Dear all,
The GraceHopper Celebration of Women in
Computing<http://gracehopper.org.in/2012/>conference will be held on
December 13 and 14, 2012 at the Lalit Ashok
Hotel, Bangalore. It is presented by Anita Borg Institute for Women in
Technology <http://anitaborg.org/> and ACM India. The conference aims at
increasing the participation of women in careers and research in computing.
This year, the theme of the conference is ‘Beyond Boundaries’ –helping
women to tackle challenges and explore new avenues in computing.
The GHC will look into the causes of lack of women participation,
highlight the contributions of women in computing, give personal and
professional support to starting a career in computing and provide a
platform for like-minded women to interact with each other and take up
joint initiatives. The two-day conference will have posters, presentations,
workshops and panel discussions. The presenters are chosen from a variety
of backgrounds, including industrial, academic and governmental
communities.
The call for participation is now open, the details can be found
here<http://gracehopper.org.in/2012/participate/call-for-participation-conference-sessions/>
.
Official website : http://gracehopper.org.in/2012/
Regards
Netha Hussain
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:29 PM, nikita belavate <niki8...@gmail.com>wrote:
> An Article on Wikipedia Gender-gap in 'The Independent'
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/what-has-wikipedias-army-of-volunteer-editors-got-against-kate-middletons-wedding-gown-8050397.html
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Bishakha Datta
> <bishakhada...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> As discussed on the phone, I'm up for organizing something in Mumbai this
>> Oct.
>>
>> More later,
>> Bishakha
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <pr...@outlook.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It would be great to know if the women wikipedians in India have gotten
>>> together and are doing something on this issue. I had expressed last year
>>> an intention of doing a Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai, but this
>>> became part of the WikiConference India program. Has there been any
>>> specific actions taken beyond that?
>>>
>>> warm regards,
>>> Pradeep Mohandas
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:23:28 +0530
>>> From: nethahuss...@gmail.com
>>> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting.
>>>
>>> *Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females* - The number could be a bit
>>> more or a bit less, as this conclusion is based on the gender preferences
>>> given by the user in their account. [1] I am pretty sure that the figures
>>> in most Indian language Wikipedias would be even lesser, considering that
>>> women in our country have lesser access to the internet than those of the
>>> West.
>>>
>>> We are yet to tap the potential of the millions of e-literate women of
>>> our country who are have the basic skills to contribute to Wikipedia.
>>> Considering that women can create more impact on other women, we need to
>>> have more women from the community be active in outreach activities. I am
>>> still hopeful that a day will come when the gender ratio in all Indic
>>> Wikipedias would be close to 1:1!
>>>
>>> I'd request all Indian women Wikimedians on this list to add their names
>>> to
>>> this<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians>[2]
>>> page so that we could plan for online and offline activities for
>>> increasing the participation of women in Wikiprojects.
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] http://grouplens.org/system/files/wp-gender-wikisym2011.pdf
>>> [2]
>>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Netha Hussain
>>> [[User: Netha Hussain]]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या
>>> *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://visual.ly/wikipedias-gender-gap
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>>> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
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> Warm Regards,
> Nikita Belavate.
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