Hi All Interestingly I attended a wougnet workshop the last two days on women in ICT enterprises. Some of the obstacles noted were
Balancing work and home life, and Gender stereotyping which I believe is probably the biggest obstacle for as I read our online discusion most of our views all seem to point to gender stereotyping. But also another view was that women are very passive and not prepared to stand up and fight for their corner. Which we are kind of also realising here I know they are a number of women on this list but they are all quiet. Ladies lets here your views if you want to change the misconceptions you have to be part of that change. Anyway sugested questions are : What are the main factors hampering more women from being deeply involved in IT? A) Balancing crazy work hours and a famliy life ? B) Stereotyping by potential employers and society that IT is not for women C) Most women just have no interest in IT My 3shillings > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noah Sematimba > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 9:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] [wougnet] Linux Chix Uganda > > > Add "crazy work hours" to that list. > > On Wednesday 08 February 2006 21:00, Guido Sohne wrote: > > What are the main factors hampering more women from being deeply > > involved in IT? > > > > 1) Lack of interest > > > > 2) Inadequate skills > > > > 3) Repelled by male dominated culture > > > > 4) Brains not really wired for IT (and math) > > > > 5) Laziness (prefer to find a rich man) > > > > 6) Does it matter? > > > > 7) All of the above > > > > PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE ARE NOT MY OPINIONS. SO FLAME ME NOT !!!! > > > > -- G. > > > > On Feb 8, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Hari Kurup wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > The poll is ready. > > > Just tell me the question and the selections to vote for. > > > > > > Kurup > > > > > > On Feb 7, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Badru Ntege wrote: > > >> I'm now curious I would suggest someone puts up a temporary site > > >> that will allow unanimouse vote on this issue. You see > I believe > > >> it's very important and wondering if the few brave ones > with their > > >> positions are just that the few or we need to discuss this issue > > >> seriously. > > >> > > >> Any offers ?? > > >> > > >> Kurup , Guido > > >> > > >> just a one pager lets gauage the opinions and then the next > > >> question is does it really matter ??? > > >> > > >> I know someone on this list did a survey on women in ICT > sometime > > >> back do you have anything to share ?? > > >> _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
