The “Laboratory” Closing Latin America’s Tech Gender Divide
By
Mitra Taj
Organizations like Laboratoria are helping working-class women join the insular world of computer programming.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on closing the gender gap | Leer en español LIMA — Anais Olivares was always pretty resourceful Growing up in Nueva Esperanza, an overcrowded low-income suburb on the outskirts of Lima, she had to be Without an internet connection in the house, Olivares did homework by adding five soles (about $150) at a time of data to a cellphone and using it as an intermittent — and not very reliable — personal hotspot Other times she’d use the Wi-Fi connection at her uncle’s, repaying him by fixing up old, broken-down...
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