For freedom of speech

Encouragement
Awareness
Motivation

 Its a misbelief that women dont have much

knowledge on technology and programming.

They dont show interest in technical aspects.

 Women are playing key roles in corporate

sectors
Indian women have come across a long
way
They are very good at coding and
programming and show much interest in
technical aspects when compared to few
men.

 Present your ideas

Share them
Increase contribution % of women in FLOSS

 Your not alone

WoMoz is here for you
Guides you, develops you

 Blog posts, interviews, video, Bonjour

WoMoz...
University students
Women's groups
Role models

Mitchell Baker Head & Chairperson

of Mozilla Foundation, Chairperson
Mozilla Corporation

Satoko Takita Chairman

Mozilla Japan

Ubuntu Women
GNOME Women
PHP Women
DrupalChix
Linuxchix
Debian Women

-WoMoz!
www.womoz.org
What is WoMoz for?
Meeting point open to all, where women can meet other FLOSS
contributors (ML, IRC, wiki, blog)
GOAL?
Help contribute to FLOSS & Mozilla:
localization, events, QA, evangelism, community marketing,
development...

Source : FLOSSPOLS, 2004 - 2006

FOSS is often unknown and suffers from

misconceptions.

FOSS is often unknown and suffers from

misconceptions.

Free and open-source software

 You need to be a coder

 Localization
Design
Support
Events
Documentation
Bugs
Marketing
Code

You're on your own

Open Source Community

Degree Mandatory

 More visibility
No discrimination
Empower women
All contributions are valuable

1) IRC
2) Mailing List
3) Wiki
4) Blog
5) Video
irc.mozilla.org : #womoz
www.womoz.org

 Dont stick to just planning..

Start implementing. Womoz is with you!!!
Men are also allowed in womoz group.

 Come up with your ideas.

Lets use it..and make women community

proud.

 Hema Bhanu
Email: hema.bhanuwinner@gmail.com

Priyanka Nag
Email: priynag@gmail.com