Last Wednesday, August 7, 2024, the first day of the international meeting was held Wikimania in Katowice and the second edition of the WikiWomen Summit, It brings together women from the wiki community and seeks to foster a culture of inclusion, respect and equality. In its first edition in Singapore in 2023, Maria Sefidari (disambiguation) (@mSefi) was responsible for giving its Inaugural talk With which she reflected on how to transform the Wikimedia Movement towards gender equity.
This year, the guest was Patricia Horrillo (@PatriHorrillo) with his statement entitled Together we are more visible, where she talks about her experience on Wikipedia and highlights the seriousness about the lack of female editors. She denounces the difficulties women face in making our contributions visible, both on Wikipedia and in real life, and advocates for structural change within the Wikimedia movement to achieve gender equity, prioritizing concrete actions and adequate resources to support and empower women.
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