[Gendergap] Global perspectives on women and Wikimedia projects: Bangladesh
In preparation for WikiWomenCamp and the sister conference open to people of all genders for discussing the gender gap (we'll get a name chosen and do a formal announcement soon!) , we're writing and asking for your assistance in writing about the involvement of and content related to women on Wikimedia projects from around the world. Today, we're looking at Bangladesh. If you can help improve this, please do. Many thanks to Tanvir, WM-BN's secretary, for providing insight into what is going on. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Bangladesh [image: Flag of Bangladesh.svg] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh Bangladesh [image: people standing in a group wearing Wikipedia shirts]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kite_flying2011_065.JPG http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kite_flying2011_065.JPG A Wikipedia 10th Birthday celebration in Bangladesh Bengali Wikimedia projects have very few female contributors. Those that they do have do not contribute on a consistent, regular basis; they edit sporadically. In Bangladesh, women often attend events by the Chapter and others in the country. There are female participants who attend every meet-up. Most of the time, these are new faces and there is a problem in getting the same women to consistently show up to events in order to build up a regular base of active female participants. Currently Wikimedia Bangladesh http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh has no female members in the board. The board is planning to find a woman from the country to be a a Bengali participant in at WikiWomenCamp in Argentina. In December 2011, there were 1,700 women of all ages from Bangladesh who were interested in Wikipedia on Facebook.[1]https://www.facebook.com/ads/create/ 0.06% of all Wikipedia traffic comes from Bangladesh.[2]http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryBreakdown.htm Most editors in Bangladesh edit the Bengali Wikipedia but 91.1% view English Wikipedia. There are many articles about Bengali actresses on the Bengali Wikipedia. These articles were mostly created by male contributors. There is an effort by a Bengali editor to take the Bengali language article about Angelina Joliehttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF to Featured. As of December 2011, there are zero featured articles about women on Bengali Wikipedia. There are two articles about female sport people: an athlete and a chess player. There are 10 articles about female film actresses from Bangladeshhttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%80:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80, 10 articles about female television actresses from Bangladesh, 3 articles about female Bangladeshi stage actresses and 13 articles about Bangladeshi singers. On Bengali Wikipedia, there are 4 articles about Bangladeshi social workershttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%80:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80, 3 of whom women. The amount of women specific content in Bengali, and Bangaldeshi women content, is limited. The Bengali word for User is gender neutral; the name space does not indicate the gender of the user on Wikimedia projects. On English Wikipedia, there are 11 articleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangladeshi_women_in_politics women in politics, 4 articleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangladeshi_feminists about Bangladeshi feminists. There are 0 articles about women's basketball teamshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Category:Women%27s_basketball_teams in this country on English Wikipedia. There are 0 articles about women's basketball teamshttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Club_de_basket-ball_f%C3%A9minin in this country on French Wikipedia. There are 0 articles about women's basketball teamshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:%E5%A5%B3%E5%AD%90%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0 in this country on Japanese Wikipedia. There are 0 articles about women's basketball teams in this country (he:קטגוריה:קבוצות כדורסל נשיםhttp://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D) on Hebrew Wikipedia. There are 0 articles about women's association football clubs in this country on Farsi Wikipedia (fa:رده:باشگاههای فوتبال زنان بر پایه
Re: [Gendergap] Global perspectives on women and Wikimedia projects: Bangladesh
that is a very interesting report. Thanks Laura for show it to us. (Tanvir fwed it to WMBD mailing list, so i suppose he also thinks is interesting :D) _ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal http://wikimedia.pt (351) 963 953 042 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos* On 25 December 2011 19:47, Laura Hale la...@fanhistory.com wrote: In preparation for WikiWomenCamp and the sister conference open to people of all genders for discussing the gender gap (we'll get a name chosen and do a formal announcement soon!) , we're writing and asking for your assistance in writing about the involvement of and content related to women on Wikimedia projects from around the world. Today, we're looking at Bangladesh. If you can help improve this, please do. Many thanks to Tanvir, WM-BN's secretary, for providing insight into what is going on. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Bangladesh [image: Flag of Bangladesh.svg] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh Bangladesh [image: people standing in a group wearing Wikipedia shirts]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kite_flying2011_065.JPG http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kite_flying2011_065.JPG A Wikipedia 10th Birthday celebration in Bangladesh Bengali Wikimedia projects have very few female contributors. Those that they do have do not contribute on a consistent, regular basis; they edit sporadically. In Bangladesh, women often attend events by the Chapter and others in the country. There are female participants who attend every meet-up. Most of the time, these are new faces and there is a problem in getting the same women to consistently show up to events in order to build up a regular base of active female participants. Currently Wikimedia Bangladesh http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh has no female members in the board. The board is planning to find a woman from the country to be a a Bengali participant in at WikiWomenCamp in Argentina. In December 2011, there were 1,700 women of all ages from Bangladesh who were interested in Wikipedia on Facebook.[1]https://www.facebook.com/ads/create/ 0.06% of all Wikipedia traffic comes from Bangladesh.[2]http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryBreakdown.htm Most editors in Bangladesh edit the Bengali Wikipedia but 91.1% view English Wikipedia. There are many articles about Bengali actresses on the Bengali Wikipedia. These articles were mostly created by male contributors. There is an effort by a Bengali editor to take the Bengali language article about Angelina Joliehttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF to Featured. As of December 2011, there are zero featured articles about women on Bengali Wikipedia. There are two articles about female sport people: an athlete and a chess player. There are 10 articles about female film actresses from Bangladeshhttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%80:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80, 10 articles about female television actresses from Bangladesh, 3 articles about female Bangladeshi stage actresses and 13 articles about Bangladeshi singers. On Bengali Wikipedia, there are 4 articles about Bangladeshi social workershttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%80:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80, 3 of whom women. The amount of women specific content in Bengali, and Bangaldeshi women content, is limited. The Bengali word for User is gender neutral; the name space does not indicate the gender of the user on Wikimedia projects. On English Wikipedia, there are 11 articleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangladeshi_women_in_politics women in politics, 4 articleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangladeshi_feminists about Bangladeshi feminists. There are 0 articles about women's basketball teamshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Category:Women%27s_basketball_teams in this country on English Wikipedia. There are 0 articles about women's basketball teamshttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Club_de_basket-ball_f%C3%A9minin in this country on French Wikipedia. There are 0 articles about women's basketball
