Women & Mozilla: what's been done & what's to come

Women & Mozilla Mozcamp, Berlin, 2011

(Speaker: Claire)What is WoMoz?Why does it exist ?

(Speaker: Delphine) What is WoMoz● www.womoz.org● Open to ALL● Attract more women. More Visibility.

Why WoMoz?● More women on earth! :)●Products are the reflexion of thosewho create them...● Diversity fundamental in teams

WoMozBecause 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 & MythsClaire 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, BonjourWoMoz...● University students● Womens 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% = its a male dominated field● 91% want more women! :)

(Speaker: Claire)Myth : Girls cant understand computer sciences

Women in FLOSS... the fight for life

The reality

The truth:

Men are accepted in WoMoz!

Myth: youll 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

Lets contact Delphine LEBÉDEL delphine@mozilla.com

Lets contact Clarista clarista.mozilla@gmail.com

Questions?

by Delphine Lebédel on Nov 16, 2011