[diversity] Workshop on Internet Governance and Feminist Internet - tips on increasing diversity at events
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Vesna Manojlovic
BECHA at ripe.net
Thu Oct 11 09:09:55 CEST 2018
Dear all, here are some notes from the event we had on 20.9.2018: 1st part: as sent from Laura 2nd part: a collection of short tips Regards, Vesna From: Laura Laugwitz ==================== Dear all, thank you again for that very interesting workshop! I'd like to share a few more resources, in case you don't know them yet: On how to hire more women in tech, but I see it as a more general input on how to make tech less stereotypically male: https://www.hiremorewomenintech.com/ Sharing diversity tickets: http://diversitytickets.org And, as a final comment, I'd like to add that we need to remind ourselves from time to time that minorities are not the problem. If we keep focusing on them / us, we might forget to address the actual problem (white supremacist, capitalist, toxic masculine culture) and the people within it who hold the power to make structural changes :) Tips on how to increase diversity of events: ============================================ (collected at the event, during the discussion) For the majority participants: - attend "allies training" - get rid of toxic people (*) For the companies that fund participants / their own employees : - please send junior staff / women / other minorities - event organisers can provide tips on WHY (gain knowledge, experience, social-capital...) For the minority participants: - foster solidarity! - make use of "diversity tickets", mentoring, sponsorship programmes - agree to be a speaker, even if you are in-experienced - in order to become a "role model" for the future participants For the event organisers: - offer "allies training" - offer "diversity tickets" (free / cheaper / sponsored tickets for some groups that are considered "minority" or "beneficial" to encourage) - how to get women more involved in "visible" or "power positions": - introduce quotas for presentations slots - introduce quotas for all nominations - do not give funding/sponsorship for the events that lack diversity - do not give funding/support to toxic people - in order to "attract" more women to participate: use the photos of the women that are already participating, when advertising the event - give training to moderators / "chairs" to handle difficult situations - e.g. Q&A sessions: cut out "comments"; give priority to people who are NOT the "usual suspects"; tell people off for behaving in an inappropriate ways - make the Q&A session to be entirely *online* ! - (no "questions" at the mike, in person!) - the "questions taker" selects some questions or - "audience" votes-up or votes-down questions => advantages: more actual questions get answered; questions asked in a polite way; remote participants not-disadvantaged => dis-advantage: interaction becomes more difficult to achieve - empower moderators / chairs to enforce community values (CoC?) - if the moderator is not up to their task, remove them (gently) - help in-experienced speakers become better speakers - offer training/tips on presentation techniques, at the event - provide these workshops throughout the year - provide mentoring * toxic people: (links added by Vesna) - http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Missing_stair - https://www.kateheddleston.com/blog/how-our-engineering-environments-are-killing-diversity-introduction - http://publicanthropologist.cmi.no/2018/06/20/the-problem-with-assholes/ - https://theintercept.com/2018/06/19/metoo-cybersecurity-infosec-sexual-harassment/ On 05/09/2018 13:40, Vesna Manojlovic wrote: > Dear all, > > The RIPE NCC is hosting a workshop in our office together with a > tech-focused feminist organisation from Germany and we'd like to extend > an invitation for you to join. We see this initiative as an extension of > our work to increase diversity and inclusion in the RIPE community. > > When: Thursday, 20 September 2018, 14:00 - 17:00 > What: Workshop on Internet Governance and Feminist Internet Perspective > Where: RIPE NCC offices, Stationsplein 11, Amsterdam > > Programme: > - Mirjam Kuehne: Governing the Internet Infrastructure as a Commons > https://18.re-publica.com/en/session/governing-internet-infrastructure-commons > - Vesna Manojlovic: Ethics in Technology and RIPE Atlas > https://program.sha2017.org/events/311.html > - Amanda Gowland: RIPE Community Diversity Efforts > https://labs.ripe.net/diversity > - Discussion: Feminist Perspectives on Internet Governance > https://feministinternet.org/ and > https://techfestival.co/event/feminist-internet-summit/ > > You are invited to join! > > Places are limited. Please let us know if you are interested before 18 > September 2018, 12:00 UTC, by replying to me. > > Kind Regards, > > Vesna Manojlovic > Community Builder > RIPE NCC >
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