Dear all, here are some notes from the event we had on 20.9.2018: 1st part: as sent from Laura 2nd part: a collection of short tips Regards, Vesna From: Laura Laugwitz ==================== Dear all, thank you again for that very interesting workshop! I'd like to share a few more resources, in case you don't know them yet: On how to hire more women in tech, but I see it as a more general input on how to make tech less stereotypically male: https://www.hiremorewomenintech.com/ Sharing diversity tickets: http://diversitytickets.org And, as a final comment, I'd like to add that we need to remind ourselves from time to time that minorities are not the problem. If we keep focusing on them / us, we might forget to address the actual problem (white supremacist, capitalist, toxic masculine culture) and the people within it who hold the power to make structural changes :) Tips on how to increase diversity of events: ============================================ (collected at the event, during the discussion) For the majority participants: - attend "allies training" - get rid of toxic people (*) For the companies that fund participants / their own employees : - please send junior staff / women / other minorities - event organisers can provide tips on WHY (gain knowledge, experience, social-capital...) For the minority participants: - foster solidarity! - make use of "diversity tickets", mentoring, sponsorship programmes - agree to be a speaker, even if you are in-experienced - in order to become a "role model" for the future participants For the event organisers: - offer "allies training" - offer "diversity tickets" (free / cheaper / sponsored tickets for some groups that are considered "minority" or "beneficial" to encourage) - how to get women more involved in "visible" or "power positions": - introduce quotas for presentations slots - introduce quotas for all nominations - do not give funding/sponsorship for the events that lack diversity - do not give funding/support to toxic people - in order to "attract" more women to participate: use the photos of the women that are already participating, when advertising the event - give training to moderators / "chairs" to handle difficult situations - e.g. Q&A sessions: cut out "comments"; give priority to people who are NOT the "usual suspects"; tell people off for behaving in an inappropriate ways - make the Q&A session to be entirely *online* ! - (no "questions" at the mike, in person!) - the "questions taker" selects some questions or - "audience" votes-up or votes-down questions => advantages: more actual questions get answered; questions asked in a polite way; remote participants not-disadvantaged => dis-advantage: interaction becomes more difficult to achieve - empower moderators / chairs to enforce community values (CoC?) - if the moderator is not up to their task, remove them (gently) - help in-experienced speakers become better speakers - offer training/tips on presentation techniques, at the event - provide these workshops throughout the year - provide mentoring * toxic people: (links added by Vesna) - http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Missing_stair - https://www.kateheddleston.com/blog/how-our-engineering-environments-are-kil... - http://publicanthropologist.cmi.no/2018/06/20/the-problem-with-assholes/ - https://theintercept.com/2018/06/19/metoo-cybersecurity-infosec-sexual-haras... On 05/09/2018 13:40, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
Dear all,
The RIPE NCC is hosting a workshop in our office together with a tech-focused feminist organisation from Germany and we'd like to extend an invitation for you to join. We see this initiative as an extension of our work to increase diversity and inclusion in the RIPE community.
When: Thursday, 20 September 2018, 14:00 - 17:00 What: Workshop on Internet Governance and Feminist Internet Perspective Where: RIPE NCC offices, Stationsplein 11, Amsterdam
Programme: - Mirjam Kuehne: Governing the Internet Infrastructure as a Commons https://18.re-publica.com/en/session/governing-internet-infrastructure-commo... - Vesna Manojlovic: Ethics in Technology and RIPE Atlas https://program.sha2017.org/events/311.html - Amanda Gowland: RIPE Community Diversity Efforts https://labs.ripe.net/diversity - Discussion: Feminist Perspectives on Internet Governance https://feministinternet.org/ and https://techfestival.co/event/feminist-internet-summit/
You are invited to join!
Places are limited. Please let us know if you are interested before 18 September 2018, 12:00 UTC, by replying to me.
Kind Regards,
Vesna Manojlovic Community Builder RIPE NCC