March 8, Women’s Day

March 8 is the International Women’s Day. The theme for 2016 is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.

The Document Foundation has 210 members, but only 20 are women: Belinda Dibra (Albania), Christina Roßmanith (Germany), Eliane Domingos de Sousa (Brasil), Ellen Pape (Germany), Gülşah Köse (Turkey), Irmhild Rogalla (Germany), Jacqueline Rahemipour (Germany), Jean Hollis Weber (Australia), Katarina Behrens (Czech Republic, living in Germany), Linda Martinez (Venezuela), Marina Latini (Italy), Pallavi Jadhav (India), Priyanka Gaikwad (India), Rajashri Bhat Udhoji (India), Regina Henschel (Germany), Sigrid Carrera (Germany), Sonia Montegiove (Italy), Sophie Gautier (France), Surbhi Tongia (India) and Vinaya Mandke (India).

Marina Latini has recently been elected to the Board of Directors, and is the current ChairWoman of the Board of Directors.

Women active in the LibreOffice and Document Liberation communities are definitely more than 20. They should apply for membership, not only to be recognized for their contributions, but also to elect and be elected to the Board of Directors and the Membership Committee.

They can find the application form on the website: http://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/members/application/.