WikiIndaba conference 2018/Submissions/Increasing female content on Wikimedia projects
 | This is a Closed submission for WikiIndaba conference 2018 that has already been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee. |
- Submission no. 059
- Title of the submission
- Increasing female content on Wikimedia projects
- Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, birds of a feather discussion)
- lightning talk
- Author of the submission
- Walaa Abdel Manaem
- Language of presentation
- English
- E-mail address
- walaaabdelmanaem@gmail.com
- Username
- ولاء
- Country of origin
- Egypt
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Egyptian Wikimedians User Group
- Personal homepage or blog
- Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
- Usually in our Egyptian Community we interest about female content & participation in Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia & Commons. So, We aim to launch Wikiwomen project for Arabic and African Communities & to activate Wikipedia Education Program (WEP) in more countries of Africa. 8 of March is the International Women's Day (IWD), so, we have to celebrate launching a female project and cooperating between all affiliates in Africa to increase the awareness of female participation in Wikimedia projects.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- Theme of presentation
- WikiCulture & Community & Education
- For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?
- Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long)
- 15 minutes
- Will you attend WikiIndaba if your submission is not accepted?
- Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Special requests
- Is this Submission a Draft or Final? Draft
Interested attendees
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Committee decision
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Accepted