- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:35:09 +0200
- Cc: "public-idcg@w3.org" <public-idcg@w3.org>
+1 to all so far. Also noting that people may have multiple (levels of) nationalities and disabilities. PS: "first/preferred language" throws me off slightly (because they may be different) but I don't have a better suggestion. Best, Shadi On 15/04/2019 21:06, Jeff Jaffe wrote: > 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 > -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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