#wiki4her #EditAThon Campaign - #African stories on Wikipedia

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1873 Network #Wiki4Her Campaign

Lets tell the African woman's story online.

1873 Network #Wiki4Her Campaign

Knowledge is both a resource and an investment, and like all other forms of wealth, it is often deferentially distributed throughout a social system. In many areas, information simply does not exist, and where it does exist, it is often sexist. Gender knowledge gaps and biases reinforce the harmful stereotypes and practices, and often misrepresent women and girls, and undercut or undervalue their contributions locally and globally. It is 2016, and we cannot tolerate leaving women and girls behind anymore.
The 1873 Network #Wiki4Her is a programme adapted from and contributing to the #HerStory Campaign run by Empower Women (UN Women) on https://www.empowerwomen.org/en/campaigns/herstory
The 1873 Network #Wiki4Her serves a special purpose vehicle to capacitate as many editors as possible so that the African woman’s story can be told to the world. This is a programme geared to the preservation of wisdom and perpetuation of the African woman’s legacy.
Why does closing the gender knowledge gap and Wikipedia matter?
As clearly articulated during the Empower Women Edit-a-Thons held on World Youth Day, on the 12th of August 2016, it is important that we all close the gender gap, especially on strategic information dissemination portals like Wikipedia which have an effect on how we consume and generate knowledge.
With a better understanding of the way women and girls live their lives, and the specific inequalities and injustices that hold them back every day, communities can identify the challenges and fix them. Recognizing the contribution of women through history can defy the current stereotypes about women and provide positive models for girls and the world. Gathering and analysing data makes the invisible women more visible.
Wikipedia editors have real implications on millions of users daily as it the sixth-most-visited website on the Internet and over 1,796,235

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