The Linux Foundation, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), have launched an online training seminar that explores facts about technology diversity, the importance of diversity for innovation, the basics of unconscious and social bias, and how recognize the different ways in which unconscious bias occurs in technical settings. ”
It is called Open Source Community Orientation, and the organizations state that the ultimate goal of the course is to promote diversity in the community, which according to the introductory slides of the course is missing.
According to data from the statistics of the Ministry of Labor of USA που παρουσιάζονται στο μάθημα, οι Women they hold 26% of the seats work in computing, 19% of software engineering positions and represent only 11% of open source developers code. These are low numbers when you consider that women make up 57% of the total professional workforce.
On the other hand, the problem of under-representation seems to be improving, according to the Linux Foundation, but points out that the same study on increased diversity in recruitment is accompanied by an increase in discrimination reported by employees themselves based on their work experiences. .
“This course is intended as a starting point for everyone in the community – from technical staff to managers, executives, teams supportand more – to learn more about these issues and how to ensure that everyone feels comfortable in the workplace and in the wider community,” says the Linux Foundation.
The course is free and available to anyone with a link to the Linux Foundation, which is also free.
Open Source Community Orientation