About us
A feminist community of Wikipedia editors
Wikiesfera works to close the gender gap on Wikipedia. Since 2015 we have been writing the women who are missing from the encyclopedia, and training the women who are missing among its editors.
The rest of this website, and all our activities, are in Spanish. This page is a short summary in English. Leer en español
Wikiesfera in numbers
Who we are
Born in 2015
We started as a working group at Medialab Prado, the digital culture centre of Madrid, asking a simple question: why do so few women edit Wikipedia? The answer became our editathons, each one opened by a guest expert.
Part of the Wikimedia movement
The Wikimedia Foundation recognised us as an official user group in 2018. Our legal entity is the Asociación WikiLabs, a non-profit registered in Spain.
Local and online
Our community meets every week in Madrid and twice a month online. We also have local groups in Zaragoza (WikiAragón), Vigo (WikiMorada) and Asturias (WikiAsturianes).
How we are governed
A team of five coordinates our work. Since 2023 our Consejo de Sabias, a council of fifteen experienced women, approves our strategic plans and our activity and financial reports.
What we do
We map the gaps (which women, which topics are missing or poorly covered), we train new editors in workshops and courses, and we edit together in editathons and online campaigns. We often work with museums, archives, libraries, universities and public bodies, who open their collections and expertise to us.
- Gender: women in science, sport, politics, the arts and every other field.
- Democratic memory: women of the Second Republic, the Civil War, exile and the fight for democracy in Spain.
- Culture: women artists, writers, musicians and the heritage held by cultural institutions.
- Knowledge equity: rural, migrant, Romani, LGBTIQ+ and other under-represented women and communities.
Recognition
- 2026 · Mujeres Progresistas Award, Culture category, granted by the Federación de Mujeres Progresistas (Spain)
- 2026 · Women in Digital Champion, WIDCON
- 2026 · Our #8N editathon was included in a toolbox of the Freie Universität Berlin
- 2025 · Finalists, Premios Avanzadoras
- 2025 · Finalists, European Digital Skills Awards
- 2024 · Lovie Award
In June 2024 The Guardian told our story: “We’re writing history”: Spanish women tackle Wikipedia’s gender gap (opens in a new tab). More coverage (in Spanish) in our press room.
Reports and plans
Every year we report to the Wikimedia Foundation, which funds a large part of our work. Our reports and plans are public on Meta-Wiki, in English.
Annual reports
2025 (opens in a new tab)2024 (opens in a new tab)2023 (opens in a new tab)2022 (opens in a new tab)2021 (opens in a new tab)2020 (opens in a new tab)2019 (opens in a new tab)2018 (opens in a new tab)
Plans
Strategic Plan 2026–2028 (opens in a new tab)Annual Plan 2027 (opens in a new tab)Annual Plan 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Research
Wikiesfera has been studied as a case of feminist activism on Wikipedia, in a chapter of the book Píxeles y patriarcado (Dykinson). More on our research page, in Spanish.
Work with us
We design editathons, training and long-term projects with cultural institutions, universities, public bodies and organisations of the Wikimedia movement, in Spain and beyond. Write to us and tell us your idea.
Some of the organisations we work with
Our institutional dossier is in Spanish: read it in your browser.
Get in touch
Partnerships, projects and general enquiries
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