I think this would be a good opportunity for one of Wikimedia UK's female volunteers to talk about their work.
On 11 Mar 2018 13:00, "Roger Bamkin" victuallers@gmail.com wrote:
Hi David,
I started Women in Red which moved the needle from 14% to 17.49%. She can see the twitter page at #wikiwomeninred and there is a women in red Wikipedia page. We can also talk about the work we hsave done with United Nations, Unesco, cambridge uni, wikimedia uk, ng, fr, ca, etc and the BBC.
Happy for you to give her my details.
regards
Roger
On 11 March 2018 at 12:40, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia.
Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do.
I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ...
Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to the contact form.
(She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something here too.)
- d.
==== Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time. As discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look:
www.womanthology.co.uk
I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been previously overlooked. ====
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