womoz - fosdem 2012 (part 1)
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FOSDEM 2012
Women & Mozilla
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Why does it exist ?
What is WoMoz?
What is WoMoz
● www.womoz.org
● Open to ALL
● Attract more women. More Visibility.
Men are accepted in WoMoz!
Why WoMoz?
● More women on earth! :)
● Products are the reflexion of those who create them...
● Diversity fundamental in teams
WoMoz
Because we rock!!!
Numbers
● Few in FLOSS
● Few in Mozilla
● Even less developers
Why?
● Discrimination / sexist jokes
● Access to computers
● Few women in CS
The problem concerns IT in general, not just FLOSS...
FLOSS & Myths
What does WoMoz do ?
● More Visibility
● No Discrimination
● Empower Women
● All Conributions are Valuable
Ok, and... more concretely?
● Blog posts, interviews, video, Bonjour WoMoz...
● University students
● Women's groups
● Role models
As well as...
● Education / Events
● Open World Forum (2010)
● Workshops: PyStar Paris
● Surveys
Survey
http://stats.womoz.org/
Feedback: Results
● Reach out to women
● Time = big issue
● Less than 10% in communities
Feedback: Results
● 50% = it's a male dominated field
● 91% want more women! :)