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Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक न ोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا

9 Aug 2012 9 Aug '12

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Netha Hussain

9 Aug 9 Aug

3:53 p.m.

New subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap

Interesting. *Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females* - The number could be a bit more or a bit less, as this conclusion is based on the gender preferences given by the user in their account. [1] I am pretty sure that the figures in most Indian language Wikipedias would be even lesser, considering that women in our country have lesser access to the internet than those of the West. We are yet to tap the potential of the millions of e-literate women of our country who are have the basic skills to contribute to Wikipedia. Considering that women can create more impact on other women, we need to have more women from the community be active in outreach activities. I am still hopeful that a day will come when the gender ratio in all Indic Wikipedias would be close to 1:1! I'd request all Indian women Wikimedians on this list to add their names to this<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians>[2] page so that we could plan for online and offline activities for increasing the participation of women in Wikiprojects. [1] http://grouplens.org/system/files/wp-gender-wikisym2011.pdf [2] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians Thanks! Cheers Netha Hussain [[User: Netha Hussain]] On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Pradeep Mohandas

6:30 p.m.

New subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap

Hi, It would be great to know if the women wikipedians in India have gotten together and are doing something on this issue. I had expressed last year an intention of doing a Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai, but this became part of the WikiConference India program. Has there been any specific actions taken beyond that? warm regards,Pradeep Mohandas Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:23:28 +0530 From: nethahussain(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap Interesting. Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females - The number could be a bit more or a bit less, as this conclusion is based on the gender preferences given by the user in their account. [1] I am pretty sure that the figures in most Indian language Wikipedias would be even lesser, considering that women in our country have lesser access to the internet than those of the West. We are yet to tap the potential of the millions of e-literate women of our country who are have the basic skills to contribute to Wikipedia. Considering that women can create more impact on other women, we need to have more women from the community be active in outreach activities. I am still hopeful that a day will come when the gender ratio in all Indic Wikipedias would be close to 1:1! I'd request all Indian women Wikimedians on this list to add their names to this [2] page so that we could plan for online and offline activities for increasing the participation of women in Wikiprojects. [1] http://grouplens.org/system/files/wp-gender-wikisym2011.pdf [2] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians Thanks! Cheers Netha Hussain [[User: Netha Hussain]] On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://visual.ly/wikipedias-gender-gap -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 fn(a)goa-india.org Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Bishakha Datta

10 Aug 10 Aug

9:31 a.m.

New subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap

As discussed on the phone, I'm up for organizing something in Mumbai this Oct. More later, Bishakha On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradx(a)outlook.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi, It would be great to know if the women wikipedians in India have gotten together and are doing something on this issue. I had expressed last year an intention of doing a Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai, but this became part of the WikiConference India program. Has there been any specific actions taken beyond that? warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:23:28 +0530 From: nethahussain(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap Interesting. *Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females* - The number could be a bit more or a bit less, as this conclusion is based on the gender preferences given by the user in their account. [1] I am pretty sure that the figures in most Indian language Wikipedias would be even lesser, considering that women in our country have lesser access to the internet than those of the West. We are yet to tap the potential of the millions of e-literate women of our country who are have the basic skills to contribute to Wikipedia. Considering that women can create more impact on other women, we need to have more women from the community be active in outreach activities. I am still hopeful that a day will come when the gender ratio in all Indic Wikipedias would be close to 1:1! I'd request all Indian women Wikimedians on this list to add their names to this<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians>[2] page so that we could plan for online and offline activities for increasing the participation of women in Wikiprojects. [1] http://grouplens.org/system/files/wp-gender-wikisym2011.pdf [2] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians Thanks! Cheers Netha Hussain [[User: Netha Hussain]] On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://visual.ly/wikipedias-gender-gap -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 fn(a)goa-india.org Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

nikita belavate

17 Aug 17 Aug

5:59 p.m.

