Celebrating Womanhood...on the occasion of International Women's Day

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Event Agenda:

• 5:00pm to 5:15pm - Welcome and Introductions

• 5:15pm to 6:00pm - Impostor Syndrome (Fraud syndrome)

• 6:00pm to 6:30pm - Panel discussion (open to all participants) | Topic - "Being a female contributor in the Open Source World"

• 6:30pm - Cake cutting ceremony and wrap up

FAQs:

• Is the event only for female participants? No. The event is open to everyone. But the topics are definitely going to be more women-centric and for the panel discussion as well, female panelists will be given preference.

Is it strictly a Mozilla event? No. Any open source enthusiast is most welcome to be a part of this event.

About Impostor Syndrome:

Impostor Syndrome is the feeling that you aren’t actually qualified for the work you are doing and will be discovered as a fraud. It is prevalent among women in open tech/culture, many of whom have been socialised to value other’s opinion of their work above their own, and to do things “by the book.” Impostor syndrome is a common reaction to doing publicly visible and publicly criticised work like that done in open technology and culture.

Through the workshop, we will first try to analyze a few situations which can help us identify times when we fall prey to this syndrome and then try and find ways of overcoming it.