Event:Wiki and GLAM : Harnessing Knowledge to Foster Gender Equality
Only 19% of Wikipedia biographies are about women, and women and gender-diverse contributors represent about 20% of active editors. This projet aims to build stronger collaborations with GLAM institutions. The co-leads first connected at a GLAM Wiki 2025 workshop on gender, where participants from around the world shared experiences of Wiki projects tackling gender inequality with GLAMs. They noted that these initiatives are often fragmented, limiting shared learning, and identified the need for a centralized space and practical resources.
We aim to create such a space for gender organizers to exchange experiences, learn from one another, and document good practices. Over four months, it seeks to produce learning resources in formats defined by participants, helping organizers avoid repeating mistakes. The ultimate goal is to lay the groundwork for an international Community of Practice focused on strengthening gender-focused GLAM initiatives, by identifying past experiences, sharing them widely, and outlining a roadmap for future action.
Organizers of the project
[edit]Examples of ongoing and past initiatives
[edit]Wiki Editoras Lx and Belém Library
[edit]Partnership between Lisbon-based Wiki Editoras Lx and the Belém Library, that is part of Lisbon's network of public libraries.
Wikiesfera and GLAM institutions
[edit]Wikiesfera is a Wikimedia user group based in Spain that has organized gender-focused initiatives with GLAMs for ten years.
Wikimédiens du Burkina Faso
[edit]Burkina Faso Wikimedians work with a writer association in Burkina Faso to highlight women quotes on Wikiquote.
Wikimedia Community User Group Sénégal
[edit]Organized by librarians working with GLAM institutions. They lead women-only activities to contribute to Wikiquote and Wikidata
👉 Contribute!
[edit]You are encouraged to explore Wiki + GLAM + Gender initiatives throughout the world. Be bold to update it with related topics and projects!
| Initiative name | Wiki projects | GLAM partner(s) | Short description | Time frame | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WikiEditorasLX | Wikipedia | Belém Library | Partnership between WELx and Belém Library | Ongoing | Portugal |
| GLAM Project with Nanda Talukdar Foundation | Assamese Wikisource | Digitizing Assam (Archive) | Partnership between Assamese Wikisouce, Nanda Talukdar Foundation and Asom Sahitya Sabha | Ongoing | Assam, India |
| GLAM Project with Normal School, Jorhat | Assamese Wikisource | Normal School Library | Partnership between Assamese Wikisouce and Normal School, Jorhat | Ongoing | Assam, India |
| GLAM Project with Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat | Assamese Wikisource | Central Library, Jagannath Barooah University (Library) | Partnership between Assamese Wikisouce and Jagannath Barooah University | Ongoing | Assam, India |
| WikiProject They not were witches they were women | Catalan Wikipedia and Wikidata | Andorra National Library | Partnership between Wikimujeres UG and Andorra National Library | Ongoing | Catalonia and Andorra |
| Taller:Brecha de género, Wikipedia y bibliotecas | Catalan, Spanish and English Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata | en:International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions | Partnership between users in Argentina, Uruguay, Catalonia and Colombia to create female IFLA's presidents | Past | LAC-Europe |
| Wikiproject: Highlighting the colombian public domain in Wikidata | Spanish Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata | en:National Library of Colombia | Partnership between the National Library of Colombia and Fundación Conector, to present the gender gap in the Colombian public domain. | Ongoing | Colombia |
| Wikiesfera + Mujeres de Zarzuela | Wikipedia | es:Teatro de la Zarzuela | Partnership between Wikiesfera and Mujeres de Zarzuela | Ongoing | Spain |
| Wikiesfera + Museos | Wikipedia | en:Museums | Partnership between Wikiesfera and Museo de Artes Decorativas, Museo del Traje, and Museo Sefardí de Toledo | 2024-2025 | Spain |
| Wikiesfera: Investigadoras en los Archivos Estatales, 1900-1970 | Wikipedia | en:State Archives | Partnership between Wikiesfera and Archivo Histórico Nacional (Madrid), Archivo de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona), Archivo de Histórico de la Nobleza (Toledo), and other archives. | 2024 | Spain |
| Wikiesfera + Bibliotecas | Wikipedia | en:Public Libraries | Partnership between Wikiesfera and the Madrid's Municipal Libraries (Bibliotecas Públicas Municipales de Madrid) and the Public Library of the State in Zaragoza (Biblioteca Pública del Estado en Zaragoza). | 2017-2025 | Spain |
| Atelier de formation contribution Wikisource
Mois de la contribution FR - Franco Wiki avec Elles formation SheSaid à la Bibliothèque Universitaire (BU) de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar |
French Wikiquote and Wikidata | fr:Association sénégalaise de bibliothécaires archivistes et documentalistes
fr:Agence universitaire de la Francophonie au Sénégal |
Partnership between the Association sénégalaise de bibliothécaires archivistes et documentalistes and Agence Universitaire de la francophonie to teach librarians, women how to edit on Wikiquote and Wikidata. | since 2022 | Senegal |
Participants
[edit]- Contaminadas; as project's advisor
- JyotiPN
Project program
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