Gender gap/International Women's Day
Gender Gap
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Wikipedia hosts 1.7 million biographies. Not even 20% of those are about women. If Wikipedia wants to become the sum of human knowledge, this needs to change. With such a large gender gap, we are far from reaching the goal. International Women's Day is an important moment to remind ourselves of the gender gap for women and all underrepresented groups and to renew our efforts to close these gaps.
This page gathers several events that take place on or around International Women's Day (8 March) and Women's History Month in March 2021, and where the goal is to come closer to closing the gender gap. Do you want to take part? Think about what you want to do and what languages you want to write in. Take a look at the events that are planned below, and sign up!
Do you lack an event to take part in? Solve it the wiki way: organize it yourself! There are many resources you can use, and help to get. See more information below.
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Initiatives
There are several initiatives and campaigns with events on or around International Women's Day. You can find a thorough list.
| Initiative | Description | Events |
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| WikiGap | Events globally focusing on closing the gender gap on Wikipedia, by writing new articles about prominent women. | List of events |
| Women in Red | A WikiProject whose objective is to turn "redlinks" into blue ones within the project scope. | Visible Wiki Women/Art+Activism/Women in Africa |
| Art+Feminism | An international community that strives to close the information gap about gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet. | List of events |
| WikiDonne | Cross wikiprojects to increase diversity in content and participation (women, minorities and non- or underrepresented groups) | |
| Wiki Loves Women | The annual contest Tell Us About Her – Women At Work to improve image descriptions. Add structured data to Wikimedia Commons thanks to a dedicated drive and the ISA Tool. Throughout March 2021. | Participate |
| Les sans pagEs | A French-speaking project focusing on reducing gender biases. In March, initiatives such as 150th Anniversary of the Paris Commune 1871 (with a list of women), TinnGO, Women and Science, Multimedia Library of Suresne Edit-a-thon, Unillustrated Women |
Events
Feel free to add your own events below, by clicking on this link. See Best practices in scheduling a meeting.
You can also see events on the Diff calendar [1] Some events are one day only, others are the start date for an initiative. Start times where applicable are in UTC, and (00:00) is used when there is not a particular start time.
Online
| Language(s) | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| English | 15.03.2023 | Wikimedia Research Showcase | Livestream via YouTube | Showcase for research about Gender and Equity |
| English | 01.03.2023 – 31 March 2023 | Women in Red | Online | |
| Portuguese | 1 January – 31 March 2023 | Editatona BBC 100 Mulheres | Edit-a-thon | |
| English, French, Arabic, Portuguese | 01.01.2023 – 31.03.2023 | ISA Tell Us About Her: Women on the Frontline Climate | Campaign | |
| Spanish | 01.01.2023 – 31 March 2023 | ¡Alto! Mujeres trabajando 2023 | Campaign |
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| English | 8.03.2023 | Women in Religion March 2023 | Edit-athon | Women in Religion User Group |
| Bengali, English | March 24, 2023 | Feminism and Folklore | Online (G'meet) | |
| Arabic | March 08 - March 31 | Women Biographies | Online Editathon | Wikimedians of the Levant UGFarah Mustaklem
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| Spanish | March 13 | Mujeres ucranianas en Wikiquote 2023 | Taller de edición | |
| Spanish | March 16 | Mujeres ucranianas en Wikiquote 2023 | Editatona | |
| Spanish | March 17 | Mujeres ucranianas en Wikiquote 2023 | Editatona | |
| International | February 01 - March 31 | Feminism and Folklore 2023 | Writing competition/campaign | Take part in your local Wikipedia |
| Portuguese | March 25 | Ação coletiva na Wikipédia | Meet-up | |
| French and English | March 01 - March 31 | Lumière sur les Femmes Camerounaises (Concours Wikipedia) | Contest / Campaign | |
| International | October 1st - December 31st 2023 | SheSaid | Campaign |
Africa
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| Cameroon | French and English | Douala, Yaoundé and Maroua |
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Every Saturday in March 2023 (March 4, 11, 18, 25) |
Edit-a-thon, Meet-up, Training | Lumière sur les Femmes Camerounaises | Serieminou |
Asia
| Country | < Language(s) | City | Location | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| Philippines | Central Bikol and Tagalog | Naga City, Pasacao | Camarines Sur | March 21 – June 21, 2023 | Edit-a-thon, Meet-up, Training | Anthony Diaz |
Europe
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| The Netherlands | Dutch | Utrecht | Workshopruimte Utrecht, Oudegracht 186W | 11.03.2023 | Editathon with lecture | Event page | info[@]wikimedia[.]nl |
| The Netherlands | English | Rotterdam | Kunstinstituut Melly, Witte de Withstraat 50, Rotterdam | 08.03.2023 | Editathon, Lecutre, Exhibition | Close the Gender Gap | |
| Switzerland | French | Lausanne | Photo ÉLYSÉE | 11.03.2023 | Éditathon | Photo Elysée (project page) | Natacha LSP |
| Swittzerland | French | Meyrin | Bibliothèque Forum Meyrin | 25.03.2023 | Éditahton | Meyrin Quinzaine des autrices francophones | Natacha LSP Etty N. |
| France | French | Limoges | Bibliothèque francophone multimédia | 18.03.2023 | Éditathon | Limoges Quinzaine des autrices francophones | Alacoolwiki LSP |
| France | French | Tours | Archives d'Indres et Loire | 18.03.2023 | Éditathon | Illustres inconnues de Touraine | |
| Spain | Catalan Spanish | Valencia | Streets of Valencia | 03.03.2023 | Wiki Takes Mujeres de Ciencia 2023 | Wiki Takes Mujeres de Ciencia 2023 | Wiki Takes Dones de Ciència 2023 | |
| Spain | Spanish | Online | Online | 01.31.2023 | Campaña y concurso | ¡Alto! Mujeres trabajando 2023 with more chapters of LatAm and organizations. | |
| Spain | Spanish | Granada | Universidad de Granada | 07.03.2023 | Editatona | Editatona Mujeres en la Ciencia 2023 | |
| Spain | Spanish | Madrid | Museo Reina Sofía | 25.03.2023 | Editatona | Editatona de mujeres creadoras |
Latin America
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| Online | Spanish | Online | 06.03.2023 | Community hour: General introduction to the campaign "Stop! Women at work" | Sign up here to participate | ¡Alto! Mujeres trabajando 2023 | |
| Online | Spanish | Online | 09.03.2023 | Community hour: Introductory workshop on editing Wikipedia | Sign up here to participate | ¡Alto! Mujeres trabajando 2023 | |
| Online | Spanish | Online | 10.03.2023 | Community hour: Workshop on Wikimedia Commons | Sign up here to participate | ¡Alto! Mujeres trabajando 2023 | |
| Uruguay | Spanish | Montevideo | Local de AUTE, Av. Agraciada 2364 | 11.03.2023 | Editatona Mujeres que luchan 2 | Sign up here to participate | Editatona Mujeres que luchan 2 |
Middle East
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Arabic | Online | Arabic Wikipedia | 9 until 31 March 2023 | Editathon | Event page: ويكيبيديا:إديتاثون اليوم العالمي للمرأة 2023 | organizing By Wikimedians of the Levant user group |
North America
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| Canada | Français | Montréal | Université de Montréal | 08/03/2023 | Présentiel ou en ligne | ||
| United States | English, ?Español? | w:en:Eldorado at Santa Fe, New Mexico | Vista Grande Public Library | ⏱︎April 6, 2023 ⏱︎6 de abril de 2023 13:00 -- 15:00 MDT |
in-person editathon | western wing community room | https://vglibrary.org |
Oceania
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