In the West programming started out as a "women's job" because it was just seen as a subset of the general secretary "data entry" job category (i.e. menial work with no long-term career path).

You're right that it is important to not exclusively support women but I don't think this programme is going to tilt the balance dangerously. We're talking about a country that has a literacy rate of 74.2% for men and 56.2% for women, not to mention problems like child labour, child marriages and female genital mutilation[0][1]. A code camp for women isn't going to turn this into a dystopian matriarchy.

I would normally be the kind of person to be called anti-SJW but Senegal is definitely a country that is in a cultural position where Feminism can address significant concerns much like it did in those Western countries over the past century. If there is such a thing as a patriarchal society, Senegal is certainly still an example of it.

[0]: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/senegal_statistics.html

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Senegal

>>If there is such a thing as a patriarchal society, Senegal is certainly still an example of it.

Quite frankly I lived in the US since 2001, and I just got back from Senegal. I can tell you there is not much of a difference when it comes to freedom of choice for women. However there is definitely social pressure.

Also there is a night-and-day difference between the Capital where 30% of the population lives, and villages deep inside the country.

Dear god, really? A charity is trying to help 100 women out. That's going to be the tipping point in the battle of the sexes?

Just enjoy the nice act of charity.

It goes beyond "programming" though. If the issue was that there's not a lot of programmers in general in Senegal you would have a point. However the article specifically talks about how women are discouraged from these careers and the main issue stems from systemic sexism in Senegal as a whole.

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?Ne...

Sorry but that argument is shallow. Given it's a throwaway account is assume even just "troll".

It would only work if the work opportunities in that region are perfectly balanced between m/f and there would be no media/culture sharing between western + other world.

Hey, we only like people who are using TOR and negate any anonymity benefits by always using the same pseudonym.

It doesnt matter who whom likes. The reply OP came across in a way that made me assume his main intent could be "troll".

> I have the unpopular belief that you alone are responsible for your actions. There is a modern oppression narrative that has been used to justify systematic racism and sexism while masquerading as egalitarianism.

Personally disagree here:

Our worldview atm is skewed. The system we use to judge our values is the same that created our values.

Imo: If you want to have egalitarianism you need to actively enforce policies to counter our bias until our value system adapts.

Well, I wish I had enough karma to downvote you, for a start.

Please do not post such unsubstantive, inflammatory comments here. Not only do we ban the throwaway account in this case, but the main account as well.