Diversity has been a key topic of first CLSxItaly, hold in Milan, on February 26th. Numbers of female participation in FLOSS and tips and ideas to growth female involvement coming from international FLOSS communities.

1. Diversity in
FLOSS
Ideas from International Communities

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. “We’ll have less trouble explaining to girls
what we actually do
Mark Shuttleworth
Linuxcon in September 2009

5. 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

6. 2014
It was a nice year

7. 5.5%
female member of Ubuntu community
11%
10%
female member of GNOME community
female FLOSS contributors
From geekfemminism.wikia.com, data referred to 2014

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

9. 11
rounds
33
companies and FLOSS organizations
~250
female participants
results after 6 years of Outreachy program

10. Outreachy Success Criteria
◎ Encourages under-represented groups
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.)

11. Things you can do to help
◎ Create step by step tutorials and
direct newcomers to relevant but
easy tasks
◎ Share the word on events and
opportunity
◎ Encourage to attend conferences
and meetups

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

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