I am not a woman but I have two suggestions about trying to make a less man-dominated movement.
1. If your advocacy group has or is developing a capacity to help others directly, look for local active women-led organizations in other areas of activism where you are. Ask if there is anything your group might be able to help with. 2. Keep in mind that it is self-limiting to think "We are doing project X, how can we get women to join project X" compared to "How can we directly help others, keeping in mind that if they find libre software useful, they might also decide to participate in making more of it, maintaining and documenting it, and sharing it?" I think there is a risk, when free software movement men think about how to involve more women in their project, that the men have decided what the project is supposed to be -- and want women to support their vision, vs. instead introducing the software freedom in practice to larger social projects, including women-led projects, that are important to women and other people. -t On 2019-09-16 18:41, Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss wrote: > Hello all, > > Recent events have reminded me of the importance of making a conscious effort > to include underrepresented groups in my local advocacy group, including > women. Is there advice any women still on the mailing list can give me to be > more effective in this regard? > > Roberto Beltran > LibrePlanet South Florida > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
