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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 19.81% 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!

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Online event 1–30 April 2020
New books on gender studies

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This April, Women in Red is once again focusing on women in gender studies.

Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women in gender studies, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, 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 some of the world's most 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 (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

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 tweet about any of the articles, or upload any of the images to Pinterest, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

Thank you!

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Some of those relating to gender studies are listed below:

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

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

New or upgraded articles

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

1. María Antonieta Alva
2. Bano Haralu
3. Rada Borić
4. Dorcas Oluwade
5. Hala Al-Dosari
6. Maria Mesner
7. Nicole-Claude Mathieu
8. Judith Astelarra
9. Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
10. Anne-Marie Devreux
11. Ilse Korotin
12. Birgitte Possing
13. Akosua Adomako Ampofo - PIN
14. Claudia von Werlhof
15. Krassimira Daskalova
16. Francine Descarries
17. Souad Sbai - PIN
18. Rashmi Tiwari 25% smaller - but now a wiki biog, PIN
19. Winifred Hoernlé - PIN
20. St George's School, Edinburgh upgrade now mentions its place in history
21. Mary Russell Walker
22. Ada Cohen - improved
23. Bedford College, London added some refs
24. Eliza Bostock
25. Lucy Harrison polish, PIN
26. Elizabeth Jesser Reid pic & polish, PIN
27. Elizabeth Anne Bostock
28. Kalavati Devi toilet builder TW, PIN
29. B. Codanayaguy rocket scientist TW, PIN
30. My body, my choice
31. Janine Austin Clayton - PIN
32. Padala Bhudevi - PIN
33. Rashmi Urdhwareshe award for empowerment
34. Nilza Wangmo award for empowerment
35. Angela Miri
36. Věra Sokolová
37. Jamida Beevi
38. Mary Campion
39. M. Elizabeth Tidball

Did You Know features

New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

• Add here – most recent at the top with date of publication
• Kalavati Devi - 11 May
• Julia Azari - 10 May

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2020

Add here – most recent at the top

• 
  Elizabeth Jesser Reid
• 
  Ruby Ginner
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  Janine Austin Clayton
• 
  Rashmi Urdhwardeshe
• 
  presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar to mountaineer Tashi Malik
• 
  Nilza Wangmo won India's prize for bigging up her ambition
• 
  Gertrude Barrison

• Invitation: APRIL 2020
• Editathon banner for talk pages: Template:WIR-160: {{WIR-160}}