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IIT Madras Centre Launches Project To Reduce Gender Data Gap In Wikipedia
Partnering with SuperBloom Studios and the IIT Madras Alumni Association, ‘Hidden Voices’ initiative aims to automatically generate biographies of several notable women to make a positive impact in gender representation among digital sources.
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From Boxing Barbie To 'Suffragette' Flashmob: World To Mark International Women's Day
A boxing Barbie doll, "suffragette" flashmob and Wikipedia edit-a-thon are among a host of quirky initiatives aimed at highlighting gender inequalities and overturning stereotypes on International Women's Day on March 8.
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Wikipedia: Why aren't women contributing?
In 10 short years, Wikipedia has accomplished some remarkable goals. More than 3.5 million articles in English? Done. More than 250 languages? Sure.But another number has proved to be an intractable obstacle for the online encyclopedia: surveys suggest that less than 15 percent of its hundreds of thousands of contributors are women. About a year ag...
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IIT Madras Centre Launches Project To Reduce Gender Data Gap In Wikipedia
Partnering with SuperBloom Studios and the IIT Madras Alumni Association, ‘Hidden Voices’ initiative aims to automatically generate biographies of several notable women to make a positive impact in gender representation among digital sources.
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From Boxing Barbie To 'Suffragette' Flashmob: World To Mark International Women's Day
A boxing Barbie doll, "suffragette" flashmob and Wikipedia edit-a-thon are among a host of quirky initiatives aimed at highlighting gender inequalities and overturning stereotypes on International Women's Day on March 8.
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Wikipedia: Why aren't women contributing?
In 10 short years, Wikipedia has accomplished some remarkable goals. More than 3.5 million articles in English? Done. More than 250 languages? Sure.But another number has proved to be an intractable obstacle for the online encyclopedia: surveys suggest that less than 15 percent of its hundreds of thousands of contributors are women. About a year ag...
