Dear All,
Inspired by BBC's 100 Women Editathon, The Odia Wikipedia community is organising an "100 Women Editathon" [1]in collaboration with the Sambad newspaper. Sambad is one of the largest circulated newspaper in Odisha and its Eastern Media ltd. is also a popular media house. The event is going to be organised in Sambad Bhavan on 18th and 19th March 2017. [2] 

The theme of this event is to write articles on women achievers of Odisha. The Sambad is also interested in organising regular events in bridging the gender gap in content and will provide images of Women from its archive.  

1. https://or.wikipedia.org/s/13hj
2. http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/women2019s-history-month-sambad-collaborates-with-odia-wikipedia-for-a-two-day-edit-a-thon


Media mentions:
1. http://sambad.in/news/state/sambad-wikipedia-to-host-first-ever-100-women-edit-a-thon-in-india/40857.html
2. http://odishasuntimes.com/2017/03/15/sambad-wikipedia-to-host-100-women-edit-a-thon-in-odisha/
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Sailesh Patnaik "ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ"
Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
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