Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/8

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 19.97% 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!

Women in Red is hosting a virtual editathon from March 1 to 31, 2016, on Art+Feminism in connection with International Women's Day and in collaboration with WikiWomen's History Month and WikiProject Women artists. Anyone can take part whatever their previous experience. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work.

• Background: The 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thons will take place at various venues all over the world. In 2015, over 1,500 participants at more than 75 events participated, resulting in the creation of nearly 400 new pages and significant improvements to 500 articles on Wikipedia.
• Women in Red's areas of focus for this event: artists, works of art by women, social reformers, activists, and feminists.
• Our Participants List.
• Our invitation, thank you note, and barnstar for this event.
• To become a member of WikiProject Women in Red, sign up here.
• To receive notifications about other Women in Red events, join the mailing list.