In 2001 there were only 1% of female contributors in FLOSS. Now things get better. Here some tips to boost diversity inside your Community and/or Conference, how to measure your efforts and definitely what is really "diversity" related to.

1. Inclusive
attendees
(and where to
find them)

2. Hello!
I am Deindre
But you can call me Flavia Weisghizzi
Communication mgr @ Codemotion & Ubuntu+GNOME member

3. “[Women] are not sure if other community
members will treat them respectfully, prefer not
to be the only woman in the group, or are
uncertain about embarking on the solitary
exploration typically needed to get up to speed in
open source.
- Marina Zhurakhinskaya

4. 1.1%
women contributing to FLOSS in 2002
33%
10%
103 women participating to GSOC in 2015
female attendee at PyCon 2014
From geekfemminism.wikia.com

5. 2014
It was a nice year

6. 5.5%
female members of Ubuntu community
11%
10%
female members of GNOME community
female FLOSS contributors
From geekfemminism.wikia.com, data referred to 2014

7. Things You Can Do to Help
◎ Show up: invite people from
under-represented group to attend
◎ Word of mouth: share the word on
events and opportunity
◎ Scouting: create tailored events,
conferences and meetups
◎ Respect: Introduce a CoC

8. Code of Conduct
A promise of welcome!
From the organizers and the attendees

9. Success Criteria
◎ Under-represented groups are
encouraged to participate
◎ Provides a healthy space for criticism of
the work product (not the people)
◎ Pathway for newbies to contribute in
ways that interest them (code, UX, PM,
tech writer, etc.)

10. Two Successful
Projects
I’ve seen

11. Outreachy
◎ Project from free and
open source community
◎ Helps people from
under-represented
groups to get involved
◎ Offers a paid internship

12. 13
rounds
33
companies and FLOSS organizations
~370
female participants
results after 7 years of Outreachy program

13. Codemotion
◎ Hackathon and
workshop for women
◎ Raise awareness among
girls’ parents of our
courses for kids
◎ Active commitment to
grow diversity in
conference

14. ~750
Women attending our workshops/hackathons
+20%
Woman speaking at our Conferences
~10
Girls attending our courses/workshop for kids

15. Diversity is about...
◎ Gender
◎ Sexual orientation
◎ Religion
◎ Country of origin
◎ Food (choices and intolerances)
◎ Clothes
◎ Skills

16. ...but overall...
Respect of individualities...
Try Walking in Other People's Shoes...

17. Diversity is a cultural matter

18. Diversity is a cultural matter

19. “We do not need to choose between good people
and good code; if we foster a good community,
good code will follow.
- Mx Kas Perch

20. Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at @JustDeindre

21. Credits
Special thanks to all the people
who made and released these
awesome resources for free:
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