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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 19.76% 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. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!

Online event 1–31 August 2023

Every August, to celebrate International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, we give special attention to indigenous women from around the world. We hope both new contributors and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies about indigenous women, as well as articles on their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. If you need sourcing help or have questions about tribal identities for US subjects, you can contact Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America. For understanding who is and is not Indigenous (which is capitalized, per the manual of style) see Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities. You can of course also write articles on any other notable women, for example under our #1day1woman priority.

The main goals of the event are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
• to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
• to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
• If you share any of the articles on social media (thank you!), please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

We have a wide variety of red-link lists. In addition to those on women from pertinent countries, the following should be particularly useful in identifying Indigenous women who deserve to be covered:

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

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Most recent on top, please, specify upgraded if not new and add to updated articles section below

New articles

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Promote our work

Key:

• Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
• Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
• Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter
• Add IG after the article if you post in on Instagram
• Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
• Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page via WP:In The News.

Did You Know features

• Elizabeth James-Perry - 6 September

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 278 articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

• ... that Julia Figueredo was the first indigenous woman to be elected president of La Paz's parliamentary delegation? (2024-01-04)
• ... that wampum artist Elizabeth James-Perry also works on ecological restoration projects, including the reintroduction of native plant life? (2023-10-05)
• ... that Patricia Mancilla pushed to have restrictions on abortion in Bolivia expunged from the legal code – even after leaders in her own party came out against it? (2023-09-03)
• ... that Yokcushlu (pictured) was taken hostage on HMS Beagle and named after a basket? (2023-08-23)

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons:

Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2023 Add here – most recent at the top

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  Harriet Wright O'Leary
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  María Alanoca
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  Louisa Briggs
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  Irene Eastman
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  Irene Eastman
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  Ninfa Huarachi
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  Josephine Waconda
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  Patricia Mancilla
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  Rear Admiral Josephine Waconda
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  Julia Figueredo
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  Dorothy Davids
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  Judi Upton (later gaiashkibos)
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  Judi Upton (later gaiashkibos)
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  Venida Chenault

1. Category:Human zoo performers
2. Category:Indigenous translators
3. Category:Indigenous journalism
4. Category:Indigenous journalists
5. Category:Indigenous sportspeople
6. Category:Indigenous-language mass media
7. Category:Indigenous literature by language
8. Category:Indigenous film people
9. Category:Indigenous mass media people
10. Category:Indigenous poets
11. Category:Sámi writers
12. Category:Sámi poets
13. Category:Sámi educators
14. Category:Sámi schoolteachers
15. Category:Sámi translators
16. Category:Sámi journalism
17. Category:Sámi journalists
18. Category:Sámi linguists
19. Category:Southern Sámi people

Also the Sámi categories have been linked to the indigenous categories above.

• Invitation: August 2023
• Editathon banner for talk pages – Indigenous women Template:WIR-278: ((WIR-278))