Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech

It was meant to be a week for women in techbut this years Grace Hopper Celebration was swamped by men who gate-crashed the event in search of lucrative tech jobs...

The annual conference and career fair aimed at women and non-binary tech workers, which takes its name from a pioneering computer scientist, took place last week in Orlando, Florida..

The event bills itself as the largest gathering of women in tech worldwide, and has sought to unite women in the tech industry for nearly 30 years..

Cullen White, AnitaB.orgs chief impact officer, said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, that some registrants had lied about their gender identity when signing up, and men were now taking up space and time with recruiters that should go to women..

This is a conference for women and non-binary people, Barman says.. Nelly Azar, a student at The Ohio State University studying computer science and engineering, attended the conference and saw long lines of people waiting to speak to employers..

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