TAKE ACTION: Projects Around the World that Address the Tech Gender Gap

Description

TAKE ACTION! This series of lightning talks will showcase inspiring projects around the world which focus on bringing more women into open knowledge & tech. Find inspiration in the work of these speakers, and see how your company, organization, and self can take action to create change in regards to women’s participation – now and in the future.

  1. Sarah Stierch, Wikimedia Foundation; Tea & Collaboration, two projects to engage women to contribute to Wikipedia.
  2. Silke Meyer, “Free your Android” workshops - experiences of first workshop
  3. Wendy Brawer, Green Map System’s woman-led initiatives
  4. Anke Domscheit-Berg, Opengov.me / fempower.me, presenting best practice on Random Hacks of Kindness Hackathon in Germany and on Roberta - a primary school robot building program for girls resulting in true impact on choice of profession
  5. Victor Miclovich, Girl Geek Series (first one: Girl Geek series kampala), presenting girl series; a four week technical hands-on experience to engage girls at one business incubator called OutBox

Session Host

Sarah Stierch, Wikimedia Foundation, United States. @sarah_stierch or sstierch@wikimedia.org

Contributors

TBA

Bios

A Wikipedian since 2004, Sarah Stierch is leading the fight in closing the gender gap within Wikipedia and related websites by assisting others in “minding the (gender) gap” in Wikipedia and developing programming for the Wikimedia Foundation as a Community Fellow. Stierch is also a curator by heart, with her Master’s in Museum Studies from George Washington University. She utilizes her curatorial and art history background to explore how open source communities like Wikipedia can work with cultural institutions to improve content. Living in the Bay Area, she also provides consulting services to cultural and historical organizations. You can follow her on Twitter at @sarah_stierch.

Details

Location: INSPIRE Foyer

Date & Time: Wed 19 - 16:00-17:30

Target Group: Anyone interested in taking action!

Topic Stream: Gender and Diversity in Openness

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