Mimmit koodaa Pohjois-Karjala/Mimmit koodaa (Women code North Karelia/Women code

Mimmit koodaa Pohjois-Karjala as a part of Mimmit koodaa-programme (Women code-programme) aim is to increase gender equality in the Finnish software industry by breaking the stereotype that coding is only for men. The software is everywhere and is used by everyone and all skills are needed. But at the same time software industry is highly male dominated. Mimmit koodaa - programme wants to be involved in ensuring the development of high-quality and diverse software and promoting equality. North Karelia is a first region where the programme will be implemented as a project funded by European Social Fund
The core of the program is to provide easily accessible coding workshops free of charge for women who are interested in coding but have no previous experience in it. The programme builds a community which offers the low-threshold free activities, networking, workshops, webinars, training, examples, support and career stories from peers.
The long-term objective of #MimmitKoodaa is to help giving future generations an equal opportunity to study and flourish in the IT field, especially in the software industry. In the future, every company will be a software company and there will be an increasing need to use, customize, buy and develop software. The main stakeholders and beneficiaries are women, companies, communities, educational actors and educational organisations, municipalities and volunteers.