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Guido van RossumGuido van Rossum actively mentored women engineers and advocated for diversity in Python community

Van Rossum consistently advocated for diversity in the Python community and broader tech industry. He described himself as 'born feminist' citing his mother's influence, and actively mentored women engineers at Dropbox. He publicly spoke about the lack of women in Python core development and worked to make the community more inclusive.

Scoring Impact

TopicDirectionRelevanceContribution
DEI Programs+towardprimary+1.00
Gender Equity+towardsecondary+0.50
Overall incident score =+0.429

Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)

Evidence (1 signal)

Confirms Statement Oct 1, 2019 documented

Van Rossum actively mentored women engineers and advocated for Python community diversity

Van Rossum described himself as 'born feminist' and mentored women engineers at Dropbox. He spoke about the lack of women in Python core development and worked to make engineering culture more inclusive.

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