Ada Initiative kicks off census to research women's status in open technology and culture
Mar 10th, 02:11 UTC
The Ada Initiative launched a census today to gain a broad understanding of women's participation, representation, and status in open technology and culture.
The Ada Initiative launched a census today to gain a broad understanding of women's participation, representation, and status in open technology and culture. "We want to know what women are working on and how each community's culture affects women," said Ada Initiative co-founder Valerie Aurora. "We also want to know where to direct our work in helping women in the community." The census includes questions about the representation and status of women in open technology and culture, and will be repeated periodically to measure changes in the community and help shape the Ada Initiative's programs.
Anyone involved in the following fields, regardless of gender, is encouraged to take the 5-minute survey (http://adainitiative.org/projects/census):
- Open source/free software
- Open source hardware
- Open geodata and maps
- Open government
- Open data
- Open standards and formats
- Open educational initiatives
- Open/decentralised social networking
- Creative Commons and free culture
- Wikipedia and other wikis
- Open crisis response and humanitarian projects
- Barcamps and unconferences
- Online/digital activism
- Remix/mashup culture
- Transformative works fandom, including fan fiction, fan art, and fan vidding
- Maker/DIY community
- Hacker spaces
- Coworking
The Ada Initiative Census can be found at:
http://adainitiative.org/projects/census
The census closes on March 29th, 2011.
About the Ada Initiative
The Ada Initiative is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture, founded by long-time women in open technology activists and programmers Valerie Aurora and Mary Gardiner. The Ada Initiative is named for Countess Ada Lovelace, widely recognized as the world's first computer programmer. The Ada Initiative partners with organizations and communities to increase the participation of women in ways that shape the technology, such as software design and development, writing for Wikipedia, and community leadership.
Contact details:
Email: press@adainitiative.org
Phone: +1 (415) 779-5914
Website: http://adainitiative.org
(Submitted by The Ada Initiative of The Ada Initiative)
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