Resources
How women got squeezed out of tech, BBC Radio 4
Women dominated the early days of programming - so how did men take over, and what can be done to balance things out again? Manuela Saragosa charts the female history of computing, starting with the nineteenth century pioneer Ada Lovelace, with the help of mathematician Hannah Fry and historian Marie Hicks. She also speaks to Dame Steve Shirley, who founded an all-women tech firm in the 1960s. And she asks computing professor Joanna Bryson about her work detecting the gender bias built into modern technology.
Dangerous Algorithms, BBC World Service
Data scientist and activist Cathy O’Neil wants to protect you from dangerous, and often hidden, algorithms. They help make important decisions, like whether you are eligible for a loan, but they could be based on unfair statistics with hidden biases. She talks about her new book Weapons of Math Destruction.
Heart Deaths, Organised Crime, and Gender Data Gaps. Caroline Criado Perez on Behind the Stats, BBC Radio 4
Are more people dying from cardio-vascular disease? How many people are involved in organised crime? Plus - why we need more economic data on women.
Women dominated the early days of programming - so how did men take over, and what can be done to balance things out again? Manuela Saragosa charts the female history of computing, starting with the nineteenth century pioneer Ada Lovelace, with the help of mathematician Hannah Fry and historian Marie Hicks. She also speaks to Dame Steve Shirley, who founded an all-women tech firm in the 1960s. And she asks computing professor Joanna Bryson about her work detecting the gender bias built into modern technology.
Dangerous Algorithms, BBC World Service
Data scientist and activist Cathy O’Neil wants to protect you from dangerous, and often hidden, algorithms. They help make important decisions, like whether you are eligible for a loan, but they could be based on unfair statistics with hidden biases. She talks about her new book Weapons of Math Destruction.
Heart Deaths, Organised Crime, and Gender Data Gaps. Caroline Criado Perez on Behind the Stats, BBC Radio 4
Are more people dying from cardio-vascular disease? How many people are involved in organised crime? Plus - why we need more economic data on women.
