[UbuntuWomen] Hello World
Sarah Hobbs
hobbsee at kubuntu.org
Thu Oct 25 15:00:11 UTC 2007
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Raphael Corsoski wrote:
> As such, seeing that Ubuntu has a measly 2% or so of female developers, I'm
> keen on keeping an eye on how that develops and keeping an eye open for
> opportunities to help. I'm usually very sceptical of affirmative action,
> but it's rather clear that direct and resolute action is needed to level the
> playing-field. From my perspective, surely there must be some structural
> deficit that keep women from getting involved?
Being one of the 2%, I think it would be very interesting to find out
why women *don't* become developers - whether it's because they have not
aspired to be, or whether challenges got in their way, to the point
where they gave up.
Hobbsee
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