This page is a translated version of the page Event:Wiki and GLAM : Harnessing Knowledge to Foster Gender Equality and the translation is 5% complete.

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

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Examples of ongoing and past initiatives

Wikimédiens du Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Wikimedians work with a writer association in Burkina Faso to highlight women quotes on Wikiquote.

Wikimedia Community User Group Sénégal

Organized by librarians working with GLAM institutions. They lead women-only activities to contribute to Wikiquote and Wikidata

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You are encouraged to explore Wiki + GLAM + Gender initiatives throughout the world. Be bold to update it with related topics and projects!

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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
Wiki-vengers	Wikidata	en:University of Michigan Library	Drawing on bibliographic data from the largest publicly accessible comics collection in the world, the Wiki-vengers initiative has brought together a diverse group of librarians, comics enthusiasts, and wikidata experts to create best practices, analyze trends, and diversify the narrative of comics publication.	2025?	USA
Archivo de la Memoria Trans	Wikimedia, Wikidata	en:Trans Memory Archive	Argentinian online archive dedicated to the memory of transgender, transsexual, and travestite people in the country.	2012	Argentina

Lessons learned

Here we collect the lessons we have learned from our conversations with Wikimedia gender organizers who have participated in GLAM projects. What are your thoughts on these? Do you have any other suggestions? Let us know! Send an email to wikiglamgender@gmail.com or join our Telegram group here.

Look around: try to identify GLAM institutions in the region that are already doing gender-related work. They might be ready for a partnership, but haven't yet been involved in Wikimedia projects.
Think about “mirrored learning”: both Wikimedia and GLAM teams take the time to learn from each other. Your team of editors will learn about their gender-related project, for example.
Consider other formats besides edit-a-thons and Wikipedia pages. What about Wikiquotes, if you are working with a library? You can focus on a specific topic, such as works by LGBTQIA+ or female writers from a certain era, nationality, or subject.
Plan in advance: both Wiki and GLAM teams show up prepared for the encounter with something tangible to contribute.
Make it interesting for volunteers. Invite a guest speaker who can talk about a gender-related topic. If possible, offer a small gift, like a book.
Remember that socializing is an important aspect of encounters, especially with external volunteers. Women are often care-takers, and it's hard to find time to meet people outside of family and work. Make sure that the GLAM institution hosting the event understands the time required.
Snacks are expected! Make sure that the GLAM institution is aware that food will be served at the event.
Involve everybody in the institution, even people who might not be directly participating in the event. It’s important that they all know what’s happening, including reception and security. Invite them in! This shared knowledge about past Wikimedia events will become part of the institutional culture, so that even if current leaders leave, someone else can coordinate new initiatives in the future.
Museums are sometimes unwilling to share images due to copyright restrictions. Consider partnering with an illustrator — many will be interested in contributing to open knowledge and gender equality.
Consider that GLAMs are very feminized workspaces. By building partnerships with these institutions, you will have access to women working as curators, librarians, archivists, exhibition designers, educators, archaeologists, etc. They might become interested in contributing with Wikimedia in many different ways, not limited to editing. A museum researcher might become a contributor to Wikispecies, or can be the guest speaker to an edit-a-thon.

Résztvevők

Contaminadas; as project's advisor
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Project program

Event	Date	Time	Link
Group meeting in French	Friday March 20, 2026	2-3:30pm UTC	shared on Telegram
Group meeting in English	Friday March 27, 2026	2-3pm UTC	shared on Telegram
Group meeting in English	Thursday April 2, 2026	2-3pm UTC	cancelled
Group meeting in English	Friday April 10, 2026	2-3pm UTC	coming soon
Group meeting in English	Friday April 17, 2026	2-3pm UTC	coming soon