Dear All,
Am very Glad and Honoured to tell you about the First of its kind,
Wiki-Women Conference to be held in India. We have been talking about the
huge gender imbalance among Wikipedia contributors (not unlike science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics fields). However the gender skew
seems particularly prominent here.
With the Aim of attracting and sustaining larger Women population, a
Conference for Women would be a Great place without any influence that
would undermine the confidence(just a possibility) in any way from Male
contributors. With this agenda in mind The National Wiki-Women Conference
would be a two day Event (a weekend) in Pune. It has been a place of lot of
historic reforms particularly in the field of Education with the initiation
of Women-Education movement and establishment of the first Women's school in
India. And this seems to be a Good place for the first Women's Conference
considering some other practicalities as well.
As per, User:Netha Hussain has created a Meta-page for the conference
Here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/WikiWomenConf_Ind…
. Dates for the conference have been proposed as 12th-13th Jan 2013
tentatively on the eve of Wikipedia Birthday on 15th Jan. Followed by an
after-party till 15th which will be open for males. This will bring in
Wikipedians from different areas under one roof and make it a memorable
celebration ! The page will be developed as the programme shapes further
here-on.
Would be Great to carry the discussion further with your inputs about the
first Wiki-Women Conference in India. Look forward with sincere hope to
make this happen and increase Indian women contributors and that Wikipedia
benefits from a wider and more divers community of contributors.
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Warm Regards,
Nikita Belavate.
+91 99-20-30-9661