What Is WOMOZ???

WOmen and MOZilla

A community comprised of women members from different Open Source projects.

Mainly dedicated in improving women's

visibility and involvement in Free/Open Source and Mozilla, and Increase the number of women contributors.

Why is it formed?

To increase participation of

women in FOSS projects, computing and internet

To give freedom of experience to all individuals in virtual world. Especially women.

THE PROBLEMBehind lesser

participation of women in the field of information

technology??

1.

The society suppose women prefer “feminine roles” and pursue activities and careers, like nursing and other types of care giving

2.

Societal mindset which doesn’t give due credit to female developers.

3.

The Cultural Biasness

4.

The myth:

Women don’t have much knowledge on programming.

Mitchell Baker:Head & Chairperson of Mozilla

Foundation

Satoko Takita:Chairwoman,Mozilla Japan

Talking About Foss

Communities:

Percentage of women working in FOSS communities: 2%

Percentage of women working in proprietary software: 25%

(Extracted from http://www.womoz.org )

SOME FACTS

MEN: 98%

Women: 2%

The Statistics:

What is MOZilla doing to

increase women involvement in

IT?

Mozilla has initiated WoMoz.

This women‘s community calls and encourage women to participate in Mozilla!!!

WIDE NET OF OPPORTUNITY

Variety of fields involved in open source

apart from development

Community work

Localisation (translation)

Community marketing

Organizing events

And lots more to fit all kinds of individuals

Where to find us?

Help us promote women's visibility and involvement in FOSS projects: submit ideas, suggestions, and feedback by creating your own account on wiki of mozilla.

IRC

Or Visit www.womoz.org There are lots of tasks waiting for you ☺

Choose a task and start! That's easy!

Necessary to be a Coder??

Solutions

LocalizationGraphic designSupportEvent coordinationDocumentationBug reports, feature requests and testing (QA)MarketingDevelopment (yeah, it could help  )

Think out of the box!!

1.Don’t stick to just planning.

2.Start implementing.WoMoz is with u.

3.Men are also allowed in WoMoz group.

Thank You

☺