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Women and the Power To DrupalWomen and the Power To Drupal
Submitted by Benjamin Melançon on July 9, 2007 - 10:58pm
The lack of female representation in open source free software, Drupal included, is a scandal.
And this is coming from a Collective member (Benjamin) with a class focus and his Dad's prejudice against the affirmative action no one attacks, Title IX (more accurately Dad's problem was all the rich white women and daughters benefiting while not saying a word or lifting a finger to protect).
So I think Drupal training and introducing and outreach could be a great thing for disadvantaged groups, those with no
But I also think we need a focus on involving women too, because a tiny percentage (Google Summer of Code was glad to get two percent) is simply wrong.
So women out there, Agaric Design is an equal opportunity collective!
But suggestions for what can be done with a site like PowerToDrupal to involve all underrepresented groups is what we're really looking for here.
The lack of female representation in open source free software, Drupal included, is a scandal.
And this is coming from a Collective member (Benjamin) with a class focus and his Dad's prejudice against the affirmative action no one attacks, Title IX (more accurately Dad's problem was all the rich white women and daughters benefiting while not saying a word or lifting a finger to protect).
So I think Drupal training and introducing and outreach could be a great thing for disadvantaged groups, those with no
But I also think we need a focus on involving women too, because a tiny percentage (Google Summer of Code was glad to get two percent) is simply wrong.
So women out there, Agaric Design is an equal opportunity collective!
But suggestions for what can be done with a site like PowerToDrupal to involve all underrepresented groups is what we're really looking for here.
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