Re: Why the Widening Gender Gap in Computer Science?

2008-11-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Meike Reichle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > things to offer that others may not (I'm not talking about apple pie > here) also research (e.g. Relinking Life and Work by Rhona Rapoport and > Lotte Bailyn) shows that work/life balance measures such as flexible > work times don't only benefit mothers

Re: Why the Widening Gender Gap in Computer Science?

2008-11-26 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2008-11-25, Brenda Wallace penned: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Helen Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> To get back on topic, does anyone think that CS-related careers are harder or >> easier, compared to other careers, to take a break from and actually get back >> into it? As in

Re: Why the Widening Gender Gap in Computer Science?

2008-11-26 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2008-11-22, Meike Reichle penned: > Hi Steph, all > > Apparently the root of women choosing these subjects does not so much > lie in their arts aspects but in their interdisciplinarity. I recently > talked to a gender researcher about this topic and her results showed > that girls/women feel esp

Re: Why the Widening Gender Gap in Computer Science?

2008-11-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
In countires like Iran, Saudia Arabia and Algeria, the number of women in CS (special programming) is drasticaly increasing. SA know, that "there" export product "petrol" is running out and they need a new export product. Women are here in SC since arround 6-8 years In Iran it is another

Debian Wiki Survey

2008-11-26 Thread goldenberg anne
Dear Debianists, Here is a link toward a survey that I set up in order to understand the uses and conceptions of the Debian Wiki within the Debian community : http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/labcmo/portraitdulibre/index.php?sid=65733&lang=en You may aslo answer this survey by refering to the debian

Re: Why the Widening Gender Gap in Computer Science?

2008-11-26 Thread Brenda Wallace
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Meike Reichle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> things to offer that others may not (I'm not talking about apple pie >> here) also research (e.g. Relinking Life and Work by Rhona Rapoport and >> Lotte Bailyn) shows that

Re: Why the Widening Gender Gap in Computer Science?

2008-11-26 Thread Helen Faulkner
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > Another female acquaintance of mine was looking for a job after a few > years' break. She did find that she was very rusty, and said that > with two children and a husband who works far more than full-time, she > had not been able to find any time at all to keep up. I