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Mar 8

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Let's celebrate with action. We present the #ProjectRewrite Checklist: ten steps you can take to get involved and help us close the gender gap on

Ten ways to close the gender gap on Wikipedia and beyond

—and beyond. #IWD2022 MORE 🧵👇🏽 (1/12)

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Discover the Project Rewrite Checklist.

's new #InspiringOpen podcast, our CEO

@MaryanaIskander

shares 3 views on promoting diversity within

podcast.wikiloveswomen.org

: 1: Elevate and celebrate existing diversity 2: Create safe and welcoming spaces to engage 3: Invite in more people Listen ⬇️

Maryana Iskander - Inspiring Open podcast

Join journalist and women's rights advocate, Betty KanKam-Boadu in conversation with Maryana Iskander on episode 2 of Inspiring Open. After working for over half a decade of with Planned Parenthood...

Wikimedia México

@Wikimedia_mx

📢👉¿Eres parte de un museo, biblioteca o archivo y quieres aprender a contribuir a Wikipedia? Junto con

@wikimedia_ar

@wikimedia_cl

organizamos el taller "Construyendo una cultura visual en Wikipedia" 📲Registro forms.gle/LT93WkhpdgD7KJ Cupo limitado #1pic1art

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Art+Feminism

@artandfeminism

Mar 18

#ProjectRewrite has been relaunched by

Project RewriteFacts about the gender gap and how you can help close itAs the world’s largest source of free knowledge, Wikipedia strives to represent the full, rich diversity of all humanity. Sadl…

! Learn more:

wikimediafoundation.org

Project Rewrite

Open Data Institute

@ODIHQ

Mar 14

We're excited to welcome Maryana Pinchuk from

as a speaker at '#SharingDataBetter: The Rise of Data Institutions', taking place on 30 March online She'll be exploring the future of open data stewardship – join us! Book your free place today 👉 hubs.li/Q015W6wp0

Penn State Libraries

@psulibs

Mar 28

Join us tomorrow for a

Edit-a-thon featuring Native American women activists! #WomensHistoryMonth psu.edu/news/universit

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Mar 28

Indigenous youth in Cambodia added the first photos and videos in their mother tongues to

during a

@UNESCO

@BophanaCenter

event supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. As a special treat, they had a surprise visit from Angelina Jolie.

Indigenous youth in Cambodia make information history at UNESCO training in building audiovisual...

Photographic contribution to the Brao people Wikipedia article by youth trainee Pem Peak (19 years old, Brao Indigenous community, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia). CC-BY-SA Pem Peak On this year’s I…

Early impressions of the UK Online Safety Bill

Wikimedia Policy

@wikimediapolicy

Mar 25

📢 The UK Online Safety Bill: The specific needs of platforms like ours are often ignored in new online regulation proposals. This bill is no exception. It is misguided in terms of the users it claims to protect & the platforms it 'holds accountable.'

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Forcing all platforms to track their users and automatically remove vaguely defined “harmful content” will not create a safer online…

Mar 25

When people use virtual assistants or voice-activated devices, more and more of them are learning information from Wikimedia projects... And they don’t even know it. That's why we need a Wikimedia sound logo. Read more about the project ⬇️

You Can’t See The Puzzle Globe On An Audio Speaker: A Sound Logo for Wikimedia

A sound logo will help more people around the world recognize when information comes from Wikimedia. Join in the process to make it happen. You can also view this video with translated subtitles he…

Ms. Magazine

@MsMagazine

Mar 20

#ProjectRewrite calls out the gaps in content by and about women on

— and beyond. Learn how to get involved and help close the gender gap with ten simple steps.

wikimediafoundation.org

Project Rewrite

Wikimedia Türkiye

@WikimediaTurkey

#Vikipedi'ye erişim engelinin kalkması için

'nın 2019'daki AİHM başvurusu; erişim engeli kaldırıldığı, bunun hak ihlali olduğu Anayasa Mahkemesince tanındığı, gelecekteki sorunların etkili biçimde ele alınacağına inanıldığından reddedildi. Sansürsüz-engelsiz günlere!🕊️

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ECHR CEDH

@ECHR_CEDH

· Mar 24

Decision Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. v. Turkey - blocking of Wikimedia Foundation Internet website hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

Gönenç Gürkaynak

@GurkaynakGonenc

Meslektaşlarım Can Yeğinsu, Ceren Yıldız ve Noyan Utkan ile beraber Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi nezdinde yürüttüğümüz Wikipedia davasının evvelce AYM'de erişim engelinin kaldırılmasına karar verildiği gerekçesiyle reddedilmesi, hukuksuzluğu stratejik kullanma kapısını açmakta.

