na Computação: Um Estudo sobre a Relação entre Incentivo x Desinformação (Lack of Women in Computing: A Study on the Relationship between Incentive x Disinformation) Samira Santos da Silva and Sincler Peixoto de Meireles .............................................................................. 128 – 139 Mistura de gêneros e habilidades no desenvolvimento de um aplicativo móvel para mulheres em situações de risco (Gender mixing and skills in developing a mobile application for women at risk) Rosiane de Freitas, Juliana Magalhães, Bruna Mariana Souza, Julia LuizaConceição, Maria Luiza Edwards, Joseph Paz, Leonardo da Silva and Matheus Uchoa ..................................................................................... 140 - 151