women in mozilla
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WOmen and MOZilla
A community comprised of women members from different Open Source projects.
Mainly dedicated in improving women's
visibility and involvement in Free/Open Source and Mozilla, and Increase the number of women contributors.
To increase participation of
women in FOSS projects, computing and internet
To give freedom of experience to all individuals in virtual world. Especially women.
1.
The society suppose women prefer “feminine roles” and pursue activities and careers, like nursing and other types of care giving
Percentage of women working in FOSS communities: 2%
Percentage of women working in proprietary software: 25%
(Extracted from http://www.womoz.org )
SOME FACTS
Mozilla has initiated WoMoz.
This women‘s community calls and encourage women to participate in Mozilla!!!
WIDE NET OF OPPORTUNITY
Variety of fields involved in open source
apart from development
Community work
Localisation (translation)
Community marketing
Organizing events
And lots more to fit all kinds of individuals
Help us promote women's visibility and involvement in FOSS projects: submit ideas, suggestions, and feedback by creating your own account on wiki of mozilla.
IRC
Or Visit www.womoz.org There are lots of tasks waiting for you ☺
Choose a task and start! That's easy!
Solutions
LocalizationGraphic designSupportEvent coordinationDocumentationBug reports, feature requests and testing (QA)MarketingDevelopment (yeah, it could help )
1.Don’t stick to just planning.
2.Start implementing.WoMoz is with u.
3.Men are also allowed in WoMoz group.