Grants:PEG/User:Nattes à chat/Let's fill the gender gap Workshops

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Let's fill the gender gap Workshops

Organize workshops to empower women to step out as experts by contributing to Wikipedia articles focusing on swiss women pages which are currently not fully updated or created. At the end of the workshop participants will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation from the office of equality of the University of Geneva.

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start date1 August

start year2015

end date31 July

end year2016

budget (local currency)6000 chf

budget (USD)6,400 USD

grant typeindividual

creator• Nattes à chat

contact(s)• natacha.rault@unige.ch or n.rault@me.com

created on20:17, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

There are not enough women contributors on Wikipedia, and the wiki pages referring to women experts tend to give an overweighted focus to their marital life. The workshop will aim at documenting these pages concerning the French speaking part of Switzerland while at the same time empowering women participants to step out as experts in their own area of research. They will be immersed in a male-female environment, and encouraged to be persistent andf thought provoking in their wiki interactions. This will in turn be an empowering experience they can use later in their professional life.

What is your solution?

Provide a number of six session workshops within an academic surrounding to teach participants how to become a wiki contributor with a special focus on gender awareness. Coach women and male participants in their first contributions to wiki articles and bring awareness on how to overcome stereotypes that hold women back. The participants will all, male and females be working on pages about renowned swiss women, but in their own area of expertise. Here is the general layout of the 6 workshops to be replicated 3 times (18 workshops over one year):

1 - introduction to Wikipedia & explaining the gender gap & identifying participants area of contribution 2 - learning the basics of modifying and creating an article 3 - responding to feedbacks from the community 4 - how to look for information to provide references : technical tools for internet "watch" 5 - using inclusive language: writing techniques 6 - closing and meeting senior contributors to assess contributions

The first session could be started by a conference to be held at the University of Geneva on the 26th of september. The title of the conference will be "Wikipedia : qui parle de quoi?" (Wikipedia : who says what?) to attract attention from targeted participants. These are the people we would be thrilled to invite:

Sue Gardner http://suegardner.org/2011/02/19/nine-reasons-why-women-dont-edit-wikipedia-in-their-own-words/

Lila Tretikov http://time.com/wikipedia/

Dame Stephanie Shirley http://www.ted.com/talks/dame_stephanie_shirley_why_do_ambitious_women_have_flat_heads

Florence Devouard: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Devouard www.youtube.com/watch?v=x61FPodmTdQ

More information on the conference will be available soon! The team has worked on the communication tools (flyers and design). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/Contribs#Politique.2FPhilosophie.2FEthique

Goals

- Get more women to contribute to wiki articles
- Review existing articles on famous women from the french speaking part of Switzerland
- Build a network and community of female contributors in the Geneva Lake area
- Build a community of wiki contributors in Geneva interested in gender issues
- Empower women to step forward as experts, to "lean in" as defined by Sheryl Sandberg
- Bring gender awareness to male contributors
- Teach participants to become contributors
- Promote equality of chances on internet and among workshop participants
- Empower female researchers by helping them to step forward as experts in their field of research
- Promote confidence and self esteem by a learn-by-doing approach
- Provide a series of workshops with professional coaches to teach how to contribute to Wikipedia

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Participants

• Community organizer This project needs a community organiser to provide the technical competencies and knowledge on the Wikimedia projects to help support the volunteers. Gabrielle Marie WMCH (talk) 07:29, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
• Advisor Monitoring Wiki pages. LaMèreVeille (talk) 11:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Other participants have allready been identified, but have no wiki accounts:

The project has been presented and submitted to the Emilie Gourd Foundation, who was the actual initiator of a project related to the gender gap on wikipedia.

Mrs Brigitte Mantilleri, Head of the equal opportunity office of the University of Geneva

Mrs Thérèse Moreau an eminent academic writer on the use of inclusive language in french has expressed her willingness to participate.

Gabrielle Marie will bring in during the first and last workshop senior contributors from the Wikipedia community.

