GNOME Reaches Out to Women
June 16th, 2006
“This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google’s Summer of Code program, yet none were from women. As a result, they’ve decided to address this imbalance by launching an outreach program to sponsor three female students to work on GNOME-related projects this summer.”
Most any science department will tell you that the amount of interest and involvement of women pales next to men of similar age and background. Is this sponsorship a creative way to get women interested in GNOME, or is it merely sexist?
Sara I think this is your opportunity to get involved in the summer of code, and with your favourite thing ever C! You have to take this opportunity or I will be really mad at you, you gotta embrace C at some point.