Durante o ano de 2020 em decorrência da pandemia provocada pela COVID-19 foi ofertado um curso totalmente online com inscrição gratuita e livre para quaisquer participantes. O conteúdo programático do curso abordou principalmente os seguintes temas: Introdução aos Estudos Feministas, História das Mulheres na Computação e Pensamento Computacional, totalizando uma carga horária de 100 horas. A iniciativa alcançou participantes de 17 estados brasileiros, os quais avaliaram-na como socialmente importante, em especial, por abordar interdisciplinarmente conteúdos que frequentemente não são contemplados em cursos regulares.

The gender gap in the fields of science and technology is notorious. In Brazil, only 20% of information technology professionals are women, which highlights the necessity of activities to mitigate this instability and promote equity. With the pandemic, it was necessary for the project Meninas Digitais no Cerrado to readapt and plan new strategies to continue attracting girls and women to the area, thus changing mainly to exclusively non-presential actions, maintaining social distance. Thus, this work reports the female empowerment activities carried out in the Goias. The results of the virtual activities have shown to be of great impact, since the events are reaching participants from almost all Brazilian states, increasing the number of female participation in stimulation actions in favor of more women in computing and creating greater engagement among partner projects.

Gender diversity is crucial for reducing biases in the developmentof products and solutions. In this sense, the inclusion of women intechnological areas is essential for creating technologies thatrepresent more variety perspectives. Thsi article presents theachievements ofa project of female empowerment in computingduring five years, as well as the importance of the actions carriedout uo promote a greater gender diversity in IT - InformationTechnology. The results consolidate the project corroborate theawakening of collective feeling of belonging, as well as thepermanence and success in technical and higher education levels,similar to other initiaves developed nationally and internationally