Hi Abdussalam, Alessandro,
At 02:54 13-11-2013, Abdussalam Baryun wrote:
We are already doing efforts by discussing them. Please identify the
parts because I need the full information related to IETF, and
please identify the time period or if they are current status. Thanking you,
The (unverified) numbers are for the current year. I prefer not to
identify the parts.
At 04:23 13-11-2013, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
Beside countries and time, those figures seem to vary with company
revenue (from 16.6% of women on boards of US Fortune 1000 companies to
20.6% for Fortune 100 [1]), and sector (Canada Fortune 500 score 23%
in Finance&Insurance, down to 6% for Wholesale Trade [2]).
I read articles relating to the first reference some time back. The
(unverified) numbers I mentioned are not related to women on Boards.
For a company, those figures vary with the recruiting methods. I
reckon the vast majority of key positions in the IETF is held by
people whose participation is supported by their employer. So, the
That's likely.
You and I arrived to the IETF through quite unusual paths. A key
:-)
question is how everybody else happen to join in. In particular, how
do companies decide who of their employees participates in IETF
activities, if any.
I don't know whether anybody would want to look into that.
There seems to be a correlation between the resulting numbers and
having a written diversity policy[2], but that doesn't imply causation
and IMHO both features might well be caused by common facts, such as
awareness and sensitization. Both commitment of the leadership and
structural measures are needed to increase diversity, according to [3].
I don't have an opinion about a diversity policy.
Regards,
-sm