[GamChix] Fwd: [ISOC - AF] : SIG Women invitation to organize local nodes for the 1st Global Editathon “Girls in ICT” - April 28

[esther king]

Thanks for sharing!

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Alagie Ceesay <aceesay84 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Chapter Leaders, I'm sending this message to you on behalf of the
> ISOC Women Special Interest Group (Women SIG). Please take action and...
> FYI
>
> SIG Women invitation to organize local nodes for the 1st Global Editathon
> “Girls in ICT” - April 28
> <https://connect.internetsociety.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=4e2ab03d-bbbd-43cf-a85f-48543ff6994b&CommunityKey=aece2151-c415-4383-963e-f93b89533c5a&tab=digestviewer#bm4e2ab03d-bbbd-43cf-a85f-48543ff6994b>
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> Dear Chapter Leaders,
>
>
>
> I'm sending this message to you on behalf of the ISOC Women Special
> Interest Group (Women SIG).
>
> Please take action and help bring more Women and Girls in the ICTs and
> Internet field.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Victor.
>
>
>
> At the Women's Special Interest Group of the Internet Society and in
> coordination with Wikimedia Foundation, we are organizing the 1st Global
> Editathon "Girls in ICT" on April 28 on the occasion of the Girls in ICT
> Day (which is on April 26).
>
>
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> We want to create content written by women and about women on the Girls in
> ICT Day, mainly to make women in technology more visible and to inspire
> girls to pursue STEM careers. On that day, we will edit the biographies of
> women: founding, pioneers, entrepreneurs, developers, and leaders in
> technology from each region.
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>
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> What is an Editathon? "An editathon is a marathon in which we edit, create
> and improve Wikipedia articles with reliable and verifiable sources on a
> specific subject. We also upload to Wikimedia Commons images related to it,
> to build together the complete story of the event. It is a participatory
> activity that adds a face-to-face dimension to the online task of volunteer
> editors and editors who, in addition to bringing socialization to the
> community, makes it more visible to the public."
> <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/Editatona:feminismos>
>
> *Wikipedia:Encuentros/Editatona:feminismos
> <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/Editatona:feminismos>*
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> *We are looking for support to organize nodes of edition within the ISOC
> Chapters.*
>
>
>
> Is your Chapter interested? This is what you need:
>
>
>
> -Availability to organize the local node on April 28, 2018 (note that the
> Girls in ICT Day in on April 26, but in order to facilitate the
> organization of the editathon, we plan to do the event on April 28. Each
> node can decide the time).
>
> -A place where the participants can bring their laptops: it can be a
> school, a university, a cultural or community center in your country etc.
>
> -Internet connection.
>
> -Develop a list of women: founding, pioneers, entrepreneurs, developers,
> and leaders, of whom we will create or edit their biography in Wikipedia.
>
> -Share the invitation with your chapter members and promote the
> participation of women and girls in the editathon.
>
> -Send us your information to the mail: sigwomenisoc at gmail.com no later
> than *Monday, April 9.*
>
>
>
> In addition, we are planning to have a "Wikipedia edition" webinar a week
> before the event.
>
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> If you have any questions or doubts, feel free to contact us:
> sigwomenisoc at gmail.com
>
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> Join us to make more women visible on Wikipedia!
>
>
>
> ISOC Women SIG
>
>
>
> Sent by
>
> --
>
> Victor Ndonnang
>
> *Chapter Development Manager, Africa*
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