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Hindustan Times: An African Bid to Educate Women on IT

Apr 13, 2006, 21:45 (0 Talkback[s])

"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...'"

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