Thanks to Adrianne for this great suggestion! I've just put this exact post together, featuring Adrianne and the four other women who are Campus Ambassadors at Indiana University.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/03/31/campus-ambassador-program-tackles-gender-gap/ LiAnna On 3/20/11 12:11 PM, Adrianne Wadewitz wrote: > Perhaps one project for us to undertake is to make more Wikimedia > women visible. Perhaps there are invisible women working in the > background? I know, for example, that 5 of the 6 Campus Ambassadors > here at Indiana University for the Public Policy Initiative are women. > That means that when people "see the face of Wikipedia" for the first > time, they see a woman. This is not a gender-specific project, but it > does help break down the stereotypes about Wikipedia editors. Perhaps > we need to highlight these types of efforts? I know a lot of women on > Wikipedia who do outreach but I'm not sure how well-known they are in > the wider community. Do we need to do Signpost stories? > > Adrianne > -- LiAnna Davis Communications Associate - Public Policy Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
