Join the the Global Action of Gender Equality on the Internet and participate personally or online in the editathon #WikiGap, arranged by the Embassy of Sweden and Vikimedia Serbia in Belgrade, on 7 March, Wednesday, from 10.00 to 17.00.
Wikipedia is the world's largest online and user-generated encyclopaedia. Its content influences and colours users' knowledge about the world. But there is great imbalance on the website. Ninety per cent of the content is created by men, and there are four times more articles about men than there are about women.
To contribute to a more accurate picture, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Wikimedia have taken the initiative for the #WikiGap event. On 8 March – International Women's Day – parallel events will be organised in more than 50 countries, from Sweden to Indonesia, Egypt and Colombia, together with local actors and partners.
"Sweden is the first country in the world with a feminist foreign policy. It emanates from a moral conviction based on justice and human rights, and because gender equality is also a basic condition for peace, security and sustainable development," says Margot Wallström.
Sweden's feminist foreign policy is based on the ambition to strengthen women's and girls' rights, representation and resources. The #WikiGap initiative is part of this policy and aims to improve the representation of women on Wikipedia. During the day-long event, the invited participants will write and edit articles on Wikipedia using information on women profiles, experts and role models in different fields.
In Stockholm, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is collaborating with Wikimedia Sverige and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The theme is women in technology and science.
In Serbia, #WikiGap will be organized on 7 March at the premises of the Serbian-Korean Information and Access Center within the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government, in Dobrinjska street No. 11. You can participate personally or online. If you are not from Belgrade and would like to participate in this global initiative, we can cover your travel expenses. In that case, please fill out the application form. Since the number of places for personal participation is limited, we invite you to report your arrival in a timely manner.
The theme of this editorial event in Serbia is "Women – The Silent Leaders." If you have any suggestions of female leaders from Serbia that you can present on Wikipedia, please send your suggestion/suggestions to info@vikimedija.org or update the event page in Wikipedia.
For more information, please contact
Ivana Madžarević, Project Manager Wikimedia Community of Serbia, ivana.madzarevic@vikimedija.org
Slavica Markovic-Sandic, Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer of the Embassy of Sweden, slavica.markovic-sandic@gov.se
