WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Venezuela
Venezuela
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Venezuela official language is Spanish and languages spoken by Indigenous people from Venezuela. There are at least 40 languages around Venezuela. Other languages spoken by foreigners and their descendants are found in Venezuela, among the most important are Chinese, Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Portuguese, Arabic, English and French. Some people who live next to the border of Brazil speak Portuguese.
Wikimedia Venezuela has at least one female on the board, Laura Fiorucci.
- Wikipedia
In December 2011, there were 53,700 women of all ages from Venezuela who were interested in Wikipedia on Facebook.[1] In December 2011, according to Alexa, Wikipedia was ranked the 12th most popular site in the country.[2] In the period between November 2010 and October 2011, 5.5% of the traffic to Spanish Wikipedia was from this country.[3]
- Other project
In December 2011, according to Alexa, Wikinews was ranked the 5,003th most popular site in the country.[4] A December 2011 search on English Wikinews for Women Venezuela found 4 articles that mentioned both words.[5]
In December 2011, according to Alexa, Wikibooks was ranked the 2,555th most popular site in the country.[6]
In December 2011, Wikiversity was ranked the 4,921th most popular site in the country.[7] There are no women from this country involved in leadership roles on English or German Wikiversity. Their participation is minimal to non-existent.
On Commons 16.46% users indicated they're female. The most popular interface language after English is Spanish with 108166 users. With a large gap, French is 2nd with 46961 users and German 3rd with 35982 users. The large population of Spanish users on Commons is probably the result of local uploads on Spanish Wikipedia being disabled.
- Venezuela women perspective to free knowledge
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- Women in Venezuela
- The fight for gender equality in Venezuela amongst other depicted in the creation of The National Institute for Women (INAMUJER) in 2000, and also several campaigns for greater representation of women in elected positions. In 2007 Venezuela passed a "Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence", and instituted a number of other measures against domestic violence. In 2008 Amnesty International called the law "an example for the rest of the region," but noted that effective implementation would require political will and adequate resources.
- The Foundation
During the December 2011 fundraising appeal, no Venezuelans, men or women, were featured are part of the appeal. During the 2011 Summer of Research, the WMF hired eight research fellows. Of these, only one was female, and she was from the United States. There were four males from American universities, The other researchers included men from a Japanese university, a Swiss university and a Canadian university. There were no research fellows, male or female, from this country.