UN Women NYC HerStory International Youth Day Edit-a-thon
Date Friday, August 12, 2016 Time 9:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT Address
United Nations Headquarters 46th Street & 1st Avenue Trusteeship Council Conference Room City New York, NY 10017 United States Global initiatives
HerStory edit-a-thons
UN Women HerStory @ Meta
United Nations Trusteeship Council chamber in New York City
UN Women 2016 Event PDF
United Nations Women Edit-a-thon is a global project and Edit-a-Thon that will be held on
2016 International Youth Day on Friday, August 12, 2016. This event is organized by the Wikipedia community, supported by
United Nations Women and joined by
UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth . The main event will be held in
United Nations Headquarters in New York City, and many local events, as well virtual Edit-a-Thons, which aim to promote Wikipedia content that will help close the
gender gap .
Knowledge is both a resource and an investment, and like all other forms of wealth, it is often differentially distributed throughout a social system. In many areas, information simply does not exist, and where it does exist, it is often sexist. Gender knowledge gaps and biases reinforce the harmful stereotypes and practices, and often misrepresent women and girls, and undercut or undervalue their contributions locally and globally. It is 2016, and we cannot tolerate leaving women and girls behind anymore.
As Wikipedia compiles what represents close to the sum of all human knowledge, women should be recognized as part of that sum.
Empower Women by
UN Women , the
UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth , the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality, and a group of volunteer champions are working on enhancing and increasing the content on Wikipedia related to women and gender equality to raise awareness, close the gender knowledge gap, and start changing and editing the future. If you believe in the notion of online collaboration for the greater good and gender equality and have been impacted by an inspiring woman in your lifetime, join our campaign and make them more visible to inspire millions. Help us celebrate
HerStory edit-a-thons to close the gender knowledge gap on International Youth Day on August 12, 2016.
Join HerStory edit-a-thons to contribute, promote, and celebrate women of the world. Make sure you going to be an agent of this herstorical change.
A series of HerStory edit-a-thons will be held on Friday, August 12, 2016, which is International Youth Day in many cities around the globe and online. At the UN Headquarters in New York, the HerStory edit-a-thon will be convening 600 participants to edit and write for Wikipedia. The day-long event will include an opening, a Wikipedia 101 brief tutorial, a full day of writing and editing, featured speakers from our partners, breaks for coffee and networking, and a closing speech.
Transit details
Subway: UN directions recommend taking the 4, 5, 6, 7, or S trains to
Grand Central Station ; walk east on 42nd Street to 1st Avenue -- or transfer to
M42 Bus
NYCT Bus :
M1 ,
M2 ,
M3 ,
M4 ,
M42 ,
M101 ,
M102 ,
M103 ,
Q32 ,
X2 ,
X5 ,
X10 ,
X12 ,
X14 ,
X22 ,
X22A ,
X27 ,
X28 ,
X31 ,
X37 ,
X42 ,
X63 ,
X64 ,
X68
MTA Bus :
BxM1 ,
QM21
Metro-North :
Harlem ,
Hudson , and
New Haven Lines (at
Grand Central Terminal )
Car: Private parking garages are available from East 45th Street to East 49th Streets, between 1st and 2nd Avenues
Time
Activity
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Arrive at United Nations Headquarters (46th Street & 1st Avenue) - bring printout of registration to go through security
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Welcome and general introduction,
UN Women . Anna Falth, Empower Women - Trusteeship Council Conference Room
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Katherine Maher aka
Katherine (WMF) , Executive Director,
Wikimedia Foundation
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Training I
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Create User Account
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
LUNCH break
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Reconvene in Trusteeship Council Conference Room
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Anna Falth, Empower WomenKatherine Maher, Executive Director,
Wikimedia Foundation
Ahmad Alhendawi ,
United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Envoy Jennifer Breslin, Innovation and Technology for Development Lead at United Nations Women Group photo! *
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Training II for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Create User Account for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Freeform Editing, lightning talks from
HeForShe speaker, Wikimedia project highlights
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Talks and skill-sharing
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Wrap-up with Wikimedia community
You can contribute to closing the gender gap on Wikipedia by:
Writing new articles about accomplished women who deserve a Wikipedia page and fall under Wikipedia's
notability guidelines
Editing existing articles about women to add information and make them more gender sensitive
Translate existing articles into other languages to increase each page's visibility and usability
Resources
Query Wikidata for female scientists with most number of articles in other Wikipedias, excluding English (
query )
See Eventbrite event description for frequently asked questions
Please note that security restricts food and drinks being brought into the building. Food options are linked to above under
Event information
Your laptop and power cords (we cannot provide computers for participants; tablets will be difficult to work on for this event)
Valid photo ID
Printout of event registration
Please
sign up for a Wikipedia account before you come to the event
Registration is required to attend this event
Stubs are short articles that can be improved and expanded upon
New article creation
Focus on STEM: links to missing articles
Links to other missing articles
Esto es un editatón de Wikipedia
The Impact of Wikipedia
Emily Temple-Wood
Wikipedia Zero
BlackLifeMatters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Harlem, New York City, February 6, 2016
Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy
The 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Alphabetical by first letter
Ahmad Alhendawi --
Rosiestep (
talk ),
Jeremyb-phone (
talk ),
BrillLyle (
talk ),
Fuzheado (
talk )
Amina J. Mohammed --
Fsimpsonallen (
talk )
Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Barbara Clayton --
History2HerstoryAtUN (
talk )
Barbara Vann --
Nwhysel (
talk )
Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Black Press --
DCLivers (
talk )
Bonnie Watson Coleman --
jramteke (
talk )
Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council --
ChangeWithUs (
talk )
Carine Verbauwen --
Vmathrani (
talk )
Carole Wainaina --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Cheikh Anta Diop University --
Sasassou (
talk )
Christine Quinn --
jramteke (
talk )
Eduardo Ulibarri --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Female entrepreneur --
Dkingsmill (
talk )
Florence Garvin --
Napplicable (
talk )
French language --
Constance Soledad (
talk )
Gender & History --
Empwrgirls (
talk )
Gender equality --
Dkingsmill (
talk )
Gladys Aylward --
Constance Soledad (
talk )
Gloria Naylor --
Doctorxgc (
talk )
Guillermo Rishchynski --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Hardeep Singh Puri --
Vmathrani (
talk )
HeForShe --
Rivera va (
talk )
Inuit doll --
ChangeWithUs (
talk )
Judy Dearing --
nwhysel (
talk )
Julia A. J. Foote --
Chlosophia64 (
talk )
Julie F. Barcelona --
nwhysel (
talk )
Kate Austin --
Dee1595 (
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Katharine Jefferts Schori --
ChangeWithUs (
talk )
Kirsti Lintonen --
Lange.lea (
talk )
List of Muslim astronomers --
Aude (
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Maria do Valle Ribeiro --
Lange.lea (
talk )
María Eugenia Casar --
Kru719 (
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Maria Grant --
Dee1595 (
talk )
Mariam al-Asturlabi --
BrillLyle (
talk )
Marlene Moses --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Mattie Griffith Browne --
Dee1595 (
talk )
Model United Nations --
Arleneuv (
talk )
Myriam Merlet --
Lbrauner (
talk ),
BrillLyle (
talk )
Nancy Roman --
Httpgraceanderson (
talk )
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal --
Httpgraceanderson (
talk )
Nathalie du Pasquier --
BrillLyle (
talk )
Nawal al-Hawsawi --
MeBa2016 (
talk )
Paul P. --
Dilettante Army (
talk )
Peggy Phelan --
Megs (
talk )
Piotr Uklański --
Dilettante Army (
talk )
Pontifical Xavierian University --
Eri ospina (
talk )
Sara Ahmed --
Aweav94 (
talk )
Simona Miculescu --
Hadiasheerazi (
talk )
Susana Malcorra --
Lange.lea (
talk )
The New School --
Moora060 (
talk )
Tulcingo --
Valentine camano (
talk ) -- translation from
Tulcingo in Spanish Wikipedia
UN Women --
SilverChuckle (
talk )
Undoing Gender --
Snespeak (
talk )
United Nations Holocaust Memorial --
Ardra22 (
talk )
United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency --
Httpgraceanderson (
talk )
UNRocks --
Lange.lea (
talk )
Women in Morocco --
YasminaBenbrahim (
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Women in New Zealand --
Jramteke (
talk )
Yishay Garbasz --
Dilettante Army (
talk )
Multi-language Wikipedias
Dolores Correa y Zapata --
Thepaumillan (
talk )
Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer (FUPDM) --
Thepaumillan (
talk )
Josefa Molera --
Aude (
talk ) -- in Spanish Wikipedia
Josefa Molera --
Aude (
talk ) -- in Catalan Wikipedia
Juana Belem Gutiérrez de Mendoza --
Thepaumillan (
talk )
Margaret Chase Smith --
Monlerith (
talk ) -- in Spanish Wikipedia
Môtiers --
LéonJunior (
talk ) -- in French Wikipedia
Alphabetical by first letter
Barbara Vann --
Nwhysel (
talk )
Carmen Garza T. Junco --
MelinaGonzalezAlanis (
talk ) 04:36, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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Consuelo Mayendía --
Rosiestep (
talk )
Doaa Elghobashy --
Aweav94 (
talk )
Mariam al-Asturlabi --
Aude (
talk )
Nathalie du Pasquier --
Arispool (
talk )
UNRocks --
Hadiasheerazi (
talk )
AfD moved to Sandbox
Lisa Amati --
Marseamermaid (
talk )
Alphabetical by first letter
Consuelo Mayendía (Q5784851) --
Rosiestep (
talk )
Doaa el-Ghobashy (Q26207574) --
Aweav94 (
talk )
Mariam al-Asturlabi (Q12242407) --
Aude (
talk ) -- merged
d:Q19976762 with
d:Q12242407 (duplicate items for Mariam al-Asturlabi)
Rosario Soler (Q20898806) --
Rosiestep (
talk )
UN Women Her Story (Q26257619) --
BrillLyle (
talk )
Alphabetical by first letter
UN Women Her Story (Q26257619) --
Federico Leva (WMIT) (
talk )
Alphabetical by first letter
2016 UN Women 01 to
2016 UN Women 27 (27 photos) --
BrillLyle (
talk )
Ahmad Alhendawi at the UN --
Fuzheado (
talk )
Mujeres del Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer --
Thepaumillan (
talk )
UN HerStory editathon 2016 photosphere - high --
Fuzheado (
talk )
UN HerStory editathon 2016 photosphere - low --
Fuzheado (
talk )
UN HerStory editathon 2016 photosphere - medium --
Fuzheado (
talk )
WikiConference North America 2016 logo --
Fuzheado (
talk )
2016 UN Women @ United Nations
2016 UN Women @ United Nations W!
Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
Specific language
IRC channels (i.e, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Sindhi)
See also:
Virtual Edit-a-Thons at
Wikipedia and UN Women Project
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