Track:
Drupal Community
Experience:
Beginner 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.
Intended audience:
The entire Drupal community, especially developers and employers.
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Comments
I think this is an important
I think this is an important issue to discuss, but I'd amend it slightly to having more women in the community at large, and not just developers.