<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Dear all,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Hello,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>My name is Sunhee HWANG. I joined the mailing-list a couple of weeks ago, and this is my first time to say hello to everyone. I am a graduate student and currently working at UENSCO in Paris as an Intern. The key focus of my work is on FOSS and Gender. So, this is really a great pleasure to have a chance to talk everyone in the field. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>I would like to introduce our work for those of you who might have interest in<o:p></o:p><![if !supportLists]>· <![endif]>FOSS community in WSIS-KC community (link below)<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>UNESCO seeks to promote women empowerment and to mainstream gender in all UNESCO policies, strategies and programmes.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>As one of our efforts to promote gender equality and women empowerment both in general and in FOSS, this FOSS community aims to create a network from different institutions and projects. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>It is also trying to identify and measure which are the sociological and scientific reasons of this gap and find some possible solutions to these inequalities by looking at what challenges, either within or outside the FOSS community, prevent women from engaging with Free and Open Source Software or impede a full acknowledgement of their valuable contribution.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p> I hope you to join this community and see what people discuss. Also We are greatly welcome your opinion and ready to listen from you who are in the real field. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><![if !supportLists]>· <![endif]>One question to ask you is : how can we improve and turn female hostile environment to gender-friendly in FOSS world?<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>If you have any opinions on this or have any relevant topics / cases to share , feel free to write/leave comments on the websites or email me. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Honestly, the community is not really active now, but with your contribution, hopefully we can boost this community and expect to shed light on Women in FOSS and the relevant issues across academia, business and governments.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Please visit the community at : <o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/groups/329964/gender-equality-in-free-and-open-source-software-foss/">http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/groups/329964/gender-equality-in-free-and-open-source-software-foss/</a> <o:p></o:p>You can also follow us on our Twitter account:<o:p></o:p><a href="http://twitter.com/unescofoss">http://twitter.com/unescofoss</a> <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Thank you very much! <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Sunhee HWANG<o:p></o:p></div></body></html>