Wikimania 2024

WikiWomen Summit
08-07, 09:00–17:00 (Poland), Voore (interpretation) (19+25+26)
Language: English

We are thrilled to announce the return of WikiWomen Summit at Wikimania in 2024, marking a significant milestone in our movement's history. This event serves as a pivotal opportunity to unite contributors passionate about addressing the gender gap within Wikimedia projects. See https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/WikiWomen_Summit.


Building on the success of last year's WikiWomen Summit 2023, where contributors shared insights and rallied for collective action, our focus in 2024 is to review past achievements and chart a course for future endeavors towards gender equity in our movement. Workshops will delve into outcomes from WikiWomen Camp 2023, including the Declaration and Engagement Plan, which outline key recommendations for enhancing safety, participation, and engagement among gender-focused contributors. For more information, visit: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/WikiWomen_Summit


How does your session relate to the event themes: Collaboration of the Open?*

Aligned with the ethos of Wikimania's theme, "Collaboration of the Open," we extend a warm invitation to all contributors interested in advancing gender equity to join us for WikiWomen Summit 2024 on August 07th, 2024. Together, let's sustain our commitment to making gender equity a priority within our movement.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?*

Everyone can participate in this session

How do you plan to deliver this session?*

Hybrid with some participants in Katowice and others dialing in remotely

What other themes or topics does your session fit into? Please choose from the list of tags below.
See also: WikiWomen Summit 7 August Slide Deck

I am a veteran EN-WP editor (2007) and EN-WP admin (2009) who has created >5,000 articles, of which >2,200 are women's biographies. I have uploaded thousands of public domain images to Wikimedia Commons, and am also active on Wikidata. On-wiki, I am the co-founder of Wiki Women in Red (2015), now on 34 language Wikipedias, whose scope is to reduce Wikipedia's content gender gap.

In 2021, I was elected to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees where I serve/served on several committees including Audit, Board Governancee, Community Affairs, and Executive. I am the current Chair of the Talent & Culture Committee, and I am a member of the Sibling Projects Task Force.

I served on AffCom (2016-21), the last 2 years as Chair; on the Board of Wikimedia DC (2016-21), the last 5 years as Vice-President. I am the co-founder of WikiWomen's User Group, WikiConference North America User Group, and WikiCemeteries User Group.

In 2016, I was honored to be named Wikipedian of the Year. Two years later, I was Knighted, in part because of my Wikipedia work.

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Username:Anthere (She/her). French. Languages : FR N; EN-4.

  • Co-Executive Director of Wiki in Africa
  • Wikipedian-in-Residence at World Intellectual Property Rights (WIPO)
  • Former Chair of Wikimedia Foundation
  • Co-founder, former Vice-Chair and currently member of Wikimédia France

Key words : Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Africa, IP rights, Open Movement, Community Building, Open Source, Creative Commons, Life-long learning, accountability, Gender Gap, Equity

More info and contacts
* fdevouard//@//anthere.org
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/devouard/

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Communications Specialist & Wikimedian who is passionate about advancing Media & Information Literacy. Co-Founder Wikimedia Kenya UserGroup and Afrika Baraza Working Group Member.

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My name is Ruby D-Brown a Wikimedia volunteer with close to 5 years experience in the movement. Currently the representative for WikiWomen Usergroup and Co-founder of Africa Wiki Women. Also the sub-Saharan regional coordinator for wiki for human rights 2023 and 2024.

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Victoria Doronina is a Technical Officer in Education Biology and Food Microbiology at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Originally from Belarus, Victoria Doronina was awarded a Darwin Trust Fellowship, which led to a PhD in Molecular Biology (University of Edinburgh, UK). After graduating, Victoria worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in several Russell Group (UK Ivy League) universities, specialising in protein translation. She is also an Associate Member of the Advance Higher Education Academy.

Victoria started contributing to Russian Wikipedia in 2006 and became an administrator. The second woman ever to be elected and the first to serve twice on the Russian Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, Victoria is a long-standing mediator in a few of the most debated topics and a Featured and Good articles moderator.

