I very much responded to Patricia's list of the kinds of articles that could become
part of the gendergap initiative. (For example: existing articles on Maria Curie, etc.;
articles with more biographies of women; articles on women's rights; articles on the
role of women in indigenous religions (Pachamama, etc) or concepts (motherland, matria,
etc)).
I would like to expand that by pointing out that within existing articles, there is need
for gender balance too. For instance, there is a whole school of woman-based economics
that appears nowhere in the article on economics. Nor is that main entry linked to
"gift economy," where there are major women theorists. I go to that entry and
am surprised that not a single woman is mentioned (Riane Eisler's "Real Wealth of
Nations" should be there). Finally I look up "motherwork," one of the
primary terms for women's economic contributions, and I find no entry and am referred
to "motherwort."
I am not starting my day off well with finding "motherwort" has an entry, and
"motherwork" does not.
For real equity, we must acknowledge women's contributions in fields where men
predominate. Cheers Patricia M