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TL;DR: Are you organizing activities around International Women’s Day or Women’s History Month this March 2025? Did you know that there will be a central page where you can showcase your campaigns and learn about new tools and tactics, and engage with what other Wikimedians are doing globally? *Let’s chat! **Register to join the Celebrate Women Conversation hours happening on the following dates: *
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*Opening Session on 21 February 2025 at 13:00 UTC. Register Here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/Opening_Session* -
*Tooling Training happening on 25 February 2025 at 14:00 UTC. Register Here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/Tooling_Training* -
*Explore additional learning spaces available this year. See Here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series*
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Hi Everyone,
March 8 marks the annual celebration of International Women’s Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day, and an opportunity to advance the achievements of the women’s rights and gender equity movement globally. This seminal international holiday also coincides with Women’s History Month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_History_Month in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to grow content on women and non-binary people on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign every March called Celebrate Women https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
In line with our ongoing commitment to gender equity, this year the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting the movement’s efforts in this area, by providing a space for volunteers working on gender to share knowledge, access training and celebrate together.
*To join the learning and sharing spaces, sign up for the following Office Hours:*
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21 February 2025: Learning, Coordinating and Celebrating: An Office Hour to share plans from across the movement for March (13:00 -14:30 UTC) *Register Here* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/Opening_Session -
25 February 2025: Tooling for Change: Learn about some exciting tools that can support your efforts at closing the gender gap (14:00 -16:00 UTC) *Register Here* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/Tooling_Training -
4 March 2025: Programme Support: Access programmatic support to enhance the design of your campaigns focused on advancing gender equity (15:00 - 17:00 UTC). *Register Here* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/Programmatic_Training -
7 March 2025: Official Launch of Women’s Month: Including Keynote Speaker and announcement of the Wiki Women Task Force members! (15:00 - 16:30 UTC) *Register Here* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/Campaign_Launch -
18 March 2025: CSWNGO Forum Virtual Session. (8:30 UTC) *Register Here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/CSWNGO_Forum_Virtual_Session* -
Date TBD: Facilitating Safe and Inclusive Spaces: Gender Sensitivity and UCOC training for organizers working in the gender gap space. *Watch this space for more information.* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2025_Office_Hour_Series/UCOC_Training
Let’s make March 2025 a powerful moment for gender equity!
Kindly,
*Euphemia Uwandu (She/Her)*
Program Officer, Organizer Growth
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/