Hello, This is a kind reminder that our Celebrate Women 2026 Welcome Session is happening tomorrow! Let's kick off the campaign together 🎉
- *Date: *March 5 (Thursday) - *Time: *13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600>) - *Registrations:* here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> - *Live interpretation: *French, Spanish, and Portuguese Attendees will: - Understand more about the 2026 campaign and how it was organized. - Learn about the events being organized by the Wikimedia community in March 2026. - Participate in a movement reflection and understand Wikimedia's Gender Gap milestones. - Get an overview of the previous training sessions and learn about two new tools that help organizers with small but powerful edits during events: Wikipedia Microtask Generator <https://microtask-generator.toolforge.org/> and Gender Bias Detector <https://nethahussain.github.io/wikipedia-gender-bias-detector/>. Please help us publicize this event by sharing it with your friends, communities, and networks. Best, Giovanna Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) Program Officer, Content Enablement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enablement> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM Giovanna Fontenelle < [email protected]> wrote: > *[Apologies for cross-posting] * > > Hello, > > > A few weeks ago, we shared the upcoming Celebrate Women 2026 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> campaign. Now, we > want to use this opportunity to talk about its Welcome Session > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> > and > some materials we put together. > > > Celebrate Women <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> is > a campaign that runs from March 1st to 31st. Every year, in celebration of > International Women’s Day, Wikimedia organizers use this campaign to list > gender-related events happening during the month. > > > 💻 How to participate > > To take part, check this page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women#Events> for all > events. Register for them individually by choosing those that suit your > interests. More events will be added to the page in the next few days and > weeks. > > > And don't forget to register here > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> (using the > registration at the top of the page) to keep track of information relevant > to the overall campaign. > > *⭐ Welcome session* > > Kick off the Celebrate Women campaign with us! This > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> > session > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> > will > share logistical information on how to participate, highlight different > gender activities happening throughout the month, and discuss the Wikimedia > gender community and its milestones. > > - *Date: *March 5 (Thursday) > - *Time: *13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here > <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600>) > - *Registrations:* here > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> > - *Live interpretation: *French, Spanish, and Portuguese > > > This will be aimed at anyone who wants to take part in the campaign. > > > 📚 *New materials* > > We are happy to share that we published a Diff post about the campaign. > Please share it with your networks: *Celebrate Women* 2026 is coming!* > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/24/celebrate-women-2026-is-coming/> > > > And we also created a *press toolkit* > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women/Press> for gender > organizers who might want to contact journalists and media outlets, and > need quick access to stories, materials, numbers and facts about Wikimedia > + Gender in one place. > > Join us for Celebrate Women 2026 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> and help us make > the Wikimedia movement and projects more equitable! > > Best, > > Giovanna > > Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) > > Program Officer, Content Enablement > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_Growth/Content_Enablement> > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >
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