Women and the open web

The document discusses empowering women in open web initiatives and open source projects. It notes that while over 50% of humans are women, there is a low presence of women in these areas. The goals are to increase gender diversity in Mozilla communities, improve visibility and involvement of women, and empower women in the industry. Women are encouraged to contribute through activities like bug reporting, coding, design, documentation, events organization, localization, marketing, and support. Suggestions are provided on how to get more women involved, such as avoiding sexist jokes and creating activities and programs for women.

The document discusses the Mozilla Women's (WoMoz) organization and their goals of encouraging and supporting women's participation in open source and technology fields. Some key points made include: - WoMoz aims to help more women contribute to open source projects like Mozilla through activities like localization, events, testing, and development. - There are many myths around women and technology, such as that they don't have programming knowledge or interest, but in reality women play important roles in companies and open source. - WoMoz wants to help women present their ideas, share contributions, and increase the percentage of women involved in open source software. They provide support through blogs, videos, and collaborating with other women

Mozilla is a non-profit organization that advocates for free and open source software to promote openness, innovation, and opportunity on the web. It develops several open source products including the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client, and Firefox OS mobile operating system. Mozilla believes in open source philosophy of allowing anyone to view, modify, and reuse source code. It runs programs like Firefox Student Ambassadors and Maker Party to engage communities in learning about and teaching web technologies.

This document discusses gender diversity and equality in technology fields. It provides definitions of equality and diversity, noting that equality means equal rights and treatment for all individuals, while diversity means embracing differences to create a more inclusive environment. The document discusses opportunities for women in open source software, noting programs like Outreachy that help women get involved. It provides statistics on low representation of women in open source projects currently. Finally, it offers tips for encouraging more women in open source fields, such as creating diversity policies, explicitly inviting women to speak, and discouraging sexist behaviors that make women feel unwelcome.

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.

Women & Mozilla ("WoMoz") a community composed of members from different Open Source projects. We are mainly dedicated to improving women's visibility and involvement in Free/Open Source and Mozilla, and to increase the number of women contributors. Anyone can participate in this project, regardless of sex, age, job, etc. We are united by the common goal of promoting women's visibility and involvement in open source communities.

This document discusses women's participation in open source software projects. Some key points: 1) Women represent just 2% of open source contributors compared to over 25% of proprietary software contributors. 2) Mozilla has created WoMoz to help more women get involved in open source and Mozilla projects through meetings, communication channels, and opportunities to contribute to localization, testing, community building and more. 3) To better include women, open source communities need to address problems like sexist jokes and stereotyping, and create a more welcoming technical environment since products often reflect the backgrounds of their creators.

Faye introduces herself as a Mozilla Reps Mentor and Community Manager for MozPH. She provides an overview of Mozilla's mission of promoting openness and innovation on the web. She discusses Mozilla's presence in the Philippines since 2009 and its education initiatives like Webmaker and Open Badges. Faye demonstrates some Webmaker tools and describes how to become a Webmaker Mentor by hosting events and sharing resources. She provides guidelines for organizing Webmaker events and ways to connect with the global Webmaker community.

- The document introduces Rahul Talreja, a Mozilla representative from Bhopal, India who started contributing in 2014 and has worked on projects like app development, evangelism, and Webmaker. - It provides information about Mozilla, describing it as a non-profit organization known for Firefox Browser and Firefox OS that works with 40,000 volunteers worldwide on the mission of creating an open and innovative web. - It discusses the structure of Mozilla Foundation and different volunteer projects one can get involved in like Webmaker, GeoStumbling, localization, and the Firefox Student Ambassador program.

The Outreach Program for Women (OPW) is an internship program that aims to increase participation of women in free and open source software projects by matching interns with mentorship opportunities in organizations like Fedora, GNOME, Mozilla, and others; interns will work remotely while collaborating with mentors and project teams through communication methods like IRC, email, and bug trackers. The goal of OPW is to welcome more women into the inclusive FOSS community and guide early contributions.

This document discusses Mozilla's focus on web literacy through its Mozilla Learning Initiative and Network. It provides programs and communities to help people learn important digital skills. The Network focuses on peer learning, production-centered activities, and connecting local and global communities. It offers tools like Thimble and X-ray Goggles, as well as teaching kits. Mozilla Clubs meet regularly to teach web literacy skills through open practices and connection to networks. Maker Parties and the Learning Community forum further support learning.

The document discusses increasing women's participation in free and open source software (FOSS) projects. It notes that women currently make up only 5% of FOSS contributors and aims to address misconceptions about women's technical abilities and lack of knowledge in programming. The WoMoz organization provides support for women in FOSS through mentoring, tutorials, role models, and collaboration opportunities to help more women contribute their skills and ideas.

Women are underrepresented in technology fields, with only 10% having broad knowledge in IT, SI, and CSE. WoMoz aims to address this by encouraging more women to contribute to open source through Mozilla. Launched in 2009, WoMoz seeks to increase the visibility of and number of women contributors through public speaking, empowerment, and creating awareness of open source and Mozilla. It welcomes all women, including workers, students, and housewives, and there are many ways to contribute such as localization, design, testing, and development.

This document summarizes WOMOZ, a community comprised of women from open source projects dedicated to improving women's involvement in open source and Mozilla. It was formed to increase women's participation in fields of information technology, which is currently only 2% in open source communities. WOMOZ encourages women to participate in a variety of roles at Mozilla, not just development, and provides resources on their wiki and IRC channels. Their goal is to empower more women and change the societal biases that have historically discouraged women from such fields.

The document provides information about Mozilla Service Week, which takes place from September 14-21, 2009. It aims to connect tech-savvy volunteers with organizations and individuals needing technology assistance. Volunteers can help promote the event, pledge hours, find or create service opportunities, and use templates to guide common tasks like performing an "Internet Health Check." The goal is for 5,000 volunteers to contribute 25,000 hours of service to help people use, access, and improve the web.

Presented at Carolina Women In Computing Conference, February 2016: A talk about what happens to women in Technology when they leave, the culture of tech that causes women to leave, and how women in college and the industry can contribute to attaining and retaining more women in technology.

This document discusses creating an inclusive social media strategy for the public sector. It provides an overview of key accessibility barriers people with disabilities face using social media and practical tips to overcome these barriers for various platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. The document recommends that public sector organizations engage all teams to make websites and social media fully accessible, be open to feedback, and distribute free accessibility resources to maximize access for people with disabilities.

My talk regarding Localization at Mozilla during the "WordPress, Internet, at Wikang Pambansa" event of the WordPress User Group Philippines at UP Diliman.