@solene they had programming introduction workshops only for women before corona where I leave. Ruby, Python, Clojure, different communities, same concept.
@solene you know the answer, destroy patriarchy
Deploy and enforce a solid Code of Conduct that disallows both passive and active misogyny.
This combination of words is meaningless to most Unix sysadmins, so it won't happen.
@solene While I don't have a direct answer, I'd go looking to the communities where there is more breadth of representation. I know the Python community has better-than-most diversity, and there are pockets of the web-dev community with similarly intentional diversity.
@solene I guess a start could be to get non-male people in the board and in other decision-making spaces (eg. the current Django board is composed of 3 women out of 7 members https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/nov/29/2023-dsf-board-election-results/), and make sure there are processes to enforce safe spaces.
One thing that’s for sure is that it won’t just happen like magic. The community has to acknowledge the problem and dedicate time & resources to work on it.
@solene I have always found this paper to be quite a decent one to share around and read.
@solene Not that it would shift the numbers in any significant way, but I'm mildly disappointed I wasn't aware of this survey 😅
@solene perhaps by making sure said community is at least somewhat friendly to other communities, for a start.
@solene Exactly what I've been wondering for @pinetta 🤔 #WomenInTech