drupalchix, 4 months ago to opensource

#GitLab is proposing a badge/credential for #OpenSource projects that would demonstrate that they are working on #diversity, #equity, & #inclusion. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/developer-relations/open-source-program/gitlab-open-source-partners/community-resources/-/issues/2

This raises many questions. What is the criteria to earn the badge? If GitLab's own example is representative, it doesn't look like much beyond including new contribs. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/DEI.md

If #Drupal creates a DEI.md, what policies would show our commitment to change? https://www.drupal.org/project/governance/issues/3412380

#DEI #techDiversity #badges

drupalchix, 5 months ago to random

It's 2023. If you still can't find anyone besides your white male friends to speak at conferences, time to step aside and get out of the way.

"Imagine a tech conference having no CFP, as they reach out to speakers directly. They successfully attract some of the most heavy hitter men speakers in tech, and 3 women speakers.

Now imagine my surprise that 2 of those women are FAKE profiles.

They do not exist.

Nada."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1728177708608450705.html

#DevTernity #JDKon #WomenInTech #TechDiversity

To spell it out why this conference generated fake women speakers. Because the organizer wants big names and it probably seemed like an easy way to address their diversity concerns. Incredibly lazy.

drupalchix, 11 months ago to random

Nice attempt to sweep the problem under the rug, #StackOverflow.

https://www.wired.com/story/stack-overflow-gender-problem/

In the organization’s annual survey of its users conducted in 2022, 92 percent of respondents identified as male, and three-quarters as white or European. The platform acknowledged then that it has “considerable work to do.”

But in 2023, Stack Overflow’s survey, published on June 13, stripped out questions about gender and race.

#techDiversity #WomenInTech #POCinTech