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Women attendees Wikimania 2013 — Women attendees at Wikimania 2013

Wikimania 2013, the annual conference of the Wikimedia movement, had the participation of more than 60 women. There was a separate track for women in Wikimedia on Day 2 of the conference. Around 40 women participated in WikiWomen's Luncheon which happened on the same day. As of July 30, women accounted 20 percent of online registrations for Wikimania 2013.

Organizing team

The program committee of 11 contained two women, Katie Filbert and Sarah Stierch. Ellie Young facilitated and supported the organizing team in her capacity as the conference co-ordinator of Wikimedia Foundation. Katie Chan was a member and Jessie Wild was the Wikimedia Foundation liaision of the scholarship committee of Wikimania 2013.

Keynote by Sue Gardner

Sue at Wikimania 2013 — Sue keynoting at Wikimania 2013

The keynote on the final day of the conference was delivered by Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation. In response to a question from the press, she replied : "I wish we had solved the (gender gap) problem (in Wikimedia), but didn't."

Wikiwomen's Luncheon

Wikiwomen's Luncheon , the luncheon for women attendees of Wikimania 2013, was held on the second day of the conference. Around 40 women participated in the luncheon. Conversation was facilitated by Sue Gardner. Sue told that the participation in the Wikiwomen's Lunch has rose from 11 in Taipei, 2011 to more than 100 in Washington D.C, 2012. Gardner observed that when Wikimedia's editor community is dominated by educated males, and expansion is by word-of-mouth, it will not "naturally grow to be as diverse as it otherwise could have been." Sarah Stierch, the Program Evaluation Community Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, shared her experiences about volunteering with the Wikimedia Foundation. Staff members of Wikimedia Deutschland passed information and distributed flyers of their upcoming Diversity Conference , which is scheduled to take place in Berlin in November.

Women speakers

Woman presenter at Wikimania 2013 — A woman presenter at Wikimania 2013

The pre-conference events facilitated by women were:

Idea Lab Brainstorm (Siko Bouterse & Heather Walls)
Presentation Clinic (Phoebe Ayers)
Dev Camp (Sumana Harihareswara and others)
Chapters Dialogue session (Nicole Ebber & Kira Kraemer)

The community track for women in Wikimedia featured three talks:

Promoting diversity in the German Wikipedia (Ilona Buchem)
Towards bridging the gender gap in Indian Wikimedia Community (Jadine Lannon & Netha Hussain)
Bridging the gender gap with women scientists (Emily Temple-Wood)

Other talks, panels and workshops by women speakers were:

Open Street Map Workshop (Katie Filbert)
Women and non-conventional education - a study from Indian cultural context (Kavya Manohar)
Growing the Arabic Wikipedia through the Wikipedia Education Program (LiAnna Davis)
Encouraging the creation and development of articles about women in Ibero-America (Ivana Lysholm)
The coolest projects of Wikimedia Chapters - be inspired (Nicole Ebber; together with Lodewijk Gelauff)
Fun user experience is sers bznss, so can you (Siko Boutrese and Heather Walls with Jake Orlowitz)
The other side of the ballot box: Movement-wide elections and refereanda (Risker)
Wikimania Scholarships (Jessie Wild with Martin Rulsch)
Beyond Afripedia : Mali experience (Adrienne Alix with Renaud Gaudin)
Wikipedia and Primary school (Iolenda Pensa, Isla Haddow-Flood with Luca Martinelli)

Women participants in panel discussions were :

Carmen Alcázar and Monica Mora in Wiki Loves Monuments
Sumana Harihareswara in Transparency and Collaboration in Wikimedia Engineering
Sue Gardner in The Growth and Future of Wikimania
Iolenda Pensa, Isla Haddow-Flood, Sandister Tei, Adrienne Alix in Activating Africa

Press

1. "Wikipedia fails to bridge gender gap" (South China Morning Post, 11 August 2013) by Keira Huang

2. "Women contributors still face hurdles at Wikipedia" (The Wall Street Journal, 19 August 2013) by Riva Gold

