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I think when they use the words project and program to describe their work, they don't mean software. Their focus seems to be on "helping women get careers in o
by sciurus 16y ago
I think when they use the words project and program to describe their work, they don't mean software. Their focus seems to be on "helping women get careers in open technology through recruitment and training programs for women, education for community members who want to help women, and working with corporations and projects to improve their outreach to women."
The initiatives they have listed so far are
* Development of guidelines and policies to encourage women’s attendance at conferences, recruitment of women to your company, and participation of women in community projects.
* Workshops to train community members and employees on practical skills for encouraging women.
* Public relations advice for developing and maintaining a women-friendly reputation.
* First Patch Week, a week in which companies and communities sponsor open source software developers to mentor women while they write and submit their first patch.
* Women in open technology and culture survey, a survey of a representative cross-section of projects and communities to develop a baseline for measuring progress in women’s participation.
* Improving women’s participation in Wikipedia and other open data projects.
This seems very different from, and more valuable than, paying programmer salaries.