El lun, 27-05-2013 a las 17:57 -0430, MarÃa Leandro escribió:
sorry, maybe I needed a bit more of context; LATAM situation with female participation is kind of new in what the rest of the world is.
This topic is very complex in nature. First most of us are related to technology which means that we have some level of income. The difference from urban to rural are really abismal in much countries. Some time just across neighborhoods. Some clueless NGO are talking about female empowerment when people are struggling for food, so what we will address in such context with free software.
I have high hopes for OLPC project, but again what children are obtaining from having a XO is very different from urban to rural.
There are some things that we also forget, line of time. When I went to college, was long time ago. When I go to colleges now to speak about Fedora, ratio female-male it is different from old days. Free software are usually start ups that are built on spare time that most likely women does not have because they are supporting their family in house work.
Most important we are speaking about average, that does not meant that are that were fostered in a way that they did not grow with this female-male dichotomy. So you can find very sensitive concerned males about this issue. And also you can find overconfident females that dismiss this issue.
I will like to have issues like this on ambassador list. What we will accomplished as ambassadors if we don't learn how better engage with our audience. How to be sensitive to some topics and never give them for granted.