Not entirely on topic for the list, but I thought people here might be interested in this.

 

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/06/18/1224256/yahoos-diversity-record-is-almost-as-bad-as-googles

 

About 17% of Google’s workforce is female and about 35% of Yahoo’s workforce is female.  Overall about 15% of folks who work in technology related fields are female.

 

Does anyone have statistics on how the Wikimedia Foundation is doing when it comes to hiring women?

 

Thank you,

Derric Atzrott

Computer Specialist

Alizee Pathology