- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:06:13 -0400
- To: Daniel Appelquist <dan@torgo.com>, "lw@tetralogical.com" <lw@tetralogical.com>
- Cc: "public-idcg@w3.org" <public-idcg@w3.org>
I like being simple (per Leonie's request) but I also like being inclusive. Dan's list from the UK looks like a useful more inclusive guide. Dan's list focuses on discrimination, but I believe our initiative for inclusion and diversity must be much more than preventing discrimination. In the US there is the notion of affirmative action [1]. The affirmative action laws provide a focus to increase opportunities for historically excluded groups. W3C's focus must include affirmatively making opportunities available to people. Jeff [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States On 4/15/2019 2:23 PM, Daniel Appelquist wrote: > The UK has so-called protected characteristics (see https://www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights) in law. Could this be a useful guide? > > > BTW I like just asking for "Gender Identity" rather than gender & sex - and making this a free-text entry rather than multiple choice. We wrote a blog post about this: https://medium.com/samsung-internet-dev/how-to-collect-gender-data-a29f3be2257c > > Dan > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Monday, 15 April 2019 18:54, Léonie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com> wrote: > >> Everyone, >> >> Following up on this to see if we can make some progress. >> >> As a first step it might help us to identify the sort of data we're >> looking for. I think it might make sense to keep things simple, so perhaps: >> >> - Nationality >> - First/preferred language >> - Disability >> - Gender identity >> >> Thoughts? >> >> On 29/03/2019 11:08, Léonie Watson wrote: >> >>> Everyone, >>> At the meeting during TPAC we agreed we wanted to know more about the >>> current state of diversity at W3C. I'd like us to make a start on this >>> if we can. >>> I think the only way to collect this information is to ask people, and >>> to ask them in a way that protects their anonymity. I might be wrong >>> about this of course, there may be much better ways! >>> If this is the right approach though, we'll need to find a platform to >>> host the survey that protects people's privacy, and to design a set of >>> questions to ask. >>> If anyone has ideas on how to approach this activity, ideas about >>> platforms, or experience of designing the appropriate questions, that >>> would be very welcome. >>> Léonie. >> -- >> >> @TetraLogical TetraLogical.com
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