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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities.
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The free software movement prides itself on being community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FLOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers but more women need to get involved. There are daunting barriers to participation, however, many of which are a product of a defensively masculinist culture. All the research I've read so far on the topic focuses on women's attitudes to science and technology. But this is only half the problem. Anyone who regularly participates in women's technology forums will be familiar with the endless tales of bullying and discrimination.
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This list includes women in FOSS and also organisations promoting gender-inclusion in ICT globally.
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Professionalised organisations, concerned with promoting women's participation in the technology industries, tend to be keen to sweep this aspect under the carpet and take a functionalist approach to the problem -- women only courses? Pink computers? After-school clubs? Personally, I'm not sanguine that this approach will work. There is a huge dropout rate from the industry as a result of factors ranging from bullying to the inappropriateness of long-hours culture to women starting families etc. Until the culturing gendering of technology as emphatically male is seriously challenged, there seems little likelihood that technology industries will be able to recruit and retain women effectively.
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LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users
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FLOSS, for all it's 'openness' credentials, actually has an even lower female participation rate than proprietary development. FLOSSpols? has carried out detailed research on women's participation in FLOSS, the findings are much as you might expect, with some pretty dismal experiences for women in software development environments. The | FLOSSpols Report and Policy Recommendations can be downloaded here.
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HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a LinuxChix document which does what it says on the tin!
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On the 'upside', Semira has written an account of her | positive experience as female Debian developer. Indeed, Debian seems to have a relatively good reputation as an environment for female developers.
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Debian Women was founded to balance and diversify the Debian Project by actively engaging with interested women and encouraging them to become more involved with Debian. There's an article on Debian Women at Newsforge.
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Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.
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GenderChangers is a group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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This list includes women in FOSS and also organisations promoting gender-inclusion in ICT globally:
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Gnurias is another women developers' group working to promote respect for women's contribution to the free software movement and to form effective collaborations between women free (libre) software developers.
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| LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users. They have produced a really useful | bibliography on women and FLOSS. Their culture is highly professionalised and has a strong neo-liberal flavour which many European women might find offputting, however.
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There is also a group of KDE Women which is about building a community of female KDE contributors and users. This group isn't only for developers but also for women who want to get involved as developers or as users, researchers or organisers.
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| HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a | LinuxChix document which does what it says on the tin! I find it rather liberal and niaive in its gender analysis but it's a step in the right direction.
| Debian Women was founded to balance and diversify the Debian Project by actively engaging with interested women and encouraging them to become more involved with Debian. There's an | article on Debian Women at Newsforge.
| Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.
| GenderChangers is a group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files.
| Gnurias is another women developers' group working to promote respect for women's contribution to the free software movement and to form effective collaborations between women free (libre) software developers.
There is also a group of | KDE Women which is about building a community of female KDE contributors and users. This group isn't only for developers but also for women who want to get involved as developers or as users, researchers or organisers.
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GenderIT.org is promoting women's involvement in the development of global IT policy and strategy as well as effective use of IT in women's organisations.
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| GenderIT.org is promoting women's involvement in the development of global IT policy and strategy as well as effective use of IT in women's organisations.
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS to some extent.
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| Microsyster and the | Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS to some extent.
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Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. No focus on FOSS here.
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| Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. No focus on FOSS here.
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Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) is a portal site to link women’s organizations and feminist advocates for the internet in Eastern and Central Europe. They envision ICT as a tool for women's social activism and want build ICT capacity for women's groups. WITT actively promotes and supports FOSS.
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| Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) is a portal site to link women’s organizations and feminist advocates for the internet in Eastern and Central Europe. They envision ICT as a tool for women's social activism and want build ICT capacity for women's groups. WITT actively promotes and supports FOSS.
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WomensNet is a networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism.
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| WomensNet is a networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism.
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Wise-Women is a world-wide, online community of web designers, developers and programmers dedicated to supporting women who work as, or aspire to becoming, web designers, developers, and programmers. Members are from all parts of the world and share information, tips, and concerns about developing the World Wide Web in an environment designed to encourage women in this field. They provide really good, clear developer tutorials.
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| Wise-Women is a world-wide, online community of web designers, developers and programmers dedicated to supporting women who work as, or aspire to becoming, web designers, developers, and programmers. Members are from all parts of the world and share information, tips, and concerns about developing the World Wide Web in an environment designed to encourage women in this field. They provide really good, clear developer tutorials.
| Equalitec is an initiative co-funded by the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) and DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) to facilitate work placements for women entering ICT as a career. The | Equalitec website has information for women considering an ICT career and useful open discussion forums.
