[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

[Margherita Di Leo]

Hi,

thank you Jeff for having raised this matter, I find it really interesting
for the sake of pure data analysis and discussion. I agree with Maria
except one single point: is it really important? I think it is. As Maria
points out, I agree it is not from OSGeo side that the problem should be
addressed, because i don't see any barriers for women approaching OSGeo. On
the contrary, it is one of the kindest and welcoming environment. But I
think that it would be very interesting to analyse the real causes why
women apparently seem not to be attracted by these subjects. I think that
there are deeper sociological and practical reasons behind. It would be an
interesting exercise to explore the correlation between number of females
in open source/technology/science with some drivers such as the perspective
of working stability offered by different countries, the facilities for
working mothers offered by private and public sectors and so on. I think
that exploring such reasons in detail would really help to improve society
and to offer real "equal" opportunities to every citizen.

Best,
madi


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:55 PM, María Arias de Reyna <
delawen+osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna <
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>> It has been reported to me directly that there are not enough female
>> nominations for Charter members.  I just want to bring this to the
>> attention of the whole community.
>>
>> Thanks all,
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
> Agreed.
>
> On the other hand, no one should be nominated just because of their
> gender. In the long run, it doesn't help increasing female numbers. (It
> won't be the first time someone thinks I am where I am just because I am
> female and not because I worked hard.)
>
> I'm sorry if I am bothering someone, but I am very picky with all this
> stuff. It is the eternal discussion about not having enough female in tech
> organizations. If we want to have more female on OsGeo, we should go to
> school now to have them in OsGeo in a few years :)
>
> Until then, does it really matter? Are we doing things different? I know
> it looks very cool to have half and half but, is it really important?
>
> Regards,
> María.
>
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Best regards,

Dr. Margherita DI LEO
Scientific / technical project officer

European Commission - DG JRC
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
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