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At the risk of seeming like I'm doing shameless self-promotion, I
would like to point out that the Wikipedia Campus Ambassador program
is currently about 55% male and 45% female - a gender ratio that we
are quite proud of.<br>
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I think this can also have very promising implications: Campus
Ambassadors go into classrooms to teach students how to edit
Wikipedia and also hold workshops/talks about Wikipedia for
university staff and faculty; as such they're often seen as
teacher/mentor figures, and it's likely very encouraging to the
female students/staff/faculty to see that this role is taken on by
fellow women. I have no data to back myself up on this particular
point, but I think it's a reasonable hypothesis, and I would be very
interested in helping out with research projects that explore this
more.<br>
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Annie Lin<br>
Campus Team Coordinator (Public Policy Initiative)<br>
Wikimedia Foundation<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:alin@wikimedia.org"
target="_blank">alin@wikimedia.org</a><br>
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On 2/4/11 2:38 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D4C7FFC.6050405@sarahstierch.com" type="cite">I
don't see any reason why we can't start reaching out to the
University Ambassadorship programs to perhaps invoke more female
involvement. "Women Who Wiki" (and this can be extended of course
to individuals who identify as women in any way)</blockquote>
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