Endorsements

• It is a fantastic opportunity to build a network of female contributors with strong partners in the french speaking part of Switzerland. The contributor Nattes à chat has reached out to WMCH who will answer present as a community organiser to help see this project develop. Gabrielle Marie WMCH (talk) 07:19, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
• This project will contribute to build momentum on the phenomenon of the gender gap on Wikipedia. Partnering with the University of Geneva and the Emilie Gourd Foundation will build traction and awareness on the importance of women's participation. Gabrielle Marie WMCH (talk) 10:07, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
• Because the gender gap needs to be filled. Coline de Senarclens (talk) 07:54, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

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Project plan

Activities

- teach how to edit-publish-modify Wikipedia articles
- to teach how to argue, defend and document a point of view
- to help people to build their own information research tools on internet in order to document and reference their articles and modifications
- to promote gender awareness by providing tools to overcome unconscious biases in editing and writing activities
- to coach women in their first steps on Wikipedia in order to help them stand out as experts and be confident in the long run. To help them overcome the first aggressive remarks by a well prepared and documented point of vue
- to help male participants to create a gender inclusive environment
- team building to create a pool of active contributors interested in filling the gender gap

Budget

In kind contribution:
●room provided by University of Geneva : 5400 CHF
●professional coach specialized in gender issues provided by UNIGE: 5400 CHF
● Wikimedia project manager to teach technical editing aspects : 5400 CHF
● a teacher of internet information searching tools provided by UNIGE : 5400 CHF

Other contributions needed for 18 sessions of 3 X 6 workshops throughout one year
●sandwiches and refreshment for 18 workshops: 3500 CHF
●books on wikipedia and Swiss Women 15 each: 1500 CHF
●promotion, communication: 500 CHF
●writing material for workshops: 500 CHF

Concerning the books, we have found out:

1 that Florence Devouard's book is available on wikibooks so we would probably only order just a few for people who are totally new to this type of books and will need time to transition 2 we would probably be better off by having a set of various book of women's biographies. The president of the Emilie Gourd foundation, who is contributing to the project financially as well, has given us a list of chosen books that could be useful. We would like to order these instead of the proposed two books above.

Community engagement

We will run three sessions of 6 workshops and encourage participants of the first sessions to become mentors in the following sessions. Participants will receive an UNIGE participation certificate at the end of each sessions, and the last workshop will include the participation of local active wiki contribution. A monkey survey will be run at the end of each session to get a feedack from participants,

Sustainability

The objective is to encourage the building of a contributing community so we hope that the project will continue after the grant ends. We are already looking out for funding opportunities in the long run. We also envisage publishing a book using the wikipedia editing tool with the help of Mrs Brigitte Mantilleri, who has written and published books in the past.

Measures of success

- we aim at 15-20 participants per workshop and will target 5 gained active wikipedia contributors per session
- we aim at completing all the entries of the swiss women listed in 2 books: "Pionnières et Créatrices en Suisse Romande", éditions Slatkine, and Mantilleri & Hervé, "Histoires et Visages de Femmes", collection Archives vivantes, Cabédita, 2004
- the ultimate objective is to create a pool of a dozen active contributors interested in filling in the Wikipedia Gender Gap who will continue after the first year

Community notification

Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions. Need notification tips?

• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Ateliers/UNIGE/Suisse
• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Femmes a project in France. --Nattes à chat (talk) 19:21, 8 August 2015 (UTC) visited them in Paris with Coline de Senarclens to learn how they conducted a workshop and evaluate a potential participant to the conference that will launch the workshops.

Project plan

Activities

- teach how to edit-publish-modify Wikipedia articles - to teach how to argue, defend and document a point of view - to help people to build their own information research tools on internet in order to document and reference their articles and modifications - to promote gender awareness by providing tools to overcome unconscious biases in editing and writing activities - to coach women in their first steps on Wikipedia in order to help them stand out as experts and be confident in the long run. To help them overcome the first aggressive remarks by a well prepared and documented point of vue - to help male participants to create a gender inclusive environment

The planning and themes of the workshops are ready and the project is documented in its french version with a detailed overview of the workshops for presentation at the local levels.

