Hey,

in Germany some women were so annoyed by all male panels that they started a homepage to find female speakers and moderators for conferences.

Take a look at https://www.speakerinnen.org/en

The site is also available (to some extent) in English, but at the moment most of those women are based in Germany (and Austria/Switzerland). Most of the women speak German as mother tongue, but the individual profile indicates the language capabilities.

Best,
Merle

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2014-04-07 21:39 GMT+02:00 Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com>:

Thanks for asking, and thinking about it.
You (and that panel topic :) are the best.    SJ

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Maximilian Klein <isalix@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for your advice,
>
> This has given me some ideas about how to better ask in the future.
> Actually, I see from asking here, that __asking__ for help is one very good
> way to get.
>
> Best,
>
> Max Klein
> http://notconfusing.com/
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> +infinity Sam
>>
>> Thanks for your efforts! It's a great representation of the "ally"
>> mentality!
>>
>> -Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Max, this is surprising to hear!  In my experience, "Librarians and OA
>>> repository managers", at least in the US and commonwealth countries, are
>>> majority female.  Any one of them would fit nicely on such a panel.  Have
>>> you tried asking for candidates at lib-tech events?
>>>
>>> I recommend noting in your proposal that you are looking for an
>>> additional or alternate panelist, if you are indeed doing so; you have some
>>> time before finalizing the roster.
>>>
>>> A tangent: I ask who will be on panels with me and decline requests to be
>>> on all-male panels (also suggesting women to invite where I can).  This is
>>> one way for men to help session organizers improve their search-space for
>>> speakers.
>>>
>>> Warmly,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 2, 2014 6:40 PM, "Maximilian Klein" <isalix@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Gender Gap,
>>>>
>>>> With some collaborators, I submitted this panel for Wikimania 2014
>>>> "Reform of citation structure for all Wikimedia project" [1]. Despite my
>>>> best efforts (and continuing efforts), I couldn't find any non-men to be on
>>>> the panel. I asked each of the potential panelists if they knew any other
>>>> qualified speakers (not specifically women, just other people), asked my old
>>>> colleagues, put a call out on social media. But it just ended up being
>>>> all-men.
>>>>
>>>> Is it desirable to write something to the effect of "we are cognizant
>>>> this is an all-male panel, and would like to change the underlying factors"
>>>> as a preamble to the submissions? And if so, what is the right way?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Reform_of_citation_structure_for_all_Wikimedia_projects
>>>>
>>>> Max Klein
>>>> http://notconfusing.com/
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