Web Wanders: Girls, computers and Barbie

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: Susanna Khoo believes that girls or women don't need special programmes to encourage them to delve into IT. They just need equal opportunities to develop their skills in the field.

Wars are waged in the world of technology each time women get belittled for their capabilities and contributions to the field. 

And that was more or less what transpired after American author and screenwriter, Pamela Ribon blogged about her criticisms of children’s book, Barbie: I can be a computer engineer due the gender stereotypes that its plot upholds.