Siko, we would definitely like to organise a Gender gap event in partnership with the WMF. Mumbai is a good location to hold it, apart from Bangalore. The Mumbai community is large and there are quite a few women who would like to join us. -- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia Chapter (India)
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > Rohini, I've been excited to see the India work plan develop and will be > really interested to hear what comes next as plans develop into action! > We've been wondering if you and others in the India community would want > to partner with WMF to organize a gender gap event in Bangalore in February > as followup to Diversity Conference....it seems like having more ways to > gather and grow the conversation in person a couple of times this year > could be useful. And perhaps an affiliate org (go, Sydney!!) could help > keep that happening over time too. > > Even though we don't have a focused gender gap grants program in > particular (although WMF Engineering does have the Outreach Program for > Women, which is awesomely getting more women involved in MediaWiki), I'd > love to find ways to encourage more grant proposals for projects aimed at > the gender gap coming into IdeaLab, IEG, etc...I wonder if we can organize > some sort of 2014 campaign around this? > > WMF doesn't have staff whose full-time jobs are focused on this issue, > that's true, but there are lots of us who care and do want to put time and > energy towards this work as we're able. > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Rohini Lakshané <roh...@wikimedia.in>wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Last month, I had put together a work plan for Gender gap activities in >> India: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_India_work_plan >> >> I would greatly appreciate it if you could add your suggestions, feedback >> and comments to the work plan or post them here. The strategy shared by >> Siko Bouterse is full of ideas I could incorporate into the work plan, and >> it addresses some of the challenges I have been thinking long and hard >> about. I am delighted to see that a Gender gap event in >> India<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013#Short_Term_Strategy_.2F_Next_Steps>could >> be in the offing. :) >> >> Regards, >> Rohini >> -- >> Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, >> Wikimedia Chapter (India) >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org>wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> In July, we hosted a small gathering in San Francisco to consider the >>> current state of the gender gap and brainstorm some initiatives that >>> community and staff (WMF grantmakers, etc) might work on together in the >>> coming year. After a shamefully long time,[1] notes from this meeting are >>> finally up on meta: >>> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013 >>> >>> Please join >>> in<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013#August_2013_and_beyond>, >>> improve, share your thoughts about what's there or add new >>> ideas<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013#Brainstorm_of_ideas>to >>> the brainstorm list! If people are interested, we might build on this >>> more together both on meta and at Diversity Conference in Berlin next >>> month.[2] >>> >>> I'm also planning to host an IdeaLab session at Diversity Conference to >>> work together on action plans for diversity-focused projects. If you aren't >>> able to attend in person, perhaps you'd want to write up your favorite idea >>> in the IdeaLab instead, to spark some more collaborations? >>> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> Siko >>> >>> [1] Yes, it really did take me 3 months to finish removing an >>> under-construction template and decide some things are just going to stay >>> messy, sigh. >>> [2] Reminder to register by Oct 20th, I understand the program schedule >>> will be published later this week: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference >>> >>> -- >>> Siko Bouterse >>> Head of Individual Grants >>> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. >>> sboute...@wikimedia.org >>> >>> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >>> the sum of all knowledge. * >>> *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button >>> today, and help us make it a reality!* >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > Siko Bouterse > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. * > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > and help us make it a reality!* > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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