This message could be of some interest for some of you. It appeared in the debian-women mailing list (debian-women, for those not aware, is a project aimed at bringing more women to contribute in Debian. Its great success has lead many people interested in the topic of women in FOSS to contribute to debian-women)
Answers can be posted to Bruce directly or to [email protected] (the list has opened posting..please mention you want CC'ed replies if you're not a subscriber) ----- Forwarded message from Bruce Byfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Subject: the experience of Arab women in FOSS From: Bruce Byfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:40:37 +0000 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2528 Hi: As you may know, in countries such as Saudi Arabia, many women feel constrained about revealing their gender and names on-line. I am preparing a story for Newsforge about this phenomenon, especially as it applies to the FOSS community. One aspect that would be especially interesting is the question of whether the same constraints apply in the FOSS community as in the general world of computing. If you have any knowledge of this situation, or know somebody who does, I would appreciate it if you contacted me privately. Since anonymity is important to many of the women involved, I undertake not to use anybody's name in the finished article, nor to give any details that might allow them to be identified. My thanks in advance to anyone who has the time to respond. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421.7177 http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- --
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