We just published the results of the #SheSaid campaign
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During the SheSaid Drive hosted end of 2021, nine different
language communities created 1500+ entries about notable women
on Wikiquote. + some entries improved. + Wikipedia
articles created.
We rock ;)
All data, info, how to join, next drive : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women/SheSaid
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Wiki Loves Women’s 2021 #SheSaid campaign was launched in October. SheSaid is a drive that encourages an increase in visibility for notable women’s voices online by adding their notable quotes to various language WikiQuote sites.
For 2021, nine different language communities contributed – Italian, Ukrainian, English, Tagalog, Igbo, Spanish, French, Central Bikol, and Catalan. In addition to the global drive, 12 members of Wiki Loves Women’s Focus Group held local training and participation drives with their communities.
Across the 9 language Wikiquotes a collective of 1,514 articles were created. This ensures that 1,514 notable women whose voices and wisdom had previously not been featured, can now be easily accessed. Articles for a further 309 women were improved. In addition, 638 articles featuring notable women were created on Kinyarwanda Wikipedia (Wikipediya mu Kinyarwanda) by the activities of the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group member in Rwanda in collaboration with Wikimedia Rwanda Usergroup.
The
Italian language community through the enthusiasm of the Wiki
Donne user group was again the most outstanding contributor to the
SheSaid Campaign. This community created articles about 609
women and improved a further 227 articles. The next prolific
contender, the Tagalog language community (currently in
incubator status) created 308 new articles. The third highest contributing
language community was to the English language Wikiquote by
creating 156 articles and improving a further 18 articles. The
drive is also the opportunity to add structure to Wikiquote in
creating relevant categories to host all those entries.
Below are the stats impact for the SheSaid Campaign across 9 different languages that participated in 2021;
The lack of women’s voices in the digital domain is a global issue, one that we can collective work on in order to change how women are viewed. By hosting drives such as Wiki Loves Women’s SheSaid campaign, Wikimedia groups focused on gender help to right this historical imbalance whilst growing communities as they learn how to contribute.
We
are awed by the response and enthusiasm to the second edition of
this drive, and looks forward to the third version in 2022!
We urge that
anyone can join this initiative and continue to make an impact
by adding more articles about women.
All data,
info, how to join, next drive : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women/SheSaid