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Women's in Open Source(Mozilla)
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Women And MozillaPresenter : Sara Khan
Why Separate Section for WoMoz?
• For Freedom of speech
• Encouragement
• Awareness
• Motivation
• Come Forward Like a Leader
Famous Women in FlossMitchell Baker – Head & Chairperson of Mozilla Foundation, Chairperson Mozilla Corporation
Satoko Takita – Chairman Mozilla Japan
Myths About FOSS
FOSS is often « unknown » and suffers from misconceptions
•Women don’t have much knowledge on programming.
•They don’t show their interest in technical aspects.
“Free and Open Source Software”
Reality• Women are playing key roles in corporate sectors.• Indian women have come across a long way.• They are very good at coding and programming and show much interest in technical aspects when compared to few men.• Indian women come forward, and able to make situations accordingly.
Sangeeta
Talwar
Neelam
Dhawan
Anita Borg
DeLisa Alexand
er
Sue Gardne
r
Adele Goldber
g V. M. Romet
ty
Other Women Communities in Floss
• Ubuntu Women • GNOME Women • PHP Women • DrupalChix • Linuxchix • Debian Women
What About Mozilla?
www.womoz.org
What is WoMoz for? Meeting point open to all, where women can meet other FLOSS contributors (ML, IRC, wiki, blog)
GOAL? Help contribute to FLOSS & Mozilla: localization, events, QA, evangelism, community marketing, development...
WoMoz!
FictionYou Need To Be a Coder:
Solutions • Localization
• Design
• Support
• Events
• Bugs
• Marketing
• Code
• System Analysis
• Quality Assurance
• Documentation
• Blogging
Shocking Statistics
Men 95%
<= Women 5%
Source : FLOSSPOLS, 2004 - 2006
Universal Operating System
Why so few Women?
-No one knows
• Lack of interest or experience.
• Hesitation to come forward.
• Self-doubts and lack of confidence.
• Hard to get involved.
• Unwanted attention. (OMG a g1rl!!)?
We are with You
• You are not alone.
• We are here for you.
• Guides you develops you.
• Provide role models
• Give tutorials According your
interest topics
• Mentoring project
Fly high with WoMoz
• Present your Idea’s.
• Share them
• Increase Contribution % of women in FLOSS.
• Be Creative
• Find opportunities to collaborate with Mozilla developers
WoMoz Tools.
• irc.mozilla.org: #womoz • www.womoz.org
1) IRC
2) Mailing Lists
3) Wiki
4) Blogs
5) Videos
6) Meetings
7) Regional seminars
8) Competitions
9) Tech. Challenges
10) Exiting Gifts
Let’s Rock!...
• Join Us…………
• Come up with your idea’s
• Let’s use it….. and make women community proud……..
Say “Wooo……..………....”
To WoMoz.....!!!
Thank You!...