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An Article on Wikipedia Gender-gap in 'The Independent' http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/what-has-… On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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As discussed on the phone, I'm up for organizing something in Mumbai this Oct. More later, Bishakha On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradx(a)outlook.com>wrote;wrote:

Hi, It would be great to know if the women wikipedians in India have gotten together and are doing something on this issue. I had expressed last year an intention of doing a Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai, but this became part of the WikiConference India program. Has there been any specific actions taken beyond that? warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:23:28 +0530 From: nethahussain(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap Interesting. *Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females* - The number could be a bit more or a bit less, as this conclusion is based on the gender preferences given by the user in their account. [1] I am pretty sure that the figures in most Indian language Wikipedias would be even lesser, considering that women in our country have lesser access to the internet than those of the West. We are yet to tap the potential of the millions of e-literate women of our country who are have the basic skills to contribute to Wikipedia. Considering that women can create more impact on other women, we need to have more women from the community be active in outreach activities. I am still hopeful that a day will come when the gender ratio in all Indic Wikipedias would be close to 1:1! I'd request all Indian women Wikimedians on this list to add their names to this<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians>[2] page so that we could plan for online and offline activities for increasing the participation of women in Wikiprojects. [1] http://grouplens.org/system/files/wp-gender-wikisym2011.pdf [2] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians Thanks! Cheers Netha Hussain [[User: Netha Hussain]] On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://visual.ly/wikipedias-gender-gap -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 fn(a)goa-india.org Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Netha Hussain

29 Aug 29 Aug

5:36 a.m.

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Dear all, The GraceHopper Celebration of Women in Computing<http://gracehopper.org.in/2012/>conference will be held on December 13 and 14, 2012 at the Lalit Ashok Hotel, Bangalore. It is presented by Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology <http://anitaborg.org/> and ACM India. The conference aims at increasing the participation of women in careers and research in computing. This year, the theme of the conference is ‘Beyond Boundaries’ –helping women to tackle challenges and explore new avenues in computing. The GHC will look into the causes of lack of women participation, highlight the contributions of women in computing, give personal and professional support to starting a career in computing and provide a platform for like-minded women to interact with each other and take up joint initiatives. The two-day conference will have posters, presentations, workshops and panel discussions. The presenters are chosen from a variety of backgrounds, including industrial, academic and governmental communities. The call for participation is now open, the details can be found here<http://gracehopper.org.in/2012/participate/call-for-participation-conference-sessions/> . Official website : http://gracehopper.org.in/2012/ Regards Netha Hussain On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:29 PM, nikita belavate <niki8891(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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As discussed on the phone, I'm up for organizing something in Mumbai this Oct. More later, Bishakha On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradx(a)outlook.com>wrote;wrote:

Hi, It would be great to know if the women wikipedians in India have gotten together and are doing something on this issue. I had expressed last year an intention of doing a Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai, but this became part of the WikiConference India program. Has there been any specific actions taken beyond that? warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:23:28 +0530 From: nethahussain(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia's gender gap Interesting. *Only 9% of Wikipedia editors are females* - The number could be a bit more or a bit less, as this conclusion is based on the gender preferences given by the user in their account. [1] I am pretty sure that the figures in most Indian language Wikipedias would be even lesser, considering that women in our country have lesser access to the internet than those of the West. We are yet to tap the potential of the millions of e-literate women of our country who are have the basic skills to contribute to Wikipedia. Considering that women can create more impact on other women, we need to have more women from the community be active in outreach activities. I am still hopeful that a day will come when the gender ratio in all Indic Wikipedias would be close to 1:1! I'd request all Indian women Wikimedians on this list to add their names to this<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians>[2] page so that we could plan for online and offline activities for increasing the participation of women in Wikiprojects. [1] http://grouplens.org/system/files/wp-gender-wikisym2011.pdf [2] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians Thanks! Cheers Netha Hussain [[User: Netha Hussain]] On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://visual.ly/wikipedias-gender-gap -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 fn(a)goa-india.org Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Bishakha Datta
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