WWC2023/Program/Strategy/Engagement Plan
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Context for the Engagement Plan[edit]
- The goal of the sessions is co-create a collaborative engagement plan that redefines representation of women+ in Wikimedia projects
- The purpose of the engagement plan would be to raise awareness and consciousness about the gender gap, and start to move the needle towards gender equity.
- The movement-wide engagement plan would be created by us: the women+ of Wikimedia.
- The plan would be for the next two years, with a checkpoint at the 2024 Wikimania.
Phased Approach during the WikiWomenCamp[edit]
- Map – the first session was an invitation to all the Camp participants to identify and map the dreams and ideas of the different events and activities we could do as a collective. The ideas ranged from social activities, like a book club, a mentoring/buddy program to train or offer support amongst the Wiki women+ community, and bi-monthly calls to connect; to educational and training activities, like annual trainings for all admins on gender sensitivity, a training course for admin rights and tools to equip and empower more women+ to become admins, and training course on Commons for female+ photographers; to Wiki-project specific activities, like increase content diversity using the PAC2 tool and working on providing Wiki project women’s health in multiple languages; to strategy activities, like convene a steering committee (or working group) to advance the hub pilot proposal and advancing the research on the gender gap.
- Prioritize – the second session ended up being an adjustment from the original plan; the strategy cohort focused on dreaming of what the Wikimedia movement looks like in 5 years, and mapping out what we needed to do to get there.
- Rise Up – the third session involved sharing out both the proposed activities aggregated from the Camp participants and the 5-year visions that the strategy cohort breakouts groups identified which will make up the engagement plan, and inviting everyone (those present at the Camp and those who weren’t) to rise up and volunteer to coordinate or contribute to make those proposed activities a reality!
Outcomes[edit]
- As a result of these sessions, there was a proposed Declaration statement that includes recommendations representing our commitment to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable community. This Declaration is open for consultation by the global community.
- Alongside the Declaration, we published the list of proposed activities curated so far for anyone to sign up to contribute, as well as inviting new proposals for activities we should be doing to raise awareness of the gender gap and work towards gender equity.
Proposed Activities[edit]
Call to action #1: if you're currently doing something cool to address the gender gap and/or work towards gender equity, please share with us! Add it to the table, so others can learn about it too!
Call to action #2: if you're interested in coordinating or contributing to an activity below, please drop your username in the "volunteers" column. Coordinating means you want to organize and lead the other contributors in this effort, and that you'll be the point of contact if others have questions. The support staff (both the WWC CoT and the WMF staff) are available to assist and answer questions!
| Status | Category | Description of Activity | Cadence | Audience | Volunteers |
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| Proposed | Social | Wiki women+ video calls in different time zones | Bi-monthly (every two months) | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Social | Mentoring/buddy program to train or offer support | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Social | Meet-ups to appreciate volunteer contributions | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Social | Book club | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Social | An anonymous network / support space for people doing sensitive work or have sensitive needs | TBD | All |
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| Proposed | Social | Support network (various iterations proposed, including cross project for female+ admins) | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Trainings | An exchange program for experienced community leaders planning a project in a less experienced community | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Annual trainings for all admins on gender sensitivity | Annually | All wiki admins |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Training session with journalists on how to write on women and cover women's stories | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Wiki women+ podcast highlighting projects and achievements | Monthly | All |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Training course on Commons for female+ photographers | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Training course for tools used in higher wiki role | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Learn.wiki course for admin rights and tools (to equip and empower more women+ to become admins) | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Trainings | Loan program for cameras | TBD | Wiki women+ |
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| Proposed | Strategy | Advance the research on the gender gap to inform improvements and actions toward gender equity | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Strategy | Convene a steering committee to advance the proposal to start a hub | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Wiki-project | Elevate women+'s work on Commons by nominating women+'s images for T1 | TBD | All |
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| Proposed | Wiki-project | Wiki project women's health in multiple languages | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Wiki-project | Increase content diversity using PAC2 tool | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Wiki-project | Increase the number of links to women+ biographies in 100 vital wiki articles | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Wiki-project | Map the knowledge gaps related to women's issues | TBD | TBD |
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| Proposed | Wiki-project | Map projects focused on women+ and/or gender content on all Wikipedias (% of biographies of women, non-binary, transwomen, etc. by country, location, and language) | TBD | TBD |
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| Existing | Wiki-project | WikiGap | TBD | TBD |
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| Existing | Wiki-project | Art + Feminism | TBD | TBD |
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Definitions[edit]
- Under "status," there are three options:
- Proposed: this is an initiative that currently does not exist, and requires volunteers to make it a reality!
- Existing: this is an initiative that currently exists, and you can start participating! If you'd like to volunteer to contribute to this initiative, please reach out to the listed coordinator.
- Confirmed: this is an initiative that currently does not exist, but we have confirmed volunteers to take it forward!
- Under "category," there are four options:
- Social: activities that aim to connect and support each other.
- Trainings: activities that result in knowledge or skills development.
- Strategy: activities that are long-term and contribute to the strategy of Wiki Women+
- Wiki-project: activities that take place on or are related to Wiki projects.