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12pt;font-family: Optima;"><span style="font-family: Optima;"></span>It's
a question for the reformulation of the entire life work balance of
modern societies. This is a generational reformation. For this list it
may be worth observing that the gender imbalance as reported does prove
the point that current Internet Governance (IG) circus is not
representative and this increases the risks that current IG frameworks
may well produce unstable results. <br><br>Taking that point into mind
suggests that formulations of IG need flexibility as representational
changes grow. We should not "hard code" but leave the weight to empower
the bottom up processes rather than from the top down.<br><br><br>Christian
<br><br>Brian E Carpenter wrote:<blockquote
cite="mid:5362D15B.4070806@gmail.com" type="cite"><pre wrap="">On 02/05/2014 08:25, Patrick Ryan wrote:
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">At risk of getting a little off topic, but that we don’t lose
the plot on this, one of the things that I heard many times
in the hallway at NETmundial was the need to address gender
issues in the area of Internet governance. This wasn’t
something that was addressed in any of the plenary sessions
(to my recollection), but I had no less than a half dozen
hallway conversations about it. It’s a good IGF question
(because of the broad mandate that the IGF has for various
policy matters) and I’m working with colleagues in the MAG to
see if we can fold this into one of the work areas this year
in Istanbul. However, it’s something that we should also
consider on a broader basis.
If my back-of-the envelope analysis is right on the
statistics of 1Net postings that came out recently, there are
only three women that factor in any of the “top 20”
categories listed (Marilyn, Avri, Andrea). We seem to have
done really well to assure that the voice in the governance
discussion are distributed better geographically, but there’s
greenfield ahead in ensuring that the voices are more
balanced in terms of gender.
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Unfortunately, I don't think it's greenfield at all. I was first
asked about this topic in public in early 1995, I think, at the
"Geneva Internet Day" that introduced the Internet as an
opportunity to the UN organisations (and the public) in Geneva.
Also unfortunately, my answer today is pretty much the same. You
see gender imbalance in these discussions *because* it exists in
network engineering and management in general. Those of us here
are chosen, or self-chosen, from an unbalanced population. Which
of course goes back to the measured fact that women progress
less than men in higher education and careers in science and
engineering in general.
That doesn't mean it's OK. It's just that I am very pessimistic
about improving things except by working on a much earlier
career stage than many of us here have reached.
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">I don’t pretend to have answers for this, and I also find
that wading into these waters can be complicated.
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Indeed.
Brian
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">It’s a
zone where I put foot-in-mouth more than once. Still, I
think it’s something for us to keep our eye on as we consider
the broader “meaning and application of equal footing.”
Patrick
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