Thank you all for your inputs and suggestions. They have been immensely
useful.
For those who wish to participate remotely, an IRC channel #hack4change has
been created on Freenode. The edit-a-thon takes places in New Delhi. I am
joining via Skype from Mumbai (Bombay). We also intend to live blog the
event. I'll share the links to the live-blogs tonight (India time).
This is the list of articles for the edit-a-thon:
*Vina Mazumdar
*Vishaka Guidelines
*Urvashi Butalia
*Mathura Rape case
*Kamla Bhasin (no article yet, it will be created)
*Flavia Agnes
Adding to the list
*Agnes Kharshiing suggested by Cobi
Regards,
Rohini
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Wikimedia Chapter (India)
Blog: WikipeDNA <http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipeDNA>
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Thanks Rohini, I'm really glad you shared this.
Though I'm not free to
participate on the official edit-a-thon days, I've created this entry as a
stub - and left a red link to another rights activist who is referenced in
Indian media:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Kharshiing
As Risker/Anne notes, there are special concerns in adding/editing content
about human rights and living persons, especially when they're victims of
violence. So I tend to focus on people that actively speak out firsthand
and ask for help in addressing their causes, which to me indicates consent
to publicise. In the case of Agnes, you can see a list of causes she's
publicly advocated for:
https://www.causes.com/profiles/102474457
There are many women's rights activists in India who don't have profiles
on Wikipedia even though they have called for international help addressing
their concerns. Adding more content related to their concerns (particularly
in this edit-a-thon their concerns about women's rights) can be productive
in terms of content "sticking" on Wikipedia. Rather than inadvertently
helping to single someone out, adding to the weight of evidence and raising
awareness about issues they advocate about can be more powerful in
catalyzing change, while decreasing the likelihood of individuals facing
harassment.
This publication was released yesterday:
http://iphrdefenders.net/mediabox/docs/Women%20and%20Mining_finalbookforweb…
Considering how broader human rights violations can lead to domestic or
sexual violence, linked to poverty, community breakdowns or militarization,
is also fundamental to women's rights. These case studies on other parts of
Asia, but there are similar case studies in India that could be better
reflected on Wikipedia, perhaps after this weekend :)
Cheers,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alixos
On Dec 4, 2556 BE, at 10:11 PM, Sydney Poore wrote:
Hi there Rohini,
This sounds like a great idea. I plan to participate too remotely. And
I'll be happy to be a resource to help people figure out if specific
content meets the content policy and guidelines on Wikipedia English. Or
help them to rewrite it so that it does.
Warm regards,
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Rohini Lakshané <rohini(a)wikimedia.in>wrote;wrote:
This weekend I'm remotely participating in an
edit-a-thon for editing
articles pertaining to violence against women. (The text of the event
announcement is attached.) Has anyone else conducted or participated in
events specific to articles on violence against women, sexual violence,
sexual harassment, and similar topics? I'd like to hear your experiences.
Regards,
Rohini
--
Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap,
Wikimedia Chapter (India)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rohini Lakshané <rohini(a)wikimedia.in>
Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Subject: Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on
violence against women
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns
such as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia Chapter (India) are conducting a
Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Delhi on December 7 and 8 for editing articles
pertaining to violence against women. Facebook page of the event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/181325168737101
*Basic idea behind this session*: A crucial problem with several
Wikipedia articles on sexual violence, especially in the Indian context, is
that often there are no articles or that articles have been deleted. It
would be a knowledge advocacy session to increase gender sensitive editing
in Wikipedia.
The session will involve editing of articles pertaining to various
aspects of violence against women in India. A list of about 10 Wikipedia
articles has been drawn up for editing. The session will be live-blogged.
Remote participation will be enabled through IRC channels.
The edit-a-thon is a part of the "16 days of activism against gender
based violence" starting 25th November (International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (International Human
Rights Day). This is a global campaign that aims at raising awareness about
gender-based violence as a human rights issue. This hackathon will be
mainly focussed towards data visualisation and several organisations are
providing us with statistical datasets and other kinds of data including
audio and video.
--
Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap,
Wikimedia Chapter (India)
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