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Gergana Petrova is the Community Development Manager at RIPE NCC. She helps lead the RIPE NCC's engagement with a broad range of stakeholders, including the RIPE NCC membership, the RIPE community, government, academia, civil society and other Internet stakeholders. Gergana has been working for the RIPE NCC since 2013. Originally from Bulgaria, Gergana studied in Germany before relocating to the Netherlands. Gergana has a Masters in Business Research.
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In this article, I will delve into the insights shared during the Diversity in Tech session at RIPE 87, focusing on the following groups at RIPE Meetings: academics, newcomers, and women. The main findings show an unforeseen drop in academic participation after the pandemic. We will monitor if this…
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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) brings together participants from around the world to discuss public policy issues related to the Internet. This year's overarching theme is "The Internet We Want - Empowering All People". We will keep updating this article over the course of the IGF on the issue…
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EuroDIG 2023, the European Dialogue on Internet Governance, is taking place this week. A rich agenda will cover Internet fragmentation, the impact of the war in Ukraine, regulation of digital platforms, youth engagement and digital inclusion and much more. RIPE NCC staff will be live-blogging the …
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The RIPE community and other regional and national communities within our service region face unique circumstances and different challenges. The Community Development department at RIPE NCC is there to serve and help these communities. In this article, we share what we did in 2022 and our plans for…
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It's time for another Internet Governance Forum! IGF 2022 takes place this week in hybrid format. This year's overarching theme is "Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future". Check this page for regular updates from RIPE NCC staff on the issues, arguments and opinions discussed…
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RightsCon is one of the most established forums for human rights in the digital age. In this article, we give you a taste of some of the issues discussed and hopefully involve you in the debate. We definitely need more voices from the technical community!
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EuroDIG 2022 is happening this week. With sessions looking into digital sovereignty and identity, the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, cybersecurity, and much more, RIPE NCC staff will be live-blogging the event right here on RIPE Labs. Stay tuned for updates!
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Community Building, External Relations, Community Development. Our department has gone through quite some name changes in recent years. What didn’t change is the nature of our work - to serve and help the RIPE community. In this article, you will read who we are, what we do, and what we are plannin…
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The 16th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be taking place from 6-10 December in a hybrid format. This year's theme - Internet United. Check this page each day for the latest issues, arguments and ideas as they arise at the meeting.
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RACI provides funding for academics to present their research at events such as the RIPE Meeting and RIPE NCC regional meetings. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, funds for this initiative in 2021 will instead be used to support research projects relevant to work carried out by the RIPE NCC.
“Deliberate change requires setting goals, working towards them and checking progress. So what diversity goals should we set ourselves. In gender diversity the popular/simplistic goal has been to reflect world population: classical 50/50 or contemporary with more categories. Shane also voices this in the podcast. But is this the right benchmark? Shouldn't we set goals based on the diversity of groups that are closer to our community? I have seen some organisations setting diversity goals based on current ratios: "We will double the percentage of female graduates in five years time." Others base their goals on statistics of a larger population they serve: "We will have double the percentage of female graduates compared with the average of similar programs in Europe." I strongly believe we should set ourselves realistic goals. I also believe that diversity has other parameters than gender and that our efforts on gender diversity should not lead to a loss of other diversity we have already achieved.”
Hi Daniel. I agree that we should set goals. Among CS graduates, women make up roughly 35% in the RIPE NCC's service region (there is huge variation country to country), while among IT professionals the figure drops to 25%. Shane shows that at RIPE meetings women are about 17%. So I think there is room for improvement and a more realistic target would be 30% among participants, and 25% among speakers (as opposed to 50/50).
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