WoMoz
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Women are playing key roles in technology and make significant contributions to open source software projects. WoMoz is an organization that aims to encourage and support women's participation in open source and Mozilla projects through blogging, interviews, videos and networking opportunities. The goal is to help more women contribute their skills in areas like localization, events, quality assurance, development and more by providing a community where they feel supported.
WoMoz
- 3. • For freedom of speech • Encouragement • Awareness • Motivation
- 4. • It’s a misbelief that women don’t have much knowledge on technology and programming. • They don’t show interest in technical aspects.
- 5. • 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.
- 6. • Present your ideas • Share them • Increase contribution % of women in FLOSS
- 7. • Your not alone • WoMoz is here for you • Guides you, develops you
- 8. • Blog posts, interviews, video, Bonjour WoMoz... • University students • Women's groups • Role models
- 9. Mitchell Baker – Head & Chairperson of Mozilla Foundation, Chairperson Mozilla Corporation Satoko Takita – Chairman Mozilla Japan
- 10. • Ubuntu Women • GNOME Women • PHP Women • DrupalChix • Linuxchix • Debian Women
- 11. -WoMoz! 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...
- 12. Source : FLOSSPOLS, 2004 - 2006
- 13. FOSS is often « unknown » and suffers from misconceptions.
- 14. FOSS is often « unknown » and suffers from misconceptions. Free and open-source software
- 15. • You need to be a coder
- 16. • Localization • Design • Support • Events • Documentation • Bugs • Marketing • Code
- 17. You're on your own
- 19. Degree Mandatory
- 20. • More visibility • No discrimination • Empower women • All contributions are valuable
- 21. 1) IRC 2) Mailing List 3) Wiki 4) Blog 5) Video • irc.mozilla.org : #womoz • www.womoz.org
- 22. • Don’t stick to just planning……………….. • Start implementing…. Womoz is with you!!! • Men are also allowed in womoz group.
- 23. • Come up with your ideas…………. • Let’s use it…..and make women community proud….
- 26. • Hema Bhanu • Email: [email protected] • Priyanka Nag • Email: [email protected]