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Can Yeğinsu

@Can_Yeginsu

The decision is more remarkable for what the Ct has avoided deciding on an application granted priority status. It was a pleasure working with

@ClaireOverman

& the team at ELIG led by

@GurkaynakGonenc

Helping to restore access to Wikipedia in Turkey has been a privilege

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ECHR CEDH

@ECHR_CEDH

· Mar 24

Decision Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. v. Turkey - blocking of Wikimedia Foundation Internet website hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

European Court of Human Rights case dismissed after two years of access to Wikipedia being restored...

Wikipedia was blocked in Turkey for almost three years. Today, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed our petition to restore access, as the block was lifted in 2020 and determined a human rights violation in another court. #ForFreeKnowledge

wikimediafoundation.org

Today, the European Court of Human Rights announced that it is dismissing the Wikimedia Foundation’s 2019 petition to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey. The case was dismissed because access to…

Mar 23

We are excited to announce the ten volunteers selected to form the

@Wikimania

2022 Core Organizing Team! The group will organize the Wikimedia movement's flagship event—which will be mainly virtual, with local events held in person where possible.

Announcing the Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team

We are excited to announce the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 2022! This talented group of volunteers from around the world was selected from more than 70 excellent applications. They wil…

Creative Commons México

@ccmx

Mar 18

Varios países de Latinoamérica trabajan por tener mayor representación en

Wikimedia Argentina and 5 others

"¡Alto mujeres trabajando!" es una campaña para subir fotos libres de mujeres en profesiones y oficios que se asumen de varones. Participa: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

: isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/203

Mar 22

The third edition of "Tell Us About Her" invites users to add descriptions onto photos of women on Wikimedia Commons. This year's category is "Women in Architecture and Construction." Take part in the contest promoted by

@WikiLovesWomen

wikimediatech

@wikimediatech

Mar 4

Announcing the Wikimedia 2022 Hackathon! The Hackathon will be held online from May 20-May 22, and there will be grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Check out our site for more information! mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia

Mar 21

Save the date: The next edition of

@Wikimania

will take place between 11 and 14 August 2022! It will be mainly virtual, with support for local gatherings and events where possible. You can help us create the Wikimedia movement's flagship event👇🏽

Save the date and help us create Wikimania 2022

Mark your calendars, everyone! The 2022 Wikimania Core Organizing Team is pleased to announce that Wikimania will take place this year from August 11-14. The conference will be primarily virtual, w…

Wikipedia

Mar 21

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and South Africa’s #HumanRightsDay. 📷 Andrew Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Wiki Loves Folklore

@WikiFolklore

Mar 18

Join Wiki Loves Falles 2022 to photograph Falles festival in Valencia, Spain and upload media on

@WikiCommons

Contest from 15 March till 15 April 2022 Join now w.wiki/4xk7

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Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 - MediaWiki

Mar 21

Anyone who wants to contribute to Wikimedia’s technical areas can join – as code creators, maintainers, translators, designers, technical writers and other technical roles. For more information about the #WikimediaHackathon2022, make sure you follow

The Hackathon will be online, and grants will be available to support local in-person meetups around the world. The deadline to apply is this Sunday, 27 March.

