[UbuntuWomen] UNESCO is looking for initiatives promoting women’s role in Free and Open Source Software

[Rashmi Kujur]

thanx a lot for this information ....:)

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:29 PM, .·:*¨¨*:·.darsha.·:*¨¨*:·. <
darsha.h at gmail.com> wrote:

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> women’s role in Free and Open Source Software]
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> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_is_looking_for_initiatives_promoting_womens_role_in_free_and_open_source_software/
> UNESCO’s
> Gender Equality in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community is
> looking for groups and initiatives that promote women’s role and
> representation in FOSS. This will allow building a comprehensive repository
> of FOSS Groups and Initiatives by and for Women and Girls.
>
> Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is liberally licensed software that
> grants users the right to use, study, adapt and distribute its design
> through the availability of its source code. Such approach to the use and
> development of software encourages innovation and skills-building.
>
> FOSS has dramatically changed the way software is produced, distributed,
> supported and used. However, most of the problems pertaining to gender
> inequalities in the software industry have been duplicated in the FOSS
> field. According to UNESCO’s Report on Gender Equality and Free and Open
> Source Software, globally less than 20 per cent of ICT developers and FOSS
> users are women. Furthermore, women’s entry level wages are only 17 per
> cent of men’s wages. Figures are especially worrying in FOSS. Only 2 per
> cent of professionals working in FOSS are women, compared to 28 per cent in
> proprietary software.
>
> For this reason, UNESCO calls on FOSS communities to build a comprehensive
> list of FOSS Groups and Initiatives for Women and Girls. UNESCO encourages
> women’s and girls’ active participation in all aspects of the development
> and use of FOSS at all levels: cultural, economic, political and technical.
>
> The objectives of the repository are the following:
>
>    - to raise awareness about the gender gaps in FOSS;
>    - to give more visibility to women-led FOSS groups and activities,
>    including their important role as models and mentors for women and girls
>    interested in FOSS;
>    - to highlight women’s representation and achievements in FOSS, and
>    dedicated activities;
>    - to provide a platform where different FOSS groups can create
>    collaborative efforts, exchange information through relevant NGOs,
>    associations, business, academia and the public sectors, and promote
>    initiatives contributing to women's participation and advancement in
> FOSS.
>
> Please send your contributions by e-mail to: foss(at)unesco.org or
> join the UNESCO
> FOSS community<
> http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/pages/view/582094/foss-groups-for-women
> >by
> providing the following information:
>
>    - for groups: name of the group, national or regional scope, a brief
>    introduction and the link;
>    - for initiatives/activities: title and a brief introduction including
>    goals, status and achievements.
>
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