AUSTIN, Texas -- SXSW attendees have a new tool to encourage greater diversity in panels and events.
Gender Avenger, an organization seeking to raise awareness about gender diversity, has created an app called GA Tally, that allows people to publicly call out panels and events where women are underrepresented.
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The web-based app allows people to create simple charts highlighting the lack of gender diversity at events. Enter the hashtag for the event, conference or panel, the number of men and the number of women and the app generates an embeddable pie chart.
SXSW isn't the first conference at which the app has been used but Gender Avengers is encouraging attendees to call out less diverse panels during this year's conference. The group has also used the app to call out publications like the New Yorker for not including more women in its coverage.
At #SXSW? See a panel w/ few or no women? Track gender ratios of panels and events w/ the GA Tally: http://t.co/bK50BGmExJ #genderavenger— GenderAvenger (@GenderAvenger) March 16, 2015
Gender Avenger is "a community dedicated to ensuring that women are always part of the public dialogue," according to its website. The organization also provides resources for event organizers who want to get more women involved in their events.
Additionally, those who feel they have been called out unfairly, or who feel they were misidentified, have the opportunity to "correct the record" by contacting the group.