India's 'Hackathon for Women' Focuses on Projects to Help Humanity

Most hackathons bring together software coders, techies or geeks to develop applications for specific tech platforms, software languages or business areas. However, this Hackathon for Women, organized by Grace Hopper India, has its own set of goals.

The hackathon, for female developers and students, focused on free and open-source software-based humanitarian projects. This year’s event saw the assembled hackers and coders building on top of three major project frameworks: MifosX, Bachchao and Clinical Reminders.

Wednesday's Bangalore-based event — now in its fourth year — brought together more than 100 women in the technology field to work and contribute toward humanitarian open-source projects in areas of financial inclusion, locations and maps, safe areas, and health and medicine. Read more...