The Wikiesfera Women

Kay

Jun 24, 2024 — 1 min read

“Just under a fifth of Wikipedia’s content, including biographies, is focused on women, while women account for just about 15% of the site’s volunteer editors. “The numbers are pretty terrifying,” said Patricia Horrillo, who for much of the past decade has spent her spare time working to tackle this gap, cultivating a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to publishing content focused on women.

“The result is Spain’s Wikiesfera, one of a handful of groups around the world – from Whose Knowledge? in the US to Italy’s WikiDonne and Switzerland’s Les Sans Pages – that have sprung up to address Wikipedia’s gender balance.”

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