1000 Women in Religion Edit-a-thon hosted by the Parliament of World Religions in support of Women's History Month

Parliament of World Religions
Event information
What	1000 Women in Religion Edit-a-thon hosted by the Parliament of World Religions
Date	Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:00pm-3:00pm, CDT
Location	ZOOM Video Conference
Host	Colleen D. Hartung
Facilitators	Dzingle1; PMCH2

Did you know that only 18% of the biographical subjects and 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women? WikiProject 1000 Women in Religion is a major initiative of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) Women's Caucus. The project aims to address the under-recognized work of cis and transgender women in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions by adding 1,000+ women in religion onto Wikipedia.

At this edit-a-thon/workshop, hosted by the Parliament of World Religions, participants will sign up as wiki-editors, create their personal user page, learn the basics of editing and make their first wiki-edits. We can also help you to start a new article about a woman who is not on Wikipedia but should be included.

Our worklist will focus on: keynote speakers and other presenters from the 2015 and 2018 Parliament of World Religions. Participants are also welcome to work on women from any religious, spiritual or wisdom tradition who are not on the worklist. There will be plenty of time for questions and time for hands on assistance. No need to be a technological expert!

Join us in our effort to address gender bias on Wikipedia by improving the coverage of women in religion on Wikipedia.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

• Register to attend: here

• Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
• Time: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., CDT
• Location: ZOOM Video Conference
• Who should attend: Parliament of World Religions supporters, religious scholars, librarians, and Wikipedians who would like to help us in our effort to improve existing articles and create new articles about women in religion on Wikipedia. In particular we will be working on women connected with the Parliament of World Religion in leadership, and as keynote speakers and presenters at the 2015 and 2018 Parliaments.
• Training: Find more information, tutorials and training modules at 1000 Women in Religion Project website.
• Questions? For more information, contact Colleen (dzingle1).

• Welcome and Introductions
• What is the “1000 Women in Religion Project” including a conversation about bias on Wikipedia
• Is everybody signed up as a Wiki-editor?
• Some basic training
• Basic editing
• Questions
• How you can participate in the project

Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on the 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page.

• Signup for a Wikipedia account and the 1000 Women in Religion/Parliament of World Religions Edit-a-thon Dashboard: 'here'. Consider concerns about anonymity when choosing a "user name" unless you want to be identifiable.
• You can also signup for a Wikipedia account: here.

What else?

• No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary as training will be provided.
• No background in religion, diversity, or women's history is required as we will have resources on hand to cite.

The "1000 Women in Religion Project", a major initiative of the Women's Caucus of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, seeks to add over 1,000 names and contributions of religious, spiritual and wisdom women to Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in the world. The contributions of women in all fields of work, scholarship and life, including religion and spirituality, have gone under-recognized, across time and in our present-day context. This under-recognition, which is a form of gender bias, is reflected and reproduced in our commonly used sources of knowledge – in our history books, in our news media, even in our sacred texts. The more we can document and highlight the contributions of women leaders in their religious and spiritual traditions, the more we can change the perception that women have not been leaders. The Women’s Caucus is supported in this effort to raise up notable women onto Wikipedia by Atla and the Women’s Task Force of the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Since its inception, the Parliament of World Religions has been an advocate for women. Women were speakers at the 1893 Parliament including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, author of the Women’s Bible, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first ordained woman in America. The 1993 Parliament endorsed a Global Ethic with four Irrevocable Directives, including the Commitment to a Culture of Equal Rights and Partnership Between Men and Women. Women religious and spiritual leaders were featured at the 1993, 1999, 2004, and 2009 Parliaments, and in 2015, an Inaugural Women’s Assembly was held with over 3,500 participants that included the Declaration for the Dignity and Human Rights of Women. For the 2018 Parliament, the Women’s Task Force extended the Parliament’s legacy with exciting programs and initiatives. The title for the 2018 Parliament women’s programming was The Dignity of Women Across the World’s Wisdom Traditions and Society. The “1000 Women in Religion Project” began as an initiative of the 2018 Parliament of World Religions Women's Task Force with the goal of bringing attention to women religious and spiritual leadership world-wide.

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Key
*Blue links -- articles need improvement
*Red links -- do not yet have a Wikipedia articles

• Elizabeth Alfred
• Ann Allebach
• Alice Auma
• Hazrat Babajan
• Laurie Baymarrwangga
• Sarah Blackborow
• Bridget of Sweden
• Bruriah
• Sun Bu'er
• Juana Inés de la Cruz
• Emma Beard Delaney
• Draupadi
• Julia A. J. Foote
• Mata Gujri
• Mahapajapati Gotami
• Lydia Emelie Gruchy
• Rt. Rev Barbara C. Harris
• Himiko
• Maud K. Jensen
• Mata Sahib Kaur
• Margery Kempe
• Asiyih Khanum
• Bahíyyih Khánum
• Khema
• Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut
• Kunti
• Mother Mary Lange
• Ann Lee
• Jarena Lee
• Lakshmi
• Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
• Maiden of Ludmir
• Marie of Romania
• Māllīnātha
• Aimee Semple McPherson
• Mechthild of Magdeburg
• María Romero Meneses
• Anitta Müller-Cohen
• Bebe Nanaki
• Rabia of Basra
• María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña
• Maria Vicenta Rosal
• Umm Ruman
• Sarah Schenirer
• Bathsheba W. Smith
• Sojourner Truth
• Yeshe Tsogyal
• Sujata
• Táhirih
• Phillis Wheatley