*[Apologies for cross-posting] *
Hello,
A few weeks ago, we shared the upcoming Celebrate Women 2026 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women campaign. Now, we want to use this opportunity to talk about its Welcome Session https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session and some materials we put together.
Celebrate Women https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women is a campaign that runs from March 1st to 31st. Every year, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Wikimedia organizers use this campaign to list gender-related events happening during the month.
💻 How to participate
To take part, check this page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women#Events for all events. Register for them individually by choosing those that suit your interests. More events will be added to the page in the next few days and weeks.
And don't forget to register here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women (using the registration at the top of the page) to keep track of information relevant to the overall campaign.
*⭐ Welcome session*
Kick off the Celebrate Women campaign with us! This https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session session https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session will share logistical information on how to participate, highlight different gender activities happening throughout the month, and discuss the Wikimedia gender community and its milestones.
- *Date: *March 5 (Thursday) - *Time: *13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600) - *Registrations:* here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session - *Live interpretation: *French, Spanish, and Portuguese
This will be aimed at anyone who wants to take part in the campaign.
📚 *New materials*
We are happy to share that we published a Diff post about the campaign. Please share it with your networks: *Celebrate Women* 2026 is coming!* https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/24/celebrate-women-2026-is-coming/
And we also created a *press toolkit* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women/Press for gender organizers who might want to contact journalists and media outlets, and need quick access to stories, materials, numbers and facts about Wikimedia + Gender in one place.
Join us for Celebrate Women 2026 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women and help us make the Wikimedia movement and projects more equitable!
Best,
Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Content Enablement https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enablement
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Hello,
This is a kind reminder that our Celebrate Women 2026 Welcome Session is happening tomorrow! Let's kick off the campaign together 🎉
- *Date: *March 5 (Thursday) - *Time: *13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600) - *Registrations:* here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session - *Live interpretation: *French, Spanish, and Portuguese
Attendees will: - Understand more about the 2026 campaign and how it was organized. - Learn about the events being organized by the Wikimedia community in March 2026. - Participate in a movement reflection and understand Wikimedia's Gender Gap milestones. - Get an overview of the previous training sessions and learn about two new tools that help organizers with small but powerful edits during events: Wikipedia Microtask Generator https://microtask-generator.toolforge.org/ and Gender Bias Detector https://nethahussain.github.io/wikipedia-gender-bias-detector/.
Please help us publicize this event by sharing it with your friends, communities, and networks.
Best, Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Content Enablement https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enablement
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM Giovanna Fontenelle < gfontenelle@wikimedia.org> wrote:
*[Apologies for cross-posting] *
Hello,
A few weeks ago, we shared the upcoming Celebrate Women 2026 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women campaign. Now, we want to use this opportunity to talk about its Welcome Session https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session and some materials we put together.
Celebrate Women https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women is a campaign that runs from March 1st to 31st. Every year, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Wikimedia organizers use this campaign to list gender-related events happening during the month.
💻 How to participate
To take part, check this page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women#Events for all events. Register for them individually by choosing those that suit your interests. More events will be added to the page in the next few days and weeks.
And don't forget to register here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women (using the registration at the top of the page) to keep track of information relevant to the overall campaign.
*⭐ Welcome session*
Kick off the Celebrate Women campaign with us! This https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session session https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session will share logistical information on how to participate, highlight different gender activities happening throughout the month, and discuss the Wikimedia gender community and its milestones.
- *Date: *March 5 (Thursday)
- *Time: *13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here
https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600)
- *Registrations:* here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session
- *Live interpretation: *French, Spanish, and Portuguese
This will be aimed at anyone who wants to take part in the campaign.
📚 *New materials*
We are happy to share that we published a Diff post about the campaign. Please share it with your networks: *Celebrate Women* 2026 is coming!* https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/24/celebrate-women-2026-is-coming/
And we also created a *press toolkit* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women/Press for gender organizers who might want to contact journalists and media outlets, and need quick access to stories, materials, numbers and facts about Wikimedia
- Gender in one place.
Join us for Celebrate Women 2026 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women and help us make the Wikimedia movement and projects more equitable!
Best,
Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Content Enablement https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enablement
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/