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The Visibility Gap:#VisibleWikiWomen’s Campaign for Visual Knowledge
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The Problem
Wikipedia is the 5th most visited website in the world...
but when half a billion people visit wikipedia every month...
What do they see?
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The Problem
1 in 10 Wikipedia Editors is a woman
Only 20% of biographical information on wikipedia is about women
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The Problem
And only 20% of articles about women include photos of women
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The Problem
When women’s faces are missing from wikipedia, their invisibility spreads.
“You can’t be what you can’t see.”Marian Wright Edelman
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The Challenge
More women’s faces on Wikimedia commons!
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How we did it● Coordinated with partners and allies to
upload photos to wikimedia commons
● Created Multi-lingual resources
● Attended conferences in person to build networks and connections
● Publicized the campaign through social media and the Whose Knowledge? Blog
● Launched an edit-a-thon in may
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The (Amazing!) result
Goal: Add 100 images of notable women to wikimedia commons by the end of March.
Result: Over 800 Photos had been added by the beginning of April!
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The (Amazing!) result
By the end of May, more than 500 of those photos had been used across
wikimedia projects!
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The things we learned● We got inspired by the stories we collected
and the eforts of our partners to collaborate!
● These images have a connective power beyond and between the online and the offline - as we saw with our postcards!
● Dream big! When partners across the Wikimedia movement collaborate, especially beyond the movement, we can far exceed our own expectations!
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Our superhero partnersWikiMujeres Wikimedia Community User Group Brazil
Association CLibre #CLibreTn
O Foundation
Open Foundation West Africa#OFWAFRICA
Wikimedia Israel #WikimediaIL
Women in Red #WikiWomenInRed
Global Fund For WomenMurjeres Latinoamericanas en Wikimedia
Art + Feministm #NowEditingAF
Wikimedia Tunisie #WikimediaTN
Wikimedia Uruguay
The Black Lunch Table #blacklunchtable
Wikimedia Argentina
Wikimedia Bolivia
WikiDonne #WikiDonne
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Discussion
● How can we reach a more diverse audience?
● How can we engage partners to include other people beyond Wikimedia movement?
● How can we persuade people to collaborate even more?
● What Tools could help us in the future?