Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/11

Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!

Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.87% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome to participate in the work of Women in Red!

Dates	April 13-14 2016
Location	This is a virtual, global event... you can participate from anywhere in the world
Host	Women in Red
Supporting	University of Edinburgh
Hashtag	#wikiwomeninred
Facilitators	Rosiestep; add your name here; add your name here

Celebrating Women in Espionage

For Spy Week 2016 on April 13-20, 2016, Women in Red is focusing on women in espionage, in collaboration with and support of University of Edinburgh's "Women in Espionage and Spy Fiction".

Anyone can take part in this event, whatever their previous experience. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the women in espionage who are still red-linked on the English Wikipedia. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work. See the list of red links for guidance.

The main goals of the event are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
• to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works