{"id":822,"date":"2025-03-09T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/?p=822"},"modified":"2025-03-09T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:11:42","slug":"celebrating-the-international-womens-day-at-moat-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/09\/celebrating-the-international-womens-day-at-moat-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the International Women\u2019s Day at Moat Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy International Women's Day!<\/p>\n

During our career session at Moat Academy<\/a> earlier this week<\/a>, an unpremeditated conversation occurred. The question of who was the first programmer was posed to a female participant. She answered, \"I really don't know.\" She was then asked a follow-up question: \"Was the first programmer a male or female?\". While she was pondering this, we heard a male voice saying, \"Definitely a man, of course!\" Surprisingly! that response ruffles no feathers, and no one in the room appears to be bothered. It now makes sense why we have fewer women present in the room because history has changed and women have ceded \"their field\" to their male counterparts. So, we conducted a little Google search, and yep! We got it:<\/p>\n

Who was the first programmer?
\nAda Lovelace: The First<\/a> Computer Programmer ... Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the noted poet Lord Byron and Annabella Milbanke Byron<\/p>\n

Every year on March 8, we commemorate International Women's Day (IWD), which gives us a chance to honor women's accomplishments and advance gender equality.<\/p>\n

'Accelerate Action' is the theme for 2025.<\/p>\n

According to data from the World Economic Forum, true gender parity will not be achieved until 2158, or almost five generations from now, if current trend continues.<\/p>\n

Therefore, in order to attain gender equality, action must be accelerated.
\nIf you're a woman who wants to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, the software development industry can give you the opportunity to do all of these things and more.<\/p>\n

Apply by completing our assessment form on https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dFtEbJjd<\/a> to be a part of our next coding boot camp , which begins on April 28 and be empowered to become a Software Developer!<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

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