women & mozilla: what's been done & what's to come
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What has been done in the WoMoz project up until now? What are we going to do in the future? Speakers: Clarista and Delphine LebédelTRANSCRIPT
Mozcamp, Berlin, 2011
Women & Mozilla
Why does it exist ?
What is WoMoz?
(Speaker: Claire)
What is WoMoz
● www.womoz.org
● Open to ALL
● Attract more women. More Visibility.
(Speaker: Delphine)
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 IT / CS fields
The problem concerns IT in general, not just FLOSS...
FLOSS & Myths
Claire will talk more about this!
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
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! :)
Myth : Girls can't understand computer sciences(Speaker: Claire)
Women in FLOSS... the fight for life
The reality
The truth:
Men are accepted in WoMoz!
Myth: you'll be alone!
The truth:
Myth: Codito, ergo, sum
The truth:
What can we do?
Join Us!
● IRC (#womoz)● Mailing List● Wiki● Blog● Planet
www.womoz.org
Questions?