The Women in Geospatial+ (WiG+) group has recently opened up submissions for its newly launched Speakers Database.
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Women in GIS Networking Groups
Web sites with information specifically regarding peer support for women in GIS.
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Women in Geospatial Launches a Career Mentorship Program
The Women in Geospatial professional networking group has opened up applications for its inaugural career mentorship program.
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Esri Press Releases ‘Women and GIS: Mapping Their Stories’
Esri Press has released a collection of twenty-three profiles featuring women professionals in GIS.
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Survey: Calling all Women in GIS
As Women in GIS (WiGIS) moves to become a nonprofit organization, it is seeking feedback from women who are either working in GIS or seeking to start a career in GIS to provide input.
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Is Sexism a Problem in GIS?
This article takes a look the state of sexism in GIS and reports how those working in the field have spoken about how sexism has impacted them.
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New Women in GIS Networking Group
Women in GIS is a new networking group for female geospatial professionals and students.
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Women in GIS Survey for a Master’s Thesis
Livia Betancourt Mazur is working on her Master’s thesis in Geography at Hunter College of City University of New York. She has issued a call for participants for her survey which seeks to explore the representation of women in GIS and the experience of women who already work in the field: The survey […]
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Crowdsourced Map of Women in GIS
Update: The Women in GIS crowdsourced map effort is still gathering steam. Thousands of women in GIS have added their locational information to the map. The goal is to reach at least 10,000 women currently working in GIS. Esri has also joined in to help promote the Making History…GIS and […]
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Scholarships for Women to Attend State of the Map US
Stating that, ” we want to increase the number of women participating in the OpenStreetMap community”, scholarships to attend the April State of the Map US are being offered by OpenStreetMap. State of the Map US is the annual conference for users of OpenStreetMap data in the United States. This year, it will […]