Drupal Sex Appeal: Attracting More Female Developers

In one form or another, for better or worse, the "women / sexism / female programmers" issue comes up at every Drupal event. Followed by public and private debate that ranges from truly sexist flame wars to rhetorically-perfect insight.

We are not going to burn bras or beat a dead horse. We will take a clear and organized approach to meeting the goal: increase the percentage of female Drupal developers.

We'll discuss:

• Why it is important for our expanding technical community, meeting the needs of businesses and organizations worldwide, to attract more female programmers.
• The main issue: women aren't applying for the jobs waiting to be offered them.
• Community, workplace and private life impediments.
• Academia.
• How women developers in the community began and where they see themselves going.
• Why we must talk about feelings and relationships to understand this issue.
• Steps towards creating inclusion - being the community we hope to become.