Its within the scope of WikiProject Women in Red. Someone on the team would probably be well-suited to write the article.
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight User:Rosiestep Skype Rosiestep Twitter @rosiestep On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 4:00 AM, <gendergap-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Gendergap mailing list submissions to > gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gendergap-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gendergap-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gendergap digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Women's rights in 2015 (Neotarf) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 01:12:52 -0500 > From: Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Women's rights in 2015 > Message-ID: > < > calikunnxxmfhb5+tsky1tpnz5kz36udeezebxix5wj3_g_y...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > That's a great idea. These retrospectives are always a lot of fun. There > used to be a TV series that reviewed the news of the week--That Was The > Week That Was <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS8ac4catVk>--a comedy > though, not serious. They also serve as a catchup for any events that you > missed while traveling or whatever, I had thought it was Smallbones who > suggested it, but didn't check. So thank you to Smallbones. > > These would be a lot easier to write if people would keep track of possible > events to include throughout the year. Then at the end of the year, you > would have all the sources and would just have to choose the most > significant events, or whatever criteria you were using. Some of the links > I gave above are not so much events as trends. I have also just thought > of Justin Trudeau's "Because it's 2015" statement. Also some private > companies that stepped into the act and banned online harassment--Reddit > and Facebook took steps against online harassment after the iCloud hack, > Google and Bing took action over the summer, and Twitter, which had defined > itself as as a platform for speech, banned harassment against all > expectation. Then there are annual things like pay equity day > <http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html>, that could become an annual feature. > Sue Gardner's Twitter has some info about women leaving tech in the side > bar, that might be a good starting point for career trends. There might > also be developments in women's health that people really should know > about--treatments that become outmoded, discoveries, etc. I would prefer to > call it just "Women in 2015", or something along those lines--sort of a > State of the Union report. > > This doesn't really fit under the GGTF rubric, does it. Would it be > worthwhile to start a separate project? > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:05 PM, SarahSV <sarahsv.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Neotarf, > > > > I saw that Smallbones suggested that article on WT:GGTF > > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force#Women.27s_rights_in_2015 > >. > > It would be wonderful to create a series of "women's rights in ...", > going > > back decades. Thank you for compiling those sources. > > > > Happy New Year, everyone! > > > > Sarah > > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Keilana <keilanaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Thanks for sending these along! Since my pet project is women scientists > >> I want to note some articles that these sources could be used for. And a > >> hearty congratulations to Maia for a lovely article from Scientific > >> American! I'm quite pleasantly surprised that half already had articles > - > >> and yes, this is progress. I'm going to write [[Margaret Tisdale]] this > >> weekend, and y'all can hold me to it. > >> > >> * [[Kathryn Barnard]] is a redlink > >> * [[Aída Fernández Ríos]] is a redlink > >> * [[Anita Kurmann]] is a redlink > >> * [[Dottie Thomas]] is a redlink > >> * [[Margaret Tisdale]] is a redlink > >> > >> Happy new year everyone! > >> > >> -Emily > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I notice someone suggested a followup to last year's Women's rights in > >>> 2014 article. I was hoping someone would write one, mostly because I > don't > >>> usually follow these issues, and I found the last one rather > informative. > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_rights_in_2014 > >>> > >>> The only gender-related events that stood out for me this year were the > >>> Saudi elections, with women both voting and running for office for the > >>> first time, and Gambia doing away with FGM. > >>> > >>> If anyone wants to take a stab at it, or just read up on it, here is > >>> start on sources. There are five women listed in the last link who do > not > >>> yet have Wikipedia articles: Kathryn Barnard, Aída Fernández Ríos, > Anita > >>> Kurmann, Dottie Thomas, and Margaret Tisdale. A couple of them have > NYT > >>> obits, so some definite gaps in WP coverage there. > >>> > >>> - Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, > >>> Realizing Rights -Authors/editor(s): UN Women > >>> > http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/4/progress-of-the-worlds-women-2015 > >>> > >>> > >>> - Top 2015 Women's Equality Moments > >>> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noreen-farrell/top-womens-equality-moments_b_8890178.html > >>> > >>> > >>> - World Health Organization: Ten top issues for women's health > >>> http://www.who.int/life-course/news/2015-intl-womens-day/en/ > >>> > >>> > >>> - Gone in 2015: Commemorating Ten Outstanding Women in Science > >>> > http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/gone-in-2015-commemorating-ten-outstanding-women-in-science/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Gendergap mailing list > >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, > please > >>> visit: > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > >> visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > > visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20160102/34b5ec15/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > ------------------------------ > > End of Gendergap Digest, Vol 60, Issue 2 > **************************************** >
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