hi Pine, I wonder: have you had any other replies yet that looked helpful?
Claudia ---------- Original Message ----------- From:"Kerry Raymond" <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> To:"'Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase theparticipation of women within Wikimedia projects.'" <gender...@lists.wikimedia.org>, "'Wiki Research-l'" <wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, "'Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list'" <wikimedia-casca...@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent:Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:09:31 +1000 Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Gendergap] Gender data by project > No, I cannot help with the data (although I share > your interest in knowing it). > > But, it is probably not too surprising to find > higher concentrations of female Wikipedians in > education and GLAM as there are usually high > levels of female participation in those > professions. If the Wikipedia data exists, it > would be interesting to compare it with > corresponding occupation gender balances. For > example, the biological sciences attract a lot of > women (far more than the physical sciences), does > that reflect in higher levels of female > participation in Wikispecies? Of course, it may > not be obvious what occupations should be used for > comparison? Travel agents for Wikivoyage? > Professional photographers for Commons? > > Kerry > > _____ > > From: gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > Behalf Of Pine W Sent: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 > 6:07 PM To: Wiki Research-l; Addressing gender > equity and exploring ways to increase > theparticipation of women within Wikimedia > projects.; Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list > Subject: [Gendergap] Gender data by project > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if data about gender of > contributors on projects other than English > Wikipedia is available? In addition to other > language Wikipedias, it would be interesring if we > have data about Commons, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, > Wiktionary, Wikispecies, etc. > > Also, anecodotally I obeserve a relatively high > percentage of female participation in education > and GLAM activities. Do we have data about the > gender of participants in education and GLAM, > particularly in leadership roles? > > Thanks, > Pine ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
