Grants:IdeaLab/Global Gender Gap Group
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Project idea
[edit]A Women's global user group would energize activity on making the Wikimedia projects more diverse and balanced areas of knowledge. The user group would organize members from around the world to develop a unified strategy for addressing the movement's gender gap, and it would be the group largely responsible for seeing that strategy to completion. Through partnering with other diversity-focused groups (within the Wikimedia movement and externally), the user group would serve as a key player in activities aroud the gender gap and develop expertise around good practices and research.
Project goals
[edit]User group goals
[edit]- Share best practices, strategies, expertise and skills for those working to close the gender gap
- Participate in sourcing and evaluating ideas, proposals, grants aimed at the gender gap
- Organize global events and activities aimed at bringing in female editors and improving content
- Develop and hold a movement-wide strategy aimed at the gender gap
- Develop female leaders to serve in different Wikimedia projects, committees, and organizations
- Collaborate with other diversity-focused user groups and initiatives to increase diversity in multiple spectrums where appropriate
Setup targets
[edit]By early 2014:
- At least 30 initial active members
- Equal representation from identified geographic areas (areas TBD - following global model of Wikimania sponsorships)
- Partner with at least 2 allied organizations
Next steps
[edit]- Start a user group page on meta-wiki
- Invite WikiWomen's Collaborative members and other gender gap groups to involve them in the setup process
- Decide on a name for the user group
- Start a Facebook group
- By Jan 1, go through Affiliations Committee approval process
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