WoMoz - FOSDEM 2012 (part 1)

Women & Mozilla FOSDEM 2012 CC-by-sa

What is WoMoz?Why does it exist ?

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 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 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, BonjourWoMoz...● University students● Womens groups● Role models

As well as...● Education / Events● Open World Forum (2010)● Workshops: PyStar Paris● Surveys

Surveyhttp://stats.womoz.org/

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! :)

by Delphine Lebédel on Feb 10, 2012