Celebrate Women/Events
Wikimedia movement gender gap events are added to this page around February and throughout April every year. Below is a table of events for this year, though we may have missed some! Please add your scheduled event to Celebrate Women in your community to this page, and feel free to do so in the language of the event.
You can learn about other events in the movement here.
Online
| Language(s) | When | Type of event | Event topic list | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| en | 1-31 March 2025 | Participate at your convenience: | Organized by Women in Red (est. Wikimania 2015) | Rosiestep - rosiestep.wiki gmail.com
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| en | Monday, March 10, 2025, 4 pm CST | Women in Religion WikiProject - Online, regular monthly session | Women in Religion WikiProject is dedicated to increasing content about women in religion on Wikipedia. We meet monthly via Zoom. | Figureskatingfan | |
| en, fr | March 13th – March 31st | Celebrate Africa Women in Wikimedia! | Organized by Africa Wiki Women | Celebrating Africa Women in Wikimedia africawikiwomen gmail.com
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| en | March 19 at 16:30 UTC / 9:30 PT | Wikimedia Research Showcase focused on Gender Gap | Presentation live streamed through Youtube, | Research Showcase MediaWiki Page, kgordon wikimedia.org
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| en | February 28 at 12:00 UTC | Art+Feminism Virtual Editing Table (VET): How Images Can Change Wikipedia and the Internet | Organized by Art+Feminism | Art+Feminism 2025-2026 Programming
info@artandfeminism.org | |
| en, fr, es | March 8 at 16:00 UTC | Art+Feminism Virtual Editing Table (VET): Editing Wikiquote with Wiki Loves Women team | Organized by Art+Feminism | Art+Feminism 2025-2026 Programming
info@artandfeminism.org | |
| en, es, pt | April 25 at 6:30 UTC | Art+Feminism Virtual Editing Table (VET): Transnational Data Activism and Feminist Movements in Latin America | Organized by Art+Feminism | Art+Feminism 2025-2026 Programming
info@artandfeminism.org | |
| en, fr | March 1st at 6ː00 pm UTC | Online launch of the Wiki OTO campaign | WikiData GenderGap - African Women | The Wiki Oto Campaign will officially launch on March 1, 2025 at 6ː00 pm UTC. | Event page afek wikiinafrica.org
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| fi | 3 – 9 March | Weekly edit competition | Women, gender minorities and equality is the theme of the weekly editing competition in the Finnish Wikipedia during week 10 of 2025. | Event page | |
| nb, nn, se, smn | 1–31 March | Monthly edit competition | Women in Red is the theme for the monthly contest for March in the Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sámi and Inari Sámi Wikipedias. | Contest page | |
| en, fr, ak, gpe, fat, dag | 5-31 March | Shine Her Light 2025
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Organised by Open Foundation West Africa to celebrate African women during Internation Women's Day/ Month | Contest Page
jboateng@ofwafrica.org | |
| es (but possible to edit in any language and wiki) | 14-31 March | Women in wartime Campaign - Let's create, translate and improve articles around this topic in any wiki | Suscribe here to get the worklist and learn more about the campaign | Organized by Wikiesfera | More info at isabel@wikiesfera.org and the event page |
| es | 12 March | How to contribute to Wikipedia when we are short of time? Smartphone editing workshop | Organized by Wikiesfera | Request the Zoom link to access the workshop at info@wikiesfera.org | |
| es | 1–31 March | Monthly edit competition:
Evento del mes - Mes de las Mujeres de la diversidad sexual. |
Suscribe here | Organized by Wikiproyecto:LGBT+ and WMLGBT+ | Discussion page or Telegram group |
| fa | 8 March-8 April | Women in Red 2025 | زنان سرخپوش ۲۰۲۵ | Organized by Iranian Wikimedians User Group | Telegram group |
| en | 13 March, 17:00 UTC | Persistence & Progress: Confronting Wikipedia’s gender imbalance (Wiki Education Speaker Series) | In celebration of Women’s History Month, join Wiki Education on Thursday, March 13 on Zoom to explore the ongoing efforts to close the gender gap on Wikipedia!
