• ITESM Campus Estado de Mexico
• ITESM Campus Guadalajara
• Centro Universitario de la Costa
• Universidad de Guadalajara
• Universidad Tecnologica Nezahualcoyotl
  Note that all are universities

Enrollment Figures (% of females in the Cisco Networking Academy Program, as of 2001):

• ITESM Campus Estado de Mexico: 22%
• ITESM Campus Guadalajara: 16%
• Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara: 30%
• Universidad Tecnologica Nezahualcoyotl: 33%

Recruitment & Retention Strategies

• Promote Program through school’s website, newspaper, and announcements
• Include images of female role models in advertisements
• Presentations to high school students, targeting females
• Organize career fairs & involve female Academy program students
• Promote the Academy program within the private sector community
• Promote the Academy program in parent meetings

Constraints/Challenges

• Program is offered in Engineering department, which is predominantly male
• Cultural norms impact women’s participation in the IT job market
• Perception that “networking is too difficult” for females
• Recommendations
• Offer the Networking Academy Program in non-engineering departments
• Include female Academy program students in recruitment activities & presentations
• Recruit female instructors. Consider recruiting from Humanities Departments.
• Provide incentives for instructors & outstanding students
• Facilitate career opportunities for students

Complete report, to include the following:

• Overview of Women and IT in Mexico
• IT Policy Framework
• Gender Policy Framework
• Non-government Gender & IT Activities
• Details on the aforementioned Cisco Networking Academies