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# LAWCC 2020
XII Latin American Women in Computing Congress 2020

### Proceedings of the XII Latin American Women in Computing Congress 2020 (LAWCC 2020)
co-located with XLVI Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI 2020)

### Loja, Ecuador, October 19, 2020.

Edited by

### Germania Rodríguez *
Alicia García-Holgado **

* Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, San Cayetano Alto, Loja, Ecuador
** Universidad de Salamanca, GRIAL Research Group. Paseo de Canalejas, 169 37008 Salamanca, Spain

## Table of Contents

- Preface

- Using Student Profiles to Motivate and Understand How to Attract Women to Computer Science 1-12
  Gabriela Marín-Raventós, Rosaura M. Romero, Ana Laura Monge-Soto
- Iniciativas Educacionais para Permanência das Mulheres em Cursos de Graduação em Computação no Brasil
  (Educational Initiatives for Women's Permanence in Undergraduate Computing Courses in Brazil) 13-24
  Maristela Holanda, Alice Lima, Alice Borges, Kailany Ketulhe, Aleteia P. F. Araujo, Carla Koike
- "Playful STEM-promotion": an Initiative to Encourage STEM Programs in Primary Schools 25-36
  Iyubanit Rodríguez, Michael Arias, Kattia Rodríguez, Laura Coto-Sarmiento, Marielos Murillo-Herrera
- A Brief Analysis of the Situation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 37-46
  Silvia González Pérez
- STEM Women in Ecuador: a Proposal to Reduce the Gender Gap 47-59
  Luz Tobar Subía, Victoria Proaño, Carlos Vásquez
- Co-creation of BootCamps Focused on Promoting STEM 60-70
  Germania Rodríguez Morales, Alicia García-Holgado, Samanta Patricia Cueva Carrión, Jorge Luis Jaramillo
- Motivaciones de la Población Femenina en la Elección de la Carrera de Informática: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
  (Motivations of the Female Population in the Election of the Computer Science Career: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica) 71-81
  Sandra Cabrera A., Ariella Quesada R.
- The Challenge of Inspiring Women Startups in a Latin American Country 82-92
  Donna A. Roper, Carolina Mendoza, Susana Lau
- Reducing Inequalities in STEM: The Girls in Computer Science Project, Paraíba, Northeast, Brazil 93-104
  Josilene A. Moreira, Giorgia Mattos, Catarina Sales
- Ecuadorian Scholarly Production in Computer Science. Analysis of Publication Patterns by Gender 105-115
  Janneth Chicaiza, Ruth Reátegui
- W-STEAM Card Game to Develop Computational Thinking 116-127
  Victoria Guimarães, Ariel Luane Bentes, Raquel Folzr, Thiago Melo, Rosiane de Freitas
- Carência de Mulheres na Computação: Um Estudo sobre a Relação entre Incentivo x Desinformação
  (Lack of Women in Computing: A Study on the Relationship between Incentive x Disinformation) 128-139
  Samira Santos da Silva, Sincler Peixoto de Meireles
- Mistura de Gêneros e Habilidades no Desenvolvimento de um Aplicativo Móvel para Mulheres em Situações de Risco
  (Gender Mixing and Skills in Developing a Mobile Application for Women at Risk) 140-151
  Rosiane de Freitas, Juliana Magalhães, Bruna Mariana Souza, Julia LuizaConceição, Maria Luiza Edwards, Joseph Paz, Leonardo da Silva, Matheus Uchoa

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