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+[[File:Women_attendees_Wikimania_2013.jpg|thumb|Women attendees at Wikimania 2013]][https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page Wikimania 2013], the annual conference of the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia Wikimedia movement], had the participation of more than 60 women. There was a separate track for women in Wikimedia on Day 2 of the conference. Around 40 women participated in WikiWomen's Luncheon which happened on the same day. As of July 30, women accounted 20 percent of online registrations for Wikimania 2013.
 ==Organizing team==
-The [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme_committee Program Committee]  of 11 comprised of two women, Katie Filbert and Sarah Stierch. Ellie Young facilitated and supported the organizing team in her capacity as the conference co-ordinator of Wikimedia Foundation. Katie Chan was a member of the [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee scholarship committee] of Wikimania 2013, which has Jessie Wild as the Wikimedia Foundation liaision.
+The [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme_committee program committee]  of 11 contained two women, Katie Filbert and Sarah Stierch. Ellie Young facilitated and supported the organizing team in her capacity as the conference co-ordinator of Wikimedia Foundation. Katie Chan was a member and Jessie Wild was the Wikimedia Foundation liaision of the [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee scholarship committee] of Wikimania 2013.
 ==Keynote by Sue Gardner==
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 ==Wikiwomen's Luncheon==
-[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen's_Luncheon Wikiwomen's Luncheon] , the luncheon for women attendees of Wikimania 2013, was held on the second day of the conference. Around 40 women participated in the luncheon. Conversation was facilitated by Sue Gardner. Sue told that the participation in the Wikiwomen's Lunch has rose from 11 in Taipei, 2011 to more than 100 in Washington D.C, 2012.  Gardner observed that when Wikimedia's editor community is dominated by educated males, and expansion is by word-of-mouth, it will not "naturally grow to be as diverse as it otherwise could have been."Sarah Stierch, the Program Evaluation Community Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, shared her experiences about volunteering with the Wikimedia Foundation. Staff members of Wikimedia Deucheland passed information and distributed flyers of their upcoming [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference Diversity Conference] , which is scheduled to take place in Berlin in November.
+[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen's_Luncheon [[File:Wikiwomen's_luncheon_at_Wikimania_2013.jpg|thumb|left|Wikiwomen's luncheon at Wikimania 2013]]Wikiwomen's Luncheon] , the luncheon for women attendees of Wikimania 2013, was held on the second day of the conference. Around 40 women participated in the luncheon. Conversation was facilitated by Sue Gardner. Sue told that the participation in the Wikiwomen's Lunch has rose from 11 in Taipei, 2011 to more than 100 in Washington D.C, 2012.  Gardner observed that when Wikimedia's editor community is dominated by educated males, and expansion is by word-of-mouth, it will not "naturally grow to be as diverse as it otherwise could have been." Sarah Stierch, the Program Evaluation Community Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, shared her experiences about volunteering with the Wikimedia Foundation. Staff members of Wikimedia Deutschland passed information and distributed flyers of their upcoming [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference Diversity Conference] , which is scheduled to take place in Berlin in November.
 ==Women speakers==
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 #[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Presentation_clinic Presentation Clinic] (Phoebe Ayers)
 #[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/DevCamp Dev Camp] (Sumana Harihareswara and others)
+#[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_dialogue Chapters Dialogue] session (Nicole Ebber & Kira Kraemer)
 The community track for women in Wikimedia featured three talks:
 # ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Promoting_diversity_in_the_German_Wikipedia Promoting diversity in the German Wikipedia] ''(Ilona Buchem)
 # ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Towards_bridging_the_gender_gap_in_Indian_Wikimedia_community Towards bridging the gender gap in Indian Wikimedia Community] ''(Jadine Lannon & Netha Hussain)
-# ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Bridging_the_Gender_Gap_with_Women_Scientists Bridging the gender gap with women scientists]''
+# ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Bridging_the_Gender_Gap_with_Women_Scientists Bridging the gender gap with women scientists] ''(Emily Temple-Wood)
-Other talks and workshops by women speakers were:
+Other talks, panels and workshops by women speakers were:
 # ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/OpenStreetMap_workshop Open Street Map Workshop] ''(Katie Filbert)
 # ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Women_and_non-conventional_education_-_A_study_from_Indian_cultural_context Women and non-conventional education - a study from Indian cultural context ]'' (Kavya Manohar)
 # ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Growing_the_Arabic_Wikipedia_through_the_Wikipedia_Education_Program Growing the Arabic Wikipedia through the Wikipedia Education Program ]'' (LiAnna Davis)
 # ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Encouraging_the_creation_and_development_of_articles_about_women_in_Ibero-America Encouraging the creation and development of articles about women in Ibero-America] ''(Ivana Lysholm)
+# ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_coolest_projects_of_Wikimedia_Chapters_-_be_inspired The coolest projects of Wikimedia Chapters - be inspired] ''(Nicole Ebber; together with Lodewijk Gelauff)
+# ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Fun_user_experience_is_srs_bznss,_and_so_can_you Fun user experience is sers bznss, so can you]'' (Siko Boutrese and Heather Walls with Jake Orlowitz)
+# ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_other_side_of_the_ballot_box:_Movement-wide_elections_and_referenda The other side of the ballot box: Movement-wide elections and refereanda ]'' (Risker)
+# ''[https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimania_scholarships Wikimania Scholarships] ''(Jessie Wild with Martin Rulsch)
+# ''[http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Beyond_Afripedia:_Mali_Experience Beyond Afripedia : Mali experience]'' (Adrienne Alix with Renaud Gaudin)
+# ''[http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikipedia_and_Primary_School Wikipedia and Primary school]'' (Iolenda Pensa, Isla Haddow-Flood with Luca Martinelli)
+Women participants in panel discussions were :
+# Carmen Alcázar and Monica Mora in [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_-_panel Wiki Loves Monuments]
+# Sumana Harihareswara in [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Transparency_and_collaboration_in_Wikimedia_engineering Transparency and Collaboration in Wikimedia Engineering]
+# Sue Gardner in [https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Growth_and_Future_of_Wikimania The Growth and Future of Wikimania]
+# Iolenda Pensa, Isla Haddow-Flood, Sandister Tei, Adrienne Alix in [http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Activating_Africa Activating Africa]
+[[Category:Technical conferences]]
 ==Press==
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 . "''[http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/19/women-contributors-still-face-hurdles-at-wikipedia/ Women contributors still face hurdles at Wikipedia]"'' (The Wall Street Journal, 19 August 2013) by Riva Gold
+[[Category:Technical conferences]]