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

[Beran Dondeh]

This is interesting and something I would definitely be interested in and something GamChix should look at for sure 

Beran 

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> On 5 Apr 2018, at 14:11, Alagie Ceesay <aceesay84 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> FYI
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> SIG Women invitation to organize local nodes for the 1st Global Editathon “Girls in ICT” - April 28
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> Dear Chapter Leaders,
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> 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.
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> 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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> 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."
> Wikipedia:Encuentros/Editatona:feminismos 
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> We are looking for support to organize nodes of edition within the ISOC Chapters.
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> Is your Chapter interested? This is what you need:
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> -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.
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> 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!
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> ISOC Women SIG
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> Victor Ndonnang
> Chapter Development Manager, Africa
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