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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Girls in Tech</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Global Non-Profit</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2007 (2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Adriana_Gascoigne" title="Adriana Gascoigne">Adriana Gascoigne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2024 (announced)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Adriana Gascoigne (Founder, <a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://girlsintech.org/">girlsintech.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Girls in Tech was a global <a href="Non-profit_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit organization">non-profit organization</a> focused on the engagement, education, and empowerment of women in technology.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Founded in 2007 by <a href="Adriana_Gascoigne" title="Adriana Gascoigne">Adriana Gascoigne</a>, the organization had grown from San Francisco to more than 50 chapters located in North America, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, Africa, and South America.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> On July 8, 2024 the CEO announced they would be closing due to lack of funding.<a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a> It had 130,000 members across 38 countries.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

In February 2007, Gascoigne Launched Girls in Tech in San Francisco after noticing she was one of the only females at her tech company.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

In July 2008, the second chapter of Girls in Tech launched in Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a>

In December 2008, Girls in Tech New York launched.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

In January 2009, the first international chapter of Girls in Tech launched in London simultaneously with new chapters in Austin, Boston, and Portland.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

In April 2015, at a Girls in Tech conference in Phoenix, Tania Katan introduced "It Was Never a Dress", that re-imagined the generic symbol for a woman on bathroom signs as wearing a cape instead of a dress.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a>

As of July 2015, there were 47 chapters around the world.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a>

In January 2016, ESPN Women partnered with Girls in Tech for a <a href="Hackathon" title="Hackathon">Hackathon</a> ahead of the Super Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a>

In May 2016, Girls in Tech partnered with Traction Labs to offer free San Francisco office space to women and minority entrepreneurs.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

In 2022 they moved their headquarters to <a href="Nashville%2C_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> from San Francisco.

On July 8, 2024, Girls in Tech announced on X that the organization was closing.<a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programs">Programs</h2></div>

In March 2021, Girls in Tech launched an initiative to end gender disparity in boardrooms. Dubbed "Half the Board: 50/50 by 2025," the initiative called upon organizations to commit to gender parity in their boardrooms by 2025. Half the Board: 50/50 by 2025 asked organizations and individuals to commit to taking action to ensure women comprise at least 50 percent of corporate boards in the technology industry. The effort included an open letter penned by Girls in Tech board members to tech leaders demanding gender parity by Dec. 24, 2024. The campaign launched as part of the organization's efforts supporting Women's History Month and International Women's Day, and Girls in Tech Founder and CEO Adriana Gascoigne wrote an op-ed that ran in Newsweek about the need for a "gender parity moonshot" that amplified the initiative. <a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a>

Girls in Tech has created a number of programs to increase the number of women working in technology, including Global Classroom, an online learning platform that provides access to online courses and resources to improve knowledge in <a href="Science%2C_technology%2C_engineering%2C_and_mathematics" title="Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics">STEM</a> related fields.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Other programs include the Amplify Pitch Competition,<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Mentorship,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> and tech job openings, amongst others.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a>

In October 2021, Girls in Tech teamed with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to get more women into public sector jobs through a mentorship and training initiative.

<ul><li><a href="HackNY" title="HackNY">hackNY</a></li>

<li><a href="Girls_Who_Code" title="Girls Who Code">Girls Who Code</a></li></ul>

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