Panelists:
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Register here for Zoom link |
Africa
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Event topic list | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| All African countries | En, Fr | Online | Online | 01/03/2025 - 30/04/2024 | Campaign Launch | The Wiki OTO is a new campaign started by members of the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group in 2025. | ||
| All francophone African countries | fr | Abidjan. Abomey-Calavi, Ponte Noire, Goma, Douala, Yaoundé, Maroua, Conackry, N'Djamena, Lomé, | IRl | 15/03/2025- 31/03/2024 | francophone women writers | campaign launch | Quinzaine des autrices francophones | |
| All African countries | en, fr, ak, gpe, fat, dag | Online | Online | 5-31 March | Shine Her Light 2025
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Organised by Open Foundation West Africa to celebrate African women during Internation Women's Day/ Month | Contest Page
jboateng@ofwafrica.org |
Asia
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Event topic list | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| India | Assamese | Tezpur | Tezpur University | 08/03/2025 | (will be updated) | Residential Wikisource Workshop | A Residential Wikisouce Workshop is organized as a celebration of International Women's Day in collaboration with CIS-A2K and Assamese Department of Tezpur University | User:JyotiPN (Assamese Wikimedia Community) |
Europe
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Event topic list | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| Netherlands | nl, en | Den Haag/The Hague | National Archive | 8 March | Wikipedia workshop + Commons & data workshop | InternationaleVrouwendag2025 | ||
| Spain | es, ca | Barcelona | Diferent places | 29 March | Launch the Women's health project which will continue with Wikimarathons and meetings until October." | Wikiproyecto Mujeres y Salut | ||
| Romania and Republic of Moldova | ro | Romania and Republic of Moldova. One special event will be held in Bucharest on the 1st of March (edit-a-thon). | 21 February – 15 March | national annual campaign (3rd year) | We invite you to a competition for editing articles about female personalities from Romania and the Republic of Moldova, to write new Wikipedia articles or improve existing articles about women. | ro:Wikipedia:Wikimărțișor/2025 | ||
| Norway | nb, nn | Oslo | Deichman Bjørvika | 1 March, 14:00–16:00 | Meetup and editathon | Meetup and mini-editathon with Women in Red as a topic, for both experienced and novice Wikipedians. | wikimedia.no | |
| Norway | nb, nn | Oslo | Sentralen | 8 March, 12:00–15:00 | Editathon | Editathon and outreach event with Women in Red as a topic. | wikimedia.no | |
| Switzerland | fr | Lausanne | Musée d'art et de design | 8 March 10:00-18:00 | Editathon | Editathon on women in art and design | les sans pagEs | |
| Spain | es | Toledo | Museo Sefardí | 15 March 10.30-14h | Edit-a-thon(a) | Edit-a-thon(a) on Sephardi Women. | Organized by Wikiesfera - More info and registration here | |
| Spain | es | Madrid | Medialab-Matadero | 22 March 11-14.30h | Edit-a-thon(a) | Edit-a-thon(a) on women authors and works + Wikiesfera's 10th anniversary celebration | Organized by Wikiesfera - More info and registration here (limited spots) |
Latin America
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Event topic list | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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Middle East
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Event topic list | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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North America
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Oceania
| Country | Language(s) | City | Location | When | Event topic list | Type of event | Notes | Contact / URL |
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| Australia | en | Sydney | Artbank | Friday 7 March 2025 | Wikipedia edit-a-thon | To increase the visibility of women artists in the Artbank collection in partnership with Wikimedia Australia | Wikipedia Meet up page | |
| Australia | en | Melbourne | Richmond Library | Saturday 8 March 2025 | Wikipedia edit-a-thon | Art+Feminism theme in partnership with Wikimedia Australia | Eventbrite | |
| Australia | en | Canberra | National Gallery of Australia | Saturday 15 March 2025 | Wikipedia edit-a-thon | Know My Name, NGA initiative celebrating the work of women artists in partnership with Wikimedia Australia | NGA event page | |
| New Zealand | en | Dunedin | University of Otago | Friday 7 March 2025 | Wikipedia edit-a-thon | To increase the visibility of women scientists | Wikipedia event page |