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Equalitec is an initiative co-funded by the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) and DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) to facilitate work placements for women entering ICT as a career. The Equalitec website has information for women considering an ICT career and useful open discussion forums.
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| BCSWomen is a women's group within the | British Computer Society. It provides networking opportunities and support for all women working in IT around the world. They also have a | list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks.
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BCSWomen is a women's group within the British Computer Society. It provides networking opportunities and support for all women working in IT around the world. They also have a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks.
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| SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclusive software design. They have downloadable reports on gender and ICT and a roundup of mailing lists for women ICT professionals available at their site.
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SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclusive software design. They have downloadable reports on gender and ICT and a roundup of mailing lists for women ICT professionals available at their site.
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The | Eldis (Hosted by Sussex University's International Development Department) has resources on ICT and gender globally. A lot of innovative work on FOSS and also promoting women's participation is going on in developing countries.
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| Womens Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally.
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There's some lesbian participation in | Gaybuntu community. This started off in a promising burst of enthusiasm but has petered out a bit without developing a strong sense of direction.
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GenderIT.org is promoting women's involvement in the development of global IT policy and strategy as well as effective use of IT in women's organisations.
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These groups promote effective and appropriate use of ICT in UK and European women's organistions:
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These groups promote effective and appropriate use of ICT in UK and international women's organistions:
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WomensNet is a networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism.
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Wise-Women is a world-wide, online community of web designers, developers and programmers dedicated to supporting women who work as, or aspire to becoming, web designers, developers, and programmers. Members are from all parts of the world and share information, tips, and concerns about developing the World Wide Web in an environment designed to encourage women in this field. They provide really good, clear developer tutorials.
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GenderChangers is a group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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GenderChangers is a group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS.
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS to some extent.
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Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here.
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Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. No focus on FOSS here.
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Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) is a portal site to link women’s organizations and feminist advocates for the internet in Eastern and Central Europe. They envision ICT as a tool for women's social activism and want build ICT capacity for women's groups.
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Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) is a portal site to link women’s organizations and feminist advocates for the internet in Eastern and Central Europe. They envision ICT as a tool for women's social activism and want build ICT capacity for women's groups. WITT actively promotes and supports FOSS.
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These groups promote effective and appropriate use of ICT in UK women's organistions:
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These groups promote effective and appropriate use of ICT in UK and European women's organistions:
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Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) is a portal site to link women’s organizations and feminist advocates for the internet in Eastern and Central Europe. They envision ICT as a tool for women's social activism and want build ICT capacity for women's groups.
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Gnurias is another women developers' group working to promote respect for women's contribution to the free software movement and to form effective collaborations between women free (livre) software developers.
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Gnurias is another women developers' group working to promote respect for women's contribution to the free software movement and to form effective collaborations between women free (libre) software developers.
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The British Computer Society has a women's group, BCSWomen. BCSWomen? provides networking opportunities and support for all women working in IT around the world. They also have a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks.
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BCSWomen is a women's group within the British Computer Society. It provides networking opportunities and support for all women working in IT around the world. They also have a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks.
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There's a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks at the British Computer Society' website
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The British Computer Society has a women's group, BCSWomen. BCSWomen? provides networking opportunities and support for all women working in IT around the world. They also have a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks.
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'These are governmental and non-governmental organisations addressing gender exclusion in ICT more generally, which don't necessarily promote FOSS:'
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These are governmental and non-governmental organisations addressing gender exclusion in the ICT industry which don't necessarily promote FOSS:
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS.
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS.
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These are governmental and NGOs? addressing gender exclusion in ICT more generally, none of which articulate any particular focus on FOSS:
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'These are governmental and non-governmental organisations addressing gender exclusion in ICT more generally, which don't necessarily promote FOSS:'
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There's a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks at the British Computer Society website
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There's a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks at the British Computer Society' website
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS.
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Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS.
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Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here.
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Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here.
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There's a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks at the British Computer Society website
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SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclusive software design. They have downloadable reports on gender and ICT and a roundup of mailing lists for women ICT professionals available at their site.
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SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclusive software design. They have downloadable reports on gender and ICT and a roundup of mailing lists for women ICT professionals available at their site.
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Department for International Development has resources on ICT and gender globally. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries.
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The Eldis (Hosted by Sussex University's International Development Department) has resources on ICT and gender globally. A lot of innovative work on FOSS and also promoting women's participation is going on in developing countries.
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Womens Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally.
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Womens Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally.
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Equalitec is an initiative co-funded by the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) and DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) to facilitate work placements for women entering ICT as a career. The Equalitec website has information for women considering an ICT career and useful open discussion forums.
