# Women Want to Learn Tech: Lessons from the Czechitas Education Project

## TL;DR

This paper discusses how tailored educational support can effectively encourage women in their 20s and 30s to learn tech skills, highlighting the success of the Czechitas non-profit in facilitating this transition.

## Contribution

It demonstrates that women are highly interested in learning tech when provided with tailored guidance and support, based on the Czechitas education project experience.

## Key findings

- Women in their 20s and 30s show strong interest in tech education.
- Tailored assistance and encouragement significantly increase women's engagement in learning tech.
- Czechitas successfully supports women in transitioning to tech careers.

## Abstract

While it is understood by women that tech fluency might act as a powerful career accelerator or even a new career direction towards software engineering, this awakening often comes after graduation from a different field, when it is difficult for the women to make the shift towards tech and computing. In this paper, we report on our experience with running a successful education non-profit called Czechitas, which shows that women in their 20s and 30s are (maybe surprisingly) highly interested in learning tech, they just need a helping hand and tailored assistance, encouragement and guidance.