women & mozilla: what's been done & what's to come

Mozcamp, Berlin, 2011

Women & Mozilla

Why does it exist ?

What is WoMoz?

(Speaker: Claire)

What is WoMoz

● www.womoz.org

● Open to ALL

● Attract more women. More Visibility.

(Speaker: Delphine)

Why WoMoz?

● More women on earth! :)

● Products are the reflexion of those who create them...

● Diversity fundamental in teams

WoMoz

Because 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 & Myths

Claire 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, Bonjour WoMoz...

● University students

● Women's 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% = it's a male dominated field

● 91% want more women! :)

Myth : Girls can't understand computer sciences(Speaker: Claire)

Women in FLOSS... the fight for life

The reality

The truth:

Men are accepted in WoMoz!

Myth: you'll 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

Let's contact Delphine LEBÉDEL

delphine@mozilla.com

clarista.mozilla@gmail.com

Let's contact Clarista

Questions?