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Google offers 5 EuroBSDCon 2014 travel grants for female computer scientists

Contributed by jj on from the come fly with me dept.

Via the EuroBSDCon 2014 organizers comes the news that Google will be sponsoring 5 female computer scientists to attend the EuroBSDCon 2014 conference. The announcement follows:

Google EMEA Women in Tech Conference and Travel grants for female computer scientists

As part of Google's ongoing commitment to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, Google is pleased to offer Women in Tech Travel and Conference Grants to attend the EuroBSDcon 2014 conference.

5 grants, are offered which include:

  • Free registration for the conference
  • Up to 1000 EUR towards travel costs (to be paid after the conference)

To be eligible for a grant, the candidate must:

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  1. By Anonymous Coward (24.113.147.35) on

    “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
    - Gloria Steinem

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (91.9.218.173) on

      > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
      > - Gloria Steinem

      Attempt to overcome gender discrimination in the engineering disciplines meets with disapproval, mansplaining from random internet dude; film at 11.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (93.192.254.171) on

        > > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
        > > - Gloria Steinem
        >
        > Attempt to overcome gender discrimination in the engineering >disciplines meets with disapproval, mansplaining from random internet >dude; film at 11.

        Enter the anonymous white knight trying to save the damsel in distress in ...3...2...1...

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        1. By Anonymous Coward (91.9.218.173) on

          > > > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
          > > > - Gloria Steinem
          > >
          > > Attempt to overcome gender discrimination in the engineering >disciplines meets with disapproval, mansplaining from random internet >dude; film at 11.
          >
          > Enter the anonymous white knight trying to save the damsel in distress in ...3...2...1...
          >
          >

          Serious issue glossed over with sarcasm is go.

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          1. By Anonymous Coward (93.192.245.60) on

            > Serious issue glossed over with sarcasm is go.

            OK. I'll bite. I have two questions.
            1) What is an imortant issue, and most importantly
            2) Why is it an important issue?

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            1. By tbert (tbert) on

              > > Serious issue glossed over with sarcasm is go.
              >
              > OK. I'll bite. I have two questions.
              > 1) What is an imortant issue, and most importantly
              > 2) Why is it an important issue?
              >
              >

              I'll answer both with a mini-rant:

              An intellectual endeavour cannot be fully realised when half the brainpower available is, due to reasons of culture, not engaging in it. In case you'd not taken a look around, the computer industry as a whole (and hacker culture is very guilty of it) is pretty much a boy's club, with far too much of a locker-room atmosphere. As an example I found rather egregious, CeBit, which is supposed to be a *professional* assembly, had a pair of robot strippers at a display. Stay classy. Hell, you look around professional assemblies, and you get the "bunnies;" you're basically saying that women's presence at these events is, at least in part, due to them being window-dressing. That's not inviting.

              It's a chicken-and-egg problem, in that women won't be accepted as full equals in this culture until they're engaging in this culture in larger numbers; and larger numbers won't engage in this culture until they're accepted as equals. Things like this bring us, in fits and starts, a little closer to bridging that gap.

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              1. By Anonymous Coward (24.113.147.35) on

                > > > Serious issue glossed over with sarcasm is go.
                > >
                > > OK. I'll bite. I have two questions.
                > > 1) What is an imortant issue, and most importantly
                > > 2) Why is it an important issue?
                > >
                > >
                >
                > I'll answer both with a mini-rant:
                >
                > An intellectual endeavour cannot be fully realised when half the brainpower available is, due to reasons of culture, not engaging in it. In case you'd not taken a look around, the computer industry as a whole (and hacker culture is very guilty of it) is pretty much a boy's club, with far too much of a locker-room atmosphere. As an example I found rather egregious, CeBit, which is supposed to be a *professional* assembly, had a pair of robot strippers at a display. Stay classy. Hell, you look around professional assemblies, and you get the "bunnies;" you're basically saying that women's presence at these events is, at least in part, due to them being window-dressing. That's not inviting.
                >
                > It's a chicken-and-egg problem, in that women won't be accepted as full equals in this culture until they're engaging in this culture in larger numbers; and larger numbers won't engage in this culture until they're accepted as equals. Things like this bring us, in fits and starts, a little closer to bridging that gap.

                Isn't this the same as saying women are the weaker sex and need special help? That is discrimination, right?

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                1. By tbert (tbert) on

                  > Isn't this the same as saying women are the weaker sex and need special help? That is discrimination, right?

                  It's obvious that you're invested in not understanding the problem. Good luck with that.

                2. By phessler (phessler) on http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html

                  > > > > Serious issue glossed over with sarcasm is go.
                  > > >
                  > > > OK. I'll bite. I have two questions.
                  > > > 1) What is an imortant issue, and most importantly
                  > > > 2) Why is it an important issue?
                  > > >
                  > > >
                  > >
                  > > I'll answer both with a mini-rant:
                  > >
                  > > An intellectual endeavour cannot be fully realised when half the brainpower available is, due to reasons of culture, not engaging in it. In case you'd not taken a look around, the computer industry as a whole (and hacker culture is very guilty of it) is pretty much a boy's club, with far too much of a locker-room atmosphere. As an example I found rather egregious, CeBit, which is supposed to be a *professional* assembly, had a pair of robot strippers at a display. Stay classy. Hell, you look around professional assemblies, and you get the "bunnies;" you're basically saying that women's presence at these events is, at least in part, due to them being window-dressing. That's not inviting.
                  > >
                  > > It's a chicken-and-egg problem, in that women won't be accepted as full equals in this culture until they're engaging in this culture in larger numbers; and larger numbers won't engage in this culture until they're accepted as equals. Things like this bring us, in fits and starts, a little closer to bridging that gap.
                  >
                  > Isn't this the same as saying women are the weaker sex and need special help? That is discrimination, right?

                  No, this is saying that women have been actively discriminated against, and that this program is attempting to make some amends.

        2. By tbert (tbert) on

          > > > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
          > > > - Gloria Steinem
          > >
          > > Attempt to overcome gender discrimination in the engineering >disciplines meets with disapproval, mansplaining from random internet >dude; film at 11.
          >
          > Enter the anonymous white knight trying to save the damsel in distress in ...3...2...1...
          >
          >

          BTW, I wrote both the entry to which you're replying, and the immediately previous reply, just in case you need one.

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          1. By tbert (tbert) on

            > > > > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
            > > > > - Gloria Steinem
            > > >
            > > > Attempt to overcome gender discrimination in the engineering >disciplines meets with disapproval, mansplaining from random internet >dude; film at 11.
            > >
            > > Enter the anonymous white knight trying to save the damsel in distress in ...3...2...1...
            > >
            > >
            >
            > BTW, I wrote both the entry to which you're replying, and the immediately previous reply, just in case you need one.

            Need a name, that is.

    2. By Anonymous Coward (69.178.112.236) on

      > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
      > - Gloria Steinem

      That's kind of the point. There's no reason why women shouldn't be programmers, yet they are massively under-represented. It's nice that somebody's doing something to change that. Please seek psychiatric help.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (93.192.245.60) on

        > > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
        > > - Gloria Steinem
        >
        > That's kind of the point. There's no reason why women shouldn't be programmers, yet they are massively under-represented. It's nice that somebody's doing something to change that. Please seek psychiatric help.


        Have you never thought about, that this underrepresentation is the result of personal choice?
        Seemingly obligatory insult: Please seek a brain surgeon.

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        1. By phessler (phessler) on http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html

          > > > “There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.”
          > > > - Gloria Steinem
          > >
          > > That's kind of the point. There's no reason why women shouldn't be programmers, yet they are massively under-represented. It's nice that somebody's doing something to change that. Please seek psychiatric help.
          >
          >
          > Have you never thought about, that this underrepresentation is the result of personal choice?
          > Seemingly obligatory insult: Please seek a brain surgeon.

          The personal choice is primarily due to how the community treats itself. By encouraging women to join (well, to stay) interested in computers, makes us a stronger group.

  2. By phessler (phessler) spambox@theapt.org on http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html

    This is great news. Women are under-represented in the community, and it is great to reach out and bring in ones that are interested. Diversity helps everyone win.

  3. By Anonymous Coward (208.202.136.2) on

    To be sure, any normal person (man or woman) is going to want to avoid the weird, broken culture of programming nerds.

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