I code, therefore I am… young girls getting to grips with HTML in Manchester
It’s a stated aim within the EU to get more girls interested in science – but it’s slow work. In Manchester in the UK they’re taking a grass-roots approach. A group calling themselves the Manchester Girl Geeks are running free work shops and stage talks by famous female scientists. Their latest initiative is computer coding lessons for girls from age 11 – and I went along to check it out. Here’s my report for Spectrum on Deutsche Welle Radio: