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@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@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)
Sounds great. Do you know the list of Wikipedia articles being worked on for the edit-a-thon? Or where this list of ten is that's mentioned?
Thanks, Christine User:Figureskatingfan
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Rohini Lakshané rohini@wikimedia.inwrote:
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@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@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)
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Interesting concept; there is something to be said about "theme" editing.
Something to be very aware of is that, at least on English Wikipedia, not every act will meet the notability threshold, and the Biography of Living Persons policy requires very, very solid sourcing for articles that involve crimes or allegations of crimes. Caution needs to be taken to ensure that our article doesn't re-victimize the individual(s) at the receiving end of the violence; remember, our article will likely become their #1 google-hit. Watch the article closely in the weeks to come, and do not hesitate to ask for semi-protection if unregistered or newly registered accounts start adding BLP-violating material.
Good luck.
Risker/Anne
On 4 December 2013 03:40, Rohini Lakshané rohini@wikimedia.in 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@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@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)
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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@wikimedia.in 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@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@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)
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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@wikimedia.in 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@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@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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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
-- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia Chapter (India) Blog: WikipeDNA http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipeDNA Facebook: WikiWomen's Collaborative Indiahttps://www.facebook.com/groups/gendergapindia/
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Cobi cobi@aippnet.org wrote:
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@wikimedia.inwrote:
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@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@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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