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GinaGina@fosstodon.org
Oct 21, 2026, 12:26 PM
@fosdem Now for some numbers.
Women are about 9.8% of OSS contributors; only 5% of projects have women as core developers.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.08777
The Covid 19 pandemic had a huge impact on female public code contributions.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.07278
For women who aren’t project insiders, acceptance of PR's falls from 71.8% to 62.5% when their Github profile made their gender identifiable. Aka documented bias.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/gender-bias-in-open-source-coding-may-be-tech-s-latest-setback
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GinaGina@fosstodon.org
Oct 21, 2026, 12:26 PM
@fosdem
These stats don't even mention other intersectionalities based on race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ableness, etc, which are equally impactful.
The #FOSS ecosystem might be missing out on incredibly talented contributors. Which were exactly the type of people we wanted to attract to #FOSDEM27.
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GinaGina@fosstodon.org
Oct 21, 2026, 12:41 PM
And btw, I do have to note that I consider 99% of the white men that I usually work with to be well intended allies. I'm sure that many of #FOSDEM 's visitors would have proudly stuck our cool 'not a tech bro' stickers to their laptops. ❤️
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maswanmaswan@mastodon.acc.sunet.se
Oct 21, 2026, 12:50 PM
@Gina FWIW, your proposed track would have been a strong motivator for me to try to make space for fosdem in my already busy travel schedule. -- a white man.
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A-wai :debian:awai@fosstodon.org
Oct 21, 2026, 12:54 PM
@Gina Thank you for this very informational (alhtough quite disappointing) thread!
I do hope the devroom rejection won't stop you from from submitting a proposal for the main track (and maybe even a stand?), I'm quite optimistic about such a talk being accepted AND able to fill in Jansson :)
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Maxmax@toet.dnzm.nl
Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 PM
@Gina I kinda want that sticker (and I think a couple of my colleagues, too). Lemme know when you stick 'em in a shop, somewhere!
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Cynthia Christieenlivener@mastodon.social
Oct 21, 2026, 1:22 PM
@Gina
Do these well intended allies stand up for you in the moment you're asked to get coffee or whatever, or do they just express how sorry they are for what you deal with, after the fact?
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