Hi,
This is a great idea :) We can try to have a female-related article in the
first page of wikipedias. (I've just asked for fr-wikipedia).
You're lucky to have Women's History Month, in France we have "Women's
Rights Day"', often translated in mass medias to "Woman's Day'"
and, as
women, we are always told the oh so funny joke "don't do the laundry
today.... Leave it for tommorow". -_-"
I'll try to involve feminist organizations in the Wikipedia edition, how
writting women's history is a feminist act, etc. Anyone has the experience
of dealing with teaching NPOV to polical organizations and if it ends well
?
Caroline
2012/1/31 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com>
Hi everyone,
March 8th is International Women's History Day, however, in the US and UK
we celebrate Women's History Month for the entire month! I'd like to know
if anyone here, or anyone you know, will be hosting a Women's History
editing event or event related to Wikimedia projects or women's outreach to
celebrate.
I'll be doing something in DC (date TBA) about women in science. I'm also
hoping something can take place in Chile during GLAM-WIKI Santiago related
to Chilean women's history.[2] There are also talks about doing something
in NYC and Philadelphia.
I'd love to see a number of events take place around the world - it can be
as simple as an edit a thon with your friends at your house, or something
more complex - working with a GLAM or related organizations.
Please let me know if you have something planned, as I'll be developing a
page on Wiki (not sure where yet) about it. And if you do not have
something planned, please let me know how I can support you or help you
plan something, even if I'm from afar! (Including swag, etc.). If you're
concerned about funding something, there is always the option of applying
for a WMF grant (i.e. if you want to buy a cake or something special!). I'd
like to help anyway I can.
Looking forward to hearing from my fellow gender gap-ers :)
Sarah
[
1]http://nwhp.org/resourcecenter/whistoryday.php
[
2]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Encuentro_GLAM-WIKI_Santiago_2012/en
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*Sarah Stierch*
*Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow*
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