[gnomeweb-wml] Update Outreach Program for Women information



commit e738e4d6e63ebe6011c8ba23e814b2a7e8d8665c
Author: Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz redhat com>
Date:   Wed Nov 14 17:45:53 2012 -0500

    Update Outreach Program for Women information

 projects.gnome.org/outreach/index.wml       |    3 ++-
 projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/index.wml |    9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/outreach/index.wml b/projects.gnome.org/outreach/index.wml
index 6bf7ec3..72031d7 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/outreach/index.wml
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/outreach/index.wml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 
 <p>The GNOME Outreach Program is an effort funded by the GNOME Foundation, with the help of other sponsors, to increase awareness of specific areas in the Free Software community and to improve the GNOME project and the Free Software stack in general.</p>
 
-<p><strong>We are raising funds for a new <a href="/outreach/women">Outreach Program for Women</a> in 2010!</strong></p>
+<p><a href="/outreach/women">Outreach Program for Women</a> was reintroduced in 2010 and has since expanded to include other Free Software
+ organizations!</p>
 
 <p>Here is the list of past programs that have been funded:</p>
 <ul>
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/index.wml b/projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/index.wml
index b4852e2..b3b59f2 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/index.wml
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/index.wml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 <h1>Support women participation in GNOME!</h1>
 
 <div>
-The GNOME community strives to provide a free desktop for everyone, which certainly includes women users and contributors. Yet, GNOME has relatively few women contributors. Out of about a hundred Google Summer of Code proposals GNOME receives each year, few, if any, proposals are from women candidates. <a href="./2006" target="_blank">The Women's Summer Outreach Program</a> in 2006 and <a href="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2010"; target-"_blank">the Outreach Program for Women internships</a> in 2010 showed that there are many qualified women candidates out there, but that the program needs to be targeted directly at them to make them realize that they are welcome in the Free Software community and to let them know they can make a difference.
+The GNOME community strives to provide a free desktop for everyone, which certainly includes women users and contributors. Yet, GNOME has relatively few women contributors. Out of about a hundred Google Summer of Code proposals GNOME receives each year, few, if any, proposals are from women candidates. <a href="./2006" target="_blank">The Women's Summer Outreach Program</a> in 2006 and <a href="http://gnome.org/opw"; target-"_blank">the Outreach Program for Women internships</a> from 2010 and on show that there are many qualified women candidates out there, but that the program needs to be targeted directly at them to make them realize that they are welcome in the Free Software community and to let them know they can make a difference.
 </div>
 
 <br>
 
 <div>
-The Free Software community has several ongoing projects aiming to increase women participation, such as <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/recommendations-from-the-womens-caucus"; target="_blank">the recommendations made by the FSF womenâs caucus</a>, <a href="http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/ROSE-Blog-Rikki-s-Open-Source-Exchange"; target="_blank">the ROSE blog interviews with women in Free Software</a>, and <a href="http://adainitiative.org"; target="_blank">the Ada Initiative</a>. The GNOME community's contribution to this effort is the Outreach Program for Women that encourages women participation throughout the year and creates internship opportunities.
+The Free Software community has several ongoing projects aiming to increase women participation, such as <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/recommendations-from-the-womens-caucus"; target="_blank">the recommendations made by the FSF womenâs caucus</a>, <a href="http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/ROSE-Blog-Rikki-s-Open-Source-Exchange"; target="_blank">the ROSE blog interviews with women in Free Software</a>, and <a href="http://adainitiative.org"; target="_blank">the Ada Initiative</a>. The GNOME community's contribution to this effort is the Outreach Program for Women that encourages women participation throughout the year and creates internship opportunities in GNOME and other Free Software organizations.
 </div>
 
 <br>
@@ -31,16 +31,17 @@ The Free Software community has several ongoing projects aiming to increase wome
 <li>Encourage women to contribute to GNOME</li>
 <li>Enable several women to work on a GNOME project with a mentor and receive a stipend</li>
 <li>Provide the background for women to start their own Free Software projects or pursue careers in the Free Software industry</li>
+<li>Join forces with other Free Software organzations to get more women involved</li>
 </ul>
 
 <strong>Here is how you can get involved:</strong>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2012"; target="_blank">Learn</a> about the program, start contributing, and apply for an internship</li>
 <li><a href="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2012#info-for-mentors"; target="_blank">Mentor</a> participants during an internship or anytime throughout the year</li>
-<li><a href="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2012#info-for-companies"; target="_blank">Sponsor</a> work on a specific project as a company</li>
+<li><a href="http://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#info-for-orgs-and-companies"; target="_blank">Join</a> the effort with your organization sponsoring and offering internships</li>
 </ul>
 <div>
-<strong>We need your help</strong> raising money for the stipends for the interns to make this part of the program possible. Please consider making a donation towards the GNOME Outreach Program for Women. Please <a href="mailto:women-outreach gnome org">let us know</a> if your company would like to provide the sponsorship for the program.
+<strong>We need your help</strong> raising money for the stipends for the interns to make this part of the program possible. Please consider making a donation towards the Outreach Program for Women. Please <a href="mailto:women-outreach gnome org">let us know</a> if your company would like to provide the sponsorship for the program.
 </div>
 <br>
 <a href="step2.html"><img src="images/make-a-donation.png" style="border: 0px;"></a>



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