Open source and diversity in tech: Women@Sonatype
There is proven value in hiring a diverse workforce; doing so benefits both company performance and your bottom line. An October 2021 Gartner survey highlights diversity as a top human resource concern in 2022. Today, in honor of International Women’s Day , part of Women’s history month, we’re talking to the Women@Sonatype group about what they’re focused on. They help maintain and encourage women’s success at Sonatype by collaborating on best practices around employment, technology, and open source.
The following Q&A stems from multiple conversations with and written contributions from the Women@Sonatype group.
Q: What is the Women@Sonatype group?
In short, Women@Sonatype is a group of people who are dedicated to supporting and empowering women, encouraging diverse hiring, and advocating for action when concerns arise. Sonatype employees believe that diversity is an important part of our company culture. After all, we’re a remote-first, global company, and we “sit” next to people from all around the world every day in our meetings. As such, our company needs to have conversations about gender.
Anyone who joins Sonatype is welcome to join the Women@Sonatype group. We welcome everyone across the company to contribute to the ongoing conversation. We have bi-weekly meetings, and we select a variety of topics based on what’s timely and important. We have an internal #women-at-sonatype channel on Slack, where we share relevant issues, offer support, ask questions, and generally create connections to build one another up. We have also met in person to shake hands and get to know each other better.
As of 2021, we have established the following goals:
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Advocate – Promote diversity and inclusion through continued learning and encourage others to get involved by creating opportunities for participation.
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Connect – Build a network among Women@Sonatype and create a community to share ideas and resources that can (Read more...)
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Sonatype Blog authored by Luke Mcbride. Read the original post at: https://blog.sonatype.com/open-source-and-diversity-in-tech-womensonatype
