At PyCon 2012, 11% of conference attendees were women. In 2013, it shot to over 20%; and the ratio of speakers matched. 33% of the speakers for PyCon 2014 are women. PyLadies and the Python Software Foundation worked hard to increase diversity with the help of financial aid, and it clearly showed. We’re hoping to continue that momentum.
In the past, one PyLady from the US/North America needed about $500 - $1000 to help pay for flights and hotels, with about $1000-2000 needed for those that are international.
We’re hoping to raise at least $20,000 to help about 20 magnificent women to attend. That money will go to women that will be speaking, giving a tutorial, presenting a poster, or trying out a lightning talk. It will go to women attending that give back to the Python and Open Source community, and those looking to make connections to start their own local PyLadies group.
If you folks choose to donate, we will give profuse thanks on our blog [3], tweet from our PyLadies handle [4], and include promotional advertising in our PyCon-edition of the PyLadies newsletter. We are under the financial enclave of the Python Software Foundation, a non-profit organization, so any donation is tax-deductible. You may donate through our donation website [5], and/or we can send you an invoice to mail or wire payment.
[1] http://pyladies.com [2] http://us.pycon.org [3] http://pyladies.com/blog [4] http://twitter.com/pyladies [5] https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=6
Have questions? You can email me: julia@jvns,ca or PyLadies: info@pyladies.com