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Rails Girls  is a non-profit organization formed in the year 2010. This organisation aims to provide tools and a community to women regarding technology and develop their own ideas. The organisation mainly focuses on Ruby on Rails, and open up technology and make it more approachable for girls and women. The organisation conducts free events on ROR at various cities through out the world. Rails Girls aims to empower girls to build the capacity and acquire the tools to conquer the last online frontier.

History
Rails Girls  was initially started by Linda Liukas and Karri Saarinen in the year 2010. The first event was held at Helsinki, got over 100 girls signed up for the workshop.

Since then the free events have expanded to Shanghai, Singapore, Tallinn, Berlin, Krakow and many more attracting thousands of girls to the world of web building.

Events
Rails Girls events are held at various cities through out the world. The events are held for free.Coaches will be allocated to the girls participants and introduction to Ruby_(programming_language) and working with Ruby on Rails are the main aspects of the events.