Next FOSS Friday — women-friendly, free support and advice for Ubuntu and Free and Open Source Software users is on 3 August 12-7pm at Fossbox. More details, directions and contact info here.
Fossbox is organising a conference with Okaycomputer for women using FLOSS in development, advocacy, activism, or digital projects on 15 November in London — there’s an outline for the event and a call for participation on the Flossie website and you can join the FLOSSIE mailing list here.
FLOSSIE is organising a women’s Software Freedom Day in London in September – join the FLOSSIE mailing list if you can help out.
Fossbox has been working with OkayComputer in Manchester to start up a network for women who use FLOSS. The aim is to provide a place where women can share, learn and collaborate freely on anything from curiosity about FLOSS to organising advocacy projects. The network is called FLOSSIE and you can join the FLOSSIE mailing [...]
A new initiative set up to tackle stereotypical assumptions about what a computer scientist looks like — at the moment, there is a focus on women but this may expand to include other groups which are under-represented. What a Computer Scientist Looks Like
The Geek Feminism wiki has published a set of guidelines for women-friendly tech events. Fossbox is run by a balanced mix of women and LGBT as well as heterosexual men. If you’d like to talk to someone about ensuring your Free and Open Source Software event is genuinely diverse and welcoming to women and LGBT-friendly, [...]
If you’re a woman who participates in free software or free culture in any way, fill out the Ada Initiative open technology and culture census.
We’re really excited about participating in an EU-funded project with Maiz migrants centre in Linz, Austria, the University of Manchester and other European partners to raise awareness of child safety and women’s issues among migrant female guardians and women working with migrant children and adolescents. Download press release here.
