GenderChangers Academy
From SystersWiki
The ASCII hacklab started in 1999 as a free internet workplace in the Netherlands. Most people running ASCII were men, with tech experience. The few women who were visiting the space decided to create a women-only initiative, the GenderChangers, with the motive to exchange technical skills, unimpeded by typical competitiveness of male geeks.
In their first gathering, they helped each other to install Linux on their computers. It went so well that they decided to initiate a series of workshops to make more women interested in technology and free software. It took long discussions, fights, and efforts for their gatherings to be finally accepted and embraced by the men of the space.
