I will not comment on the "few women in the upper
echelons of
Wikipedia", but I can comment on the "very numerous women in the upper
echelons of the Foundation".
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimania_2007_dungodung_79.jpg
this is a picture taken at Wikimania, the first wikichix meeting.
From top, going to the right
Sue Gardner, head of executive
Henna, dev, from netherlands
Phoebe, usa, leader of Wikimania 2006 and co-organiser of 2007
Frieda, italian, chair of Wikimedia Italy, board member of WMF
Delphine, french, chapter coordinator of WMF
Oooops, memory hole...
Brianna, australia, wikicommons (keen I think)
Another memory hole, shame on me. She is german and very involved in
various Wikimedia Deutschland activity.
Kat, usa, board member
Aphaia, japanese, translation committee head
Anthere, chair of WMF
Sandy, communication manager
The second "memory hole" (in the black t-shirt) seems to be Nina
Gerlach (I *think* but I'm not sure if this is
). I can't make out who is
in the blue top, to Delphine's left.
On misogyny and sexism as engrained practices - it's still quite a
sorry state of the world - I wonder if the Wikichix group has
developed any resources for the wider community to ponder, and to take
action?
Cormac