Budget

In kind contribution: ●room provided by University of Geneva : 5400 chf ●professional coach specialized in gender issues provided by UNIGE: 5400 vhf ● Wikimedia project manager to teach technical editing aspects : 5400 chf ● a teacher of internet information searching tools provided by UNIGE : 5400 chf

Other contributions needed for 18 sessions of 3 X 6 workshops throughout one year ●sandwiches and refreshment for 18 workshops (10 to 20 participants): 3500 chf ●books on wikipedia and Swiss Women 15 each: 1500 CHF ●promotion, communication: 500 chf (this will be used to print flyers to promote the workshops to future contributors who are not yet connected ●writing material for workshops: 500 CHF (this will be used to print teaching material to be distributed to participants, provide pencils and notebooks)

The Emily Gourd Foundation has agreed to cover part of the budget for the coaches of the workshops and for a conference to be launched on the 29.09.2015 at the University of Geneva to give a dynamic kick off to the workshops and possibly attract new contributors.Unige and Emily Gourd will participate to 50% on the cost of the conference as was agreed in our last joint meeting in June 2015. The cost of the Conference has been estimated to 10 000 CHF.

Community engagement

We will run three sessions of 6 workshops over one year and encourage participants of the first sessions to become mentors in the following sessions. Participants will receive an UNIGE participation certificate at the end of each sessions, and the last workshop will include the participation of local active wiki contributors. A survey will be run at the end of each session to get a feedback from participants.

Sustainability

The objective is to encourage the building of a contributing community so we hope that the project will continue after the grant ends. We are already looking out for funding opportunities in the long run.

Measures of success

- we aim at 15-20 participants per workshop and will target 5 gained active wikipedia contributors per session - we aim at completing all the entries of the swiss women listed in 4 books, among which: "Pionnières et Créatrices en Suisse Romande", éditions Slatkine, and Mantilleri & Hervé, "Histoires et Visages de Femmes", collection Archives vivantes, Cabédita, 2004 - the ultimate objective is to create a pool of a dozen active contributors interested in filling in the Wikipedia Gender Gap who will continue after the first year

We are targeting a minimum of 60 articles published. We have started to compile all the renowned swiss women having incomplete pages or not owning on a wiki page. For the moment we have identified 170 women, but have not finished the listing. Wikimedia Ch has provided another list compiled by an editathon team in Lausanne and Neuchatel which focuses on swiss women artists. The Emilie Gourd Foundation will also provide support in establishing a list of missing articles, as they have regularly promoted the publication of women's biographies in the past.

Project team

Requirements for the project to be a success:
· Nattes à chat is specialized in professional coaching with a focus on diversity issues. She has been active as a columnist in Le Temps, an outstanding newspaper for french speaking Switzerland. She is also working for the Dual Career Couple program of the University of Geneva and coaching professional women.
· La Mère veille is a scientist teaching information searching tools on Internet and watch tools for strategic monitoring.
·Gabrielle Marie : Technical person for the Wikimedia project. She will provide the editing technical skills needed.( from Wikimedia CH).

The team beneficiates from support of the Equal Opportunity Office of the University of Geneva. Brigitte Mantilleri, Juliette Labarthe and Coline de Senarcles have created profiles on the french wikipedia to contribute and participate.

The Emilie Gourd Foundation, who actually initiated the desire to have a conference on the subject of the Wikipedia Gender Gap in Geneva last year, was presented with the final project mid may and has expressed support and will soon join us on this page! Sabine Estier and Maluchapo have created profiles on the French wikipedia to participate.

Community notification

Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Ateliers/UNIGE/Suisse This will be done within the University of Geneva (4000 enployees) using the internal messaging and annoucment system and distributing flyers.Need notification tips?

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