In 2011 Victoria became a Wikimedia Community Fellow. She also served on the Wikimedia Funds Dissemination Committee.

In 2021, Victoria was elected to the WMF Board of Trustees, where she is a member of the Community Affairs Committee, Product and Technology Committee, Executive Committee and the Lead of the Sister Projects Taskforce.

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I am Former board member of Wikimedia Israel and an active member of the Wiki-Woman local project. I am passionate for promoting gender equality on Wikipedia.

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I am Patricia Horrillo, a journalist specialized in communication and social media. Since 2015, I have been coordinating Wikiesfera (UG), a working group established in Madrid (Spain), where I assist more individuals in learning how to edit on Wikipedia and in gaining a deeper understanding of other projects within the Wikimedia universe. I am concerned about the existing knowledge gaps on Wikipedia: gender (on which I gave a TEDx talk titled "Nobody will talk about us (women) if we are not in Wikipedia"), as well as historically invisible minorities (LGBT community, Romani people, etc.) and everything related to the historical memory of Spain. To address these deficiencies, I organize thematic editatonas aimed at attracting new editors to the free encyclopedia.

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Masana Mulaudzi is a feminist economist, community organizer and activist from Johannesburg, South Africa. She currently serves as the Senior Manager for the Campaigns (Organizing) team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

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-Javanese and Indonesian Wikimedian.
Username: Kunirasem

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An Engineer by profession, Wikimedian by passion.
Happy daughter hailing from the east coast of India, believing in creating an inclusive space where everyone has a fair chance to thrive, free from any discrimination or bias.

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Hi there!

I'm Manavpreet Kaur from vibrant Punjab, India. With a Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Science, my academic journey has been deeply rooted in Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Medicine, with a specialisation in Facial Identification.

But there's more! I'm passionate about Human Rights, global DE&I policies, and ensuring access to knowledge for all. As a free knowledge enthusiast, I believe that education is the key to enlightenment.

I enjoy designing and facilitating programs that build stronger, more inclusive communities. One of my core missions is to empower women and elevate them into leadership roles.

Let's connect and make a difference together!

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Terry Boke is a media & communications consultant based in Nairobi Kenya. She is a member of Wikimedia User Group Kenya and has been contributing to Wiki spaces since 2021. She enjoys writing on Wikipedia, Wikidata and contributing to Wikimedia Commons.

Terry is passionate about shrinking the gender digital divide in Africa and loves mentoring and empowering women and youth with Digital skills and storytelling techniques so that they can continue to tell the beautiful African narratives that are not yet told.

Käbi Laan is part of CoT Wikimania 2024. She has been actively involved with Wikimedia Estonia - from volunteer to board member to executive director. Additionally, she has been part of the CEE Hub steering committee. Currently wearing a volunteer hat.

Long term Wikimedian dedicated to gender equality, educational and living heritage initiatives, advocating for diversity within the Wikimedia movement. WikiDonne's Founder & Chair, DEIH proposer, WMF's Gender Gap & Climate Change Certified Organizer.

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María Sefidari is a long-time Wikimedian who has held different roles over the years. These include being the founder of Wikiproyecto:LGBT; a founding member and the first Vice Chair of Wikimedia Spain; an Iberocoop co-founder; a co-founder of Wikimujeres; an officer of the Affiliations Committee; part of the organising teams of WikiWomenCamp 2017, Wikimedia + Gendergap Research Meetup ‎2023 and WikiWomen Summit 2024; the former Chair of the WMF Board of Trustees; and a Wikiesfera representative.

Tesleemah is the only Nigerian Candidate for the Wikimedia foundation board of trustees and the only female from Africa contesting for the bowrd.

She is the first African board member of Wiki Project Medicine. She was the project lead of Wiki and Health articles in Nigeria 1.0, the project lead of Wikimedia Awareness in Akure. She was one of the core organizers of the Wikiclimate Campus Tour Nigeria Project. Outside Wikipedia, Tesleemah is a medical graduand with over 6 years of experience who has worked with different health-related organizations such as Optometry mails, Food and Gene initiative among others. She is the 1st Female President of Ondo State students, Unilorin. Nigeria.

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