Re: HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux!

On 5/29/07, Shankar Pokharel 
<memshankar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's not a joke! Take it seriously!!
>
> "Why aren't there more women in open source?"
> "My girlfriend hates Windows, how can I encourage her to use Linux?"
>
> This document is intended mainly for the male Linux enthusiast who would
> like to see more women involved in Linux.
>
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/index.html
>
> Cheers,
> Shankar
>

actually its not just open source and linux where there are no women
users/developers.
There are very few women the the field of computer science itself. and
its not just Nepal's case. its the same all over the world.

this is quite old but really nice reasons ;)
http://people.mills.edu/spertus/Gender/why.html


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