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GenderChangers is an group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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GenderChangers is a group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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GenderChangers is an group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The Eclectic Tech Carnival /etc is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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GenderChangers is an group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The /etc (Eclectic Tech Carnival) is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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GenderChangers is an group of women who organise an annual international carnival of exchanging computer related skills by and for women. The Eclectic Tech Carnival /etc is named for the /etc directory in which Linux stores system configuration files. The next /etc event will be July 11th to July 15th 2005.
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'Debian Women was founded to balance and diversify the Debian Project by actively engaging with interested women and encouraging them to become more involved with Debian. There's an article on Debian Women at Newsforge''.
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Debian Women was founded to balance and diversify the Debian Project by actively engaging with interested women and encouraging them to become more involved with Debian. There's an article on Debian Women at Newsforge.
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Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.
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Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.
Gnurias is another women developers' group working to promote respect for women's contribution to the free software movement and to form effective collaborations between women free (livre) software developers.
There is also a group of KDE Women which is about building a community of female KDE contributors and users. This group isn't only for developers but also for women who want to get involved as developers or as users, researchers or organisers.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities. There's an article on Debian Women at Newsforge.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities.
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'Debian Women was founded to balance and diversify the Debian Project by actively engaging with interested women and encouraging them to become more involved with Debian. There's an article on Debian Women at Newsforge''.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her very positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities. There's an article on Debian Women at "Newsforge".
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities. There's an article on Debian Women at Newsforge.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her very positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities. There's an article on Debian Women at ''Newsforge''
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her very positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities. There's an article on Debian Women at "Newsforge".
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her very positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her very positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities. There's an article on Debian Women at ''Newsforge''
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her experience as female Debian developer and how positive her experience of equal treatment within this community has been. Magni Onsøien is currently researching women's experience in FOSS communities.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her very positive experience as female Debian developer. Magni Onsøien is currently doing some more extensive research on women's experience in FOSS communities.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. Semira has written an account of her experience as female Debian developer and how positive her experience of equal treatment within this community has been. Magni Onsøien is currently researching women's experience in FOSS communities.
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The free software movement is community-based, committed to equality and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved.
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SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclusive software design. They have downloadable reports on gender and ICT and a roundup of mailing lists for women ICT professionals available at their site.
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Women and FOSSGNU/Linux has a reputation for being very male-dominated, but women's groups are emerging and becoming active in the FOSS movement. These groups also support women in ICT more generally. Gender exclusion in ICT is a huge problem globally and this has been reflected in GNU/Linux development and use. Less than 20% of ICT developers are women and even this drops dramatically at strategic level. This is actually getting worse and there are several national and international initiatives to address the problem. It's crucial to get more women involved in ICT because exclusion from information technologies will increasingly translate to social exclusion. The FOSS movement is community-based movement, committed to equal involvement and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. This list includes women in FOSS and also organisations promoting gender-inclusion in ICT globally. LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a LinuxChix document which does what it says on the tin! Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.ICT and gender more generally:Microsyster and the Womens Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster promotes FOSS. Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here. These are governmental and NGOs? addressing gender exclusion in ICT more generally, none of which articulate any particular focus on FOSS: There's a list of womens ICT professional organisations and networks at the British Computer Society website SIGIS also has a [[http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/public/externalsitesanddocs/mailinglistsroundup of mailing lists for women in ICT]]. SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclusive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT are available at their site.Department for International Development has resources on ICT and gender globally. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries. Womens Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally. Or you might want to blog your disaffection at http://www.misbehaving.net/ February 23, 2005, at 04:04 PM
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Women and FOSSGNU/Linux has a bit of a reputation for being very male-dominated, but women's groups are emerging and becoming very active in the FOSS movement which also support women in ICT more generally. Gender exclusion in ICT is a huge problem globally and this has been reflected in GNU/Linux development and use. Less than 20% of ICT developers are women and even this drops dramatically at strategic level. This is actually getting worse and there are several national and international initiatives to address the problem. It's crucial to get more women involved in ICT because exclusion from information technologies will increasingly translate to social exclusion. The FOSS movement is community-based movement, committed to equal involvement and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. This list includes women in FOSS and also organisations promoting gender-inclusion in ICT globally. LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a LinuxChix document which does what it says on the tin! Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.ICT and gender more generally:Microsyster and the Women's Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster actively promotes FOSS to some extent. Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here. And to avoid repeating "no focus on FOSS here", these are governmental and NGO organisations addressing gender exclusion in ICT, none of which articulate any focus on FOSS: There's a list of women's ICT professional organisations and networks at the British Computer Society's website SIGIS also has a [[http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/public/externalsitesanddocs/mailinglistsroundup of mailing lists for women in ICT]]. SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclulsive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT are available at their site.Department for International Development has resources on ICT and gender globally. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops. Womens Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally. Or you might want to blog your disaffection at http://www.misbehaving.net/ February 23, 2005, at 04:03 PM
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[[globally: http://www.eldis.org/ict/gender.htm Department for International Development]] has resources on ICT and gender. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops.
