I don't see the importance in making a distinction. I can think of a very limited number of reasons a company would _specifically_ want to hire female devs? Why not hire the person best-suited regardless of gender?
...maybe I'm missing the point.
...maybe I'm missing the point.
Does this make sense?
How does a curated list of women in tech available for hire help solve that? Won't both companies that pay and treat women fairly in line with men already be hiring them... and women already be choosing to work for them?
I think a gender-specific list of people available for hire isn't conducive to the actual goal. We need a way to change the culture of bigoted companies.
I agree a pro-active effort makes sense... just the question is: By doing what?
(Not trying to be difficult).
- Some companies are 100% remote
- Companies in unfavourable locations may want to expand the talent pool they can hire from
- Timezone coverage (on-call, support, etc)
- etc
It's not like anyone has to hire anyone based on criteria different than qualification
There are many other issues but the wage gap is the least of them. When you control for all variables it's far less impressive than the "women get paid 70ct when men get $1". The wages are the same (legally enforced in any first world country), what they earn is less _on average_ based on many factors like career choices, pregnancy, &c.
I'd be more concerned about harassment, patronisation, &c which are much harder to tackle and much less visible.