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Gender, diversity, and inclusion in open source communities

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XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, Volume 26, Issue 4

Pages 46 - 48

https://doi.org/10.1145/3398454

Published: 09 July 2020 Publication History

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Hidden social hierarchies keep the doors of open source closed for some. How do we overcome them?

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Trinkenreich BWiese ISarma AGerosa MSteinmacher I(2022)Women’s Participation in Open Source Software: A Survey of the LiteratureACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/351046031:4(1-37)Online publication date: 23-Apr-2022
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Trinkenreich BJuristo N(2021)Please don't goProceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00131(293-298)Online publication date: 25-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00131
Trinkenreich BJuristo N(2021)Please don't goProceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00059(138-140)Online publication date: 25-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00059

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