[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to upcoming office hours with interim ED

Forwarding two opportunities to ask the interim ED questions about harrassment, diversity, and anything else. (: Please note the time correction from Risker: "Just noting that 1700-1800 PDT on Wednesday May 11 is -0100 UTC on Thursday May 12. Based on the link given, this seems to be when the

Re: [Gendergap] Sharing knowledge about notable women from the Central and Eastern Europe

Natalia, That's fantastic to hear. Makes my heart happy. <3 Sydney On May 5, 2016 4:07 PM, "Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska" wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm not sure if you know the CEE Spring 2016 project. It is an article > writing contest held on 29 language versions of Wikipedia aiming to gather > knowl

[Gendergap] Sharing knowledge about notable women from the Central and Eastern Europe

Hi all! I'm not sure if you know the CEE Spring 2016 project. It is an article writing contest held on 29 language versions of Wikipedia aiming to gather knowledge about the countries of Central and Eastern Europe[1]. The participants write about different topics related to the region. But the top

Re: [Gendergap] Study: men who receive harassment training “significantly less likely” to recognize harassment

"Edelman, the UC Berkeley professor, said she suspects the backlash could stem from the “cartoonish, somewhat unrealistic” harassment examples that trainings often include – lessons that can make participants skeptical and resentful." I suspect that might have a lot to do with it. I'd also suspec

Re: [Gendergap] Study: men who receive harassment training “significantly less likely” to recognize harassment

Professor Lauren B. Edelman has done research on "symbolic compliance" (from The Guardian), which refers to the way organizations' anti-harassment and diversity policies and procedures are primarily focused on demonstrating compliance in a legal context - and likely do little to actually reduce