Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/UN Women

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UN Women NYC
HerStory International Youth Day
Edit-a-thon

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| data2 = Friday, August 12, 2016

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| data3 = 9:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT

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46th Street & 1st Avenue
Trusteeship Council Conference Room

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| data5 = New York, NY 10017 United States

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UN Women HerStory @ Meta

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File:United Nations Trusteeship Council chamber in New York City 2.JPG

File:Handout - UN Women 2016.pdf

United Nations Women Edit-a-thon is a global project and Edit-a-Thon that will be held on [http://www.un.org/en/events/youthday/ 2016 International Youth Day] on Friday, August 12, 2016. This event is organized by the Wikipedia community, supported by [http://www.unwomen.org/en United Nations Women] and joined by [http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/ UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth]. The main event will be held in United Nations Headquarters in New York City, and many local events, as well virtual Edit-a-Thons, which aim to promote Wikipedia content that will help close the gender gap.

Knowledge is both a resource and an investment, and like all other forms of wealth, it is often differentially 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.

As Wikipedia compiles what represents close to the sum of all human knowledge, women should be recognized as part of that sum. [https://www.empowerwomen.org Empower Women] by [http://www.unwomen.org/en UN Women], the [http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/ UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth], the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality, and a group of volunteer champions are working on enhancing and increasing the content on Wikipedia related to women and gender equality to raise awareness, close the gender knowledge gap, and start changing and editing the future. If you believe in the notion of online collaboration for the greater good and gender equality and have been impacted by an inspiring woman in your lifetime, join our campaign and make them more visible to inspire millions. Help us celebrate [https://authoring.empowerwomen.org/en/community/events-opportunities/2016/07/herstory-edit-a-thons HerStory edit-a-thons] to close the gender knowledge gap on International Youth Day on August 12, 2016.

Join HerStory edit-a-thons to contribute, promote, and celebrate women of the world. Make sure you going to be an agent of this herstorical change.

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Event information

File:Emblem of the United Nations.svg

A series of HerStory edit-a-thons will be held on Friday, August 12, 2016, which is International Youth Day in many cities around the globe and online. At the UN Headquarters in New York, the HerStory edit-a-thon will be convening 600 participants to edit and write for Wikipedia. The day-long event will include an opening, a Wikipedia 101 brief tutorial, a full day of writing and editing, featured speakers from our partners, breaks for coffee and networking, and a closing speech.

Date: Friday, August 12, 2016
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm EST
Location: United Nations Headquarters (46th Street & 1st Avenue), Trusteeship Council Conference Room, New York, NY 10017 {{Coord|40|44|58|N|73|58|5|W}}
Participants should arrive at the security entrance at 8:30 am
All participants must go through the security tent of the UN visitors centre, located on 46th and 1st Avenue to gain access to the UN
[http://ggim.un.org/docs/meetings/GGIM5/Conference%20Building%20Layout.pdf United Nations Headquarters map]
[https://unitednations.catertrax.com/upload/UNDiningServicesMap.pdf?intOrderID=&intCustomerID= UN Dining Services map]

Subway:
UN directions recommend taking the 4, 5, 6, 7, or S trains to Grand Central Station; walk east on 42nd Street to 1st Avenue -- or transfer to [http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m042cur.pdf M42 Bus]
{{NYCS Lexington|time=bullