Dear all,
The policy team at WMF is very proud to announce the approval of the Human Rights Policy
by the Board of Trustees on 8 December 2021. The full policy as well as some FAQs about it
are available to read via this link:
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Human_Rights_Policy#Frequently…
For more information about the policy and what it means for the Wikimedia Foundation’s
work in
the coming years, you can check out our blog post on Diff:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/12/09/what-the-wikimedia-foundations-new-hu…
We invite you to join representatives of the Foundation’s Global Advocacy and Human Rights
teams here for a conversation hour tomorrow, 10th
December, at 10:00 AM ET (15:00 UTC) to address any immediate concerns, questions, or
suggestions regarding this policy or how it will be implemented. Please use this link to
join:
http://meet.google.com/wio-vdkw-phd
The session will be recorded for later viewing and you may submit questions by email to
myself (
fputz(a)wikimedia.org) or Ricky Gaines (
rgaines(a)wikimedia.org) ahead of or
following the conversation hour. Additional conversation hours on this policy will be made
available in the coming weeks.
All the best,
Ziski Putz