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Department for International Development has resources on ICT and gender globally. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops.
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list of women's ICT professional orgs]]. SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclulsive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT are available at their site. to:
roundup of mailing lists for women in ICT]]. SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclulsive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT are available at their site. Changed line 33 from:
Women's Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally.
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Womens Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally.
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LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users
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HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a LinuxChix document which does what it says on the tin!
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Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.
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Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development.
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There's a list of women's ICT professional organisations and networks (including LinuxChix?) at the British Computer Society's website:
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list of women's ICT professional orgs]]:SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclulsive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT are available at their site. to:
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[[globally: http://www.eldis.org/ict/gender.htm Department for International Development]] (DFID) has resources on ICT and gender. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops.
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[[globally: http://www.eldis.org/ict/gender.htm Department for International Development]] has resources on ICT and gender. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops.
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LinuxChix? is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users
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HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a LinuxChix? document which does what it says on the tin! http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/index.html
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Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development. http://www.netsplit.com/blog/tech/debian/planet/women_in_debian_and_ubuntu.html
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Microsyster and the Women's Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster actively promotes FOSS to some extent. http://www.microsyster.org.uk/bbs-0401.htm
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Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here. http://www.womenconnect.org.uk/
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Microsyster and the Women's Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster actively promotes FOSS to some extent.
Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here.
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There's a list of women's ICT professional organisations and networks (including LinuxChix?) at the British Computer Society's website: http://www.bcs.org.uk/bcswomen/linksBCSW.htm
SIGIS also has a list of women's professional orgs: http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/public/externalsitesanddocs/mailinglists
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SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclulsive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT available at their site:
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Department for International Development (DFID) has resources on ICT and gender. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops globally: http://www.eldis.org/ict/gender.htm
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[[globally: http://www.eldis.org/ict/gender.htm Department for International Development]] (DFID) has resources on ICT and gender. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops.
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Women's Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally:
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Describe WomenLinux here.
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Women and FOSSGNU/Linux has a bit of a reputation for being very male-dominated, but women's groups are emerging and becoming very active in the FOSS movement which also support women in ICT more generally. Gender exclusion in ICT is a huge problem globally and this has been reflected in GNU/Linux development and use. Less than 20% of ICT developers are women and even this drops dramatically at strategic level. This is actually getting worse and there are several national and international initiatives to address the problem. It's crucial to get more women involved in ICT because exclusion from information technologies will increasingly translate to social exclusion. The FOSS movement is community-based movement, committed to equal involvement and open to change. FOSS could make a space for the empowerment of women in ICT as users and developers - but more women need to get involved. This list includes women in FOSS and also organisations promoting gender-inclusion in ICT globally. LinuxChix? is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users http://www.linuxchix.org/ HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux is a LinuxChix? document which does what it says on the tin! http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/index.html Women in Debian and Ubuntu is group within Planet Debian and Ubuntu working to promote women's involvement in Linux development. http://www.netsplit.com/blog/tech/debian/planet/women_in_debian_and_ubuntu.htmlICT and gender more generally:Microsyster and the Women's Resource Centre both offer ICT support and training to women's organisations. Microsyster actively promotes FOSS to some extent. http://www.microsyster.org.uk/bbs-0401.htm http://www.wrc.org.uk/ Women Connect supports women's organisations in becoming more ICT savvy and lobbies for changes in policy to promote gender inclusion. Again, no focus on FOSS here. http://www.womenconnect.org.uk/ And to avoid repeating "no focus on FOSS here", these are governmental and NGO organisations addressing gender exclusion in ICT, none of which articulate any focus on FOSS: There's a list of women's ICT professional organisations and networks (including LinuxChix?) at the British Computer Society's website: http://www.bcs.org.uk/bcswomen/linksBCSW.htm SIGIS also has a list of women's professional orgs: http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/public/externalsitesanddocs/mailinglists SIGIS is a European strategic project to promote gender inclusion in ICT covering everything from women-only training to gender-inclulsive software design. Downloadable reports on gender and ICT available at their site: http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/ Department for International Development (DFID) has resources on ICT and gender. A lot of the most innovative work is going on in developing countries - find feedback on women's workshops globally: http://www.eldis.org/ict/gender.htm Women's Networking Support Programme supports networking for women in ICT globally: http://www.apcwomen.org/about/index.html 'Or you might want to blog your disaffection:' http://www.misbehaving.net/ |