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Coding a Revolution.

Three years ago, Iran decided to switch its government computer system to open-source software, which gave the Islamic Republic one of the most advanced groups of female coders anywhere in the world. A recent EU survey found that just 1.5 percent of European open-source coders are female, but in Ir...

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Published in:Foreign Policy no. 159; pp. 93 - 94
Main Author: Vaisman, Daria
Format: Article
Published: Foreign Policy March/April 2007
Subjects:
Open source software
Computer programmers
Labor market
Software engineering
Women's employment
Muslim women
Employment
Iran
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