The #WikimediaHackathon2022 will happen between 20 and 22 May! The event is a space for the technical community to come together and work on technical projects, learn from each other, and make new friends.

mediawiki.org

Congratulations to the developers behind the coolest Wikimedia tools! The ten winners include pieces of software that help you share docs with live code, detect copyright violations, and more 👇🏽

2021 Coolest Tool Awards: Thank you for the tools!

The annual Coolest Tool Award celebrated software tools created and used by the Wikimedia community. Here are this year’s winners. By André Klapper, Staff Developer Advocate, The Wikimedia Fo…

Mar 19

Wikipedia articles about women are underlinked, says

@physorg_com

. "If you start at any given article on

Bridging Wikipedia's gender gap, one article at a time

, you're much less likely to eventually reach an article about a woman artist than you are about a male artist." Read more 👇🏽

phys.org

As the world's largest and most-used information resource, Wikipedia is home to 6.4 million articles and counting. But despite how comprehensive it seems, 90% of the site's editors are men, and women...

/sɛdn/

@josephseddon

This week marks 8 years of total service with the

Foundation. My first day at the WMF though was 10 years and 284 days ago. As a volunteer I created my account 16 years ago and first edited about 18 years ago.

Wikimedia México

@Wikimedia_mx

Mar 17

👩🏽‍💻El martes y hoy compartimos con más de 60 mujeres un Taller de Introducción a

rumbo a la 1º

@editatona

DGB. 💪🏾Entre todas decimos ¡Nunca más Wikipedia sin nosotras! Organizamos con

@Bibliotecas_Mx

Freedom on the Net

@freedomonthenet

Free expression & access to reliable information are essential during times of crisis.

@freedomhouse

@accessnow

Civil society to U.S. government: Do not disrupt internet access in Russia or Belarus

, and 30+ others are calling on

@POTUS

to ensure people in Russia and Belarus are not cut off from the global internet.

freedomhouse.org

Thank you

for supporting Wikipedia every time you appear on the screen ❤️

Women, transgender, and non-binary people make up over half of the population, but four out of five biographies on

portray men. #WikiGap is working to close the gender gap by supporting edit-a-thons in multiple languages. See how to join. #WHM

meta.wikimedia.org

WikiGap - Meta

Wiki Loves Folklore

@WikiFolklore

Write about your local folk culture and women in folk during the Feminism and Folklore writing competition on

‎App of the Day: Wikipedia

. Contest runs this March. Check your local community participation using the project page 👉 w.wiki/4fvG #FeminismAndFolklore #writingcompetion

Wikipedia and 5 others

Today, the

app is featured as App of the Day in the US

@AppStore

as part of a series for #WomensHistoryMonth! Discover favorite tips and features about the app, and meet Toni Sevener, one of our software engineers who brings the app to life.

apps.apple.com

‎Learn about Wikipedia on App Store.

We, together with

& a number of other organisations are calling on the

@WhiteHouse

and other govt's to carefully consider the impact of restricting the Russian public's access to the #internet: freepressunlimited.org/en/current/let

Sherry Antoine

@SherryAntoine7

Its that time again! I am looking forward to speaking at the #WikiGap #Nigeria Conference tomorrow via

@WikimediaNG

. Help close the knowledge gap about #WomensHistory on

, more below!#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #blackwomenintech

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Ogunsiji Omolayo

@OgunsijiOlayo

· Mar 12

Let the countdown begins!! Registration for this year's conference in partnership with the Swedish embassy is on. We have distinguished female panelists who are ready to share their thoughts on issues that affects women. Register

bit.ly/3Cpdq0o #breakthebias #wikigap

: accessnow.org/US-government- #KeepItOn

Access Now

@accessnow

Mar 14

Don’t cut off internet access in Russia or Belarus 🗣️ Further restricting the internet will only accelerate violence and repression. Our letter with

+ more to

accessnow.org

Civil society to U.S. government: Do not disrupt internet access in Russia or Belarus - Access Now

Access Now and a coalition of civil society organizations urge the U.S. government to not disrupt internet access in Russia or Belarus.

Only 18% of content in all Wikimedia projects, including biographies on

, are about women. This #WomensHistoryMonth, help close this gender gap. Take a look at the events that are planned for this month, and sign up! #ProjectRewrite

meta.wikimedia.org

Celebrate Women - Meta

International Women's Day Panel

Mar 15

You can watch the full, multilingual panel here 👇🏽

youtube.com

This panel event will be moderated by our CEO, Maryana Iskander, and will be open to Wikimedia Foundation staff as well as the broader Wikimedia community. B...

Every time

finishes a new article about a notable woman who was previously not on