Women & Mozilla in the Philippines by Faye Tandog

Introduction to WoMoz (Women & Mozilla) during MozTour Adamson University Manila last 25 Jan 2014 as presented by Faye Tandog.

This document discusses increasing gender diversity in open web initiatives. It notes that while over 50% of humans are women, there is a low presence of women involved in open web and Mozilla projects. The document encourages women to get involved through activities like bug reporting, coding, documentation, and community events. It promotes the WoMoz initiative to recruit more women and make open web technologies more inclusive and accessible to all.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

The document summarizes a presentation by Alifiyah Ganijee about WoMoz, a community of women involved in open source and Mozilla projects. The agenda includes an overview of WoMoz, Mozilla projects, challenges facing women in tech, women's entrepreneurship, and inspiring videos. It discusses the goals of promoting women's visibility and involvement in open source software and Mozilla contributions. It also highlights myths about women in tech and provides examples of famous women contributors to FOSS and from Africa to show that women can succeed in these fields.

WoMoz is a group of women who contributes to Mozilla and other open source organizations. To involve women contributors in Mozilla and other Foss communities.