September 28, 2023 — In a digital landscape historically painted with masculine strokes, women’s experiences bring a unique blend of challenges and triumphs. From battling biases to leveraging WordPress as a tool for empowerment, this session The presentation is designed to inspire women, share their stories, encourage diversity, and enrich the broader digital community.

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April 17, 2021 — A panel discussion with women in different roles from the WordPress world.

January 7, 2020 — Everybody uses stereotypes and prejudices. They help people to make sense of the world. That being said, prejudice is the enemy of equality and inclusion.In this talk in will talk about how prejudice affects women. I will look into women in general, but also zoom in to women in the tech industry and women in WordPress. I will explain the origin of prejudice from a sociological perspective and I’ll talk about the consequences of prejudices against women in our present day western society and in the WordPress ecosystem. To conclude, I will try to offer some solutions to overcome prejudice and to try to make our society a more equal and inclusive place. I promise, there will be jokes too!

December 13, 2018 — An informal discussion with 4 women in different roles from the WordPress world – discussing our struggles, achievements, and how we can help each other out.

February 25, 2018 — A frank and honest discussion with women who have been involved for different amounts of time in WordPress – ranging from development to designer to marketer.

December 10, 2017

November 30, 2017 — Erfahrungen und Lehren aus der Grüdung eines rein weiblichen WordPress Meetups in Berlin.

December 11, 2016 — At Montreal’s first WordCamp, only four women spoke throughout the two-day, two-track event. People noticed. It didn’t feel right. Something had to change. By 2016, we’d had two straight WordCamps with at least 50% women speakers. How did we get from there to here? I’ll look at some of the strategies we used to #changetheratio.

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