The gender gap on Wikipedia

Gender Gap on Wikipedia

Open Belgium conference – 06.03.2017 Ciell, Loraine Furter

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90 % MALE9 % FEMALE

1 % TRANSGENDER

Wikimedia Foundation Editor Survey 2011

What is your gender ?

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/27/nine-out-of-ten-wikipedians-continue-to-be-men/



31 years old, white, straight, single male

with a degree in higher education

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women_and_Wikimedia_Survey_2011

Average Wikipedia contributor :



The Gender Gap has it own Wikipedia article :



The multiple layers of the Gender Gap :



Language bias :



Women in the World History



Representation bias :



Gender Gap projects on Wikipedia



Gender Gap project on the Dutch language Wikipedia



Gender Gap project with Wikimedia Nederland



Gender Gap projects on the French language Wikipedia



Gender Gap projects on the French language Wikipedia

SAVE THE DATE :

8th of March14:00-18:00Royal Library

Brussels



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