1 in 20 Devs on OSS Projects are Women, Says Idaho State University Study

“Women and men have different ways of approaching a problem and devising a solution,” said Champa. “Other studies have shown that diverse teams outperform their homogeneous counterparts in a variety of ways with higher levels of productivity, innovation, and overall success. Therefore, it is extremely important to increase women’s participation in software engineering projects…
“…The data is telling us that women participating and contributing to open-source software projects is extremely low compared to men, although women constitute roughly half of the world’s population,” said Rabbi.

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