OSM women community

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State of the Map US 2018

Miriam González

Geochicas Co-Founder

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@mapanauta | mapanauta@gmail.com

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POpocatepetl

over 4 million colaborators

only 3% of osm mappers are women

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world's biggest open GEOGRAPHIC collaborative database

Budhatoki et al 2010 | Stark 2011 | Lechner 2011

openstreetmap

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CÉLINE

SELENE

ZELONE

CÉLINE

SELENE

MIRIAM

GEOCHICAS CO-FOUNDERS

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role

participation

representation

role participation

representation

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WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?

EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE PROJECTS LED BY WOMEN AND FOCUSED ON WOMEN.
ENLARGE THE OSM WOMEN'S NETWORK.
HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN OSM AND TECH ACTIVITIES.
CREATE MORE SPACES IN WHICH WE CAN DISCUSS THE ROLE, REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN.
DISCUSS BETTER CODES OF CONDUCT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT APPROPRIATE FOR ALL.

our projects

international gender representation survey on osm

#thestreetsofwomen

training open spaces for women and allies

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mapping gender violence in oaxaca Affected Areas after the 2017 earthquakes

INTERNATIONAL GENDER REPRESENTATION SURVEY ON OSM

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Women commentS

The sexist tone in the channels demotivates their participation
Women feel a systematic target of discrimination in the channels
Attention calls are usually attacked (if they are women)
The expression of experience is not accepted, women are considered as novice
We need to define codes, sanctions, reporting mechanisms
Specific calls to empower women
Promotion of women networks and spaces, to empowerment
Peer-to-peer training
Attention to mapping-projects issues with impact on women

men commentS

Discrimination is not based on gender
Cultural domination of European / North American men
Hostility by specific profile: fanatic-mapper, experimented VS novice
No formal impediment to participate = no discrimination
Lack of interest/participation must be respected
Doubts on the impact in the map, of the lack of diversitY
Attention calls about agressive tone in the channels are ignored
Do not separate genders but do more participatory activities
Do not victimize women, raise awareness in general
Focus activities on diversity in general, not just gender

GENERAL COMMENTS

Hostility is general in OSM channels, generally from high level mappers, it demotivates participation
All genders notice specific hostility towards people asking to change the tone
Need for moderation in channels
Need to advocate for courtesy values in general, integration, support of the novice
Need for integration of diversity in general, not based on gender
Inclusive language
Define codes of conduct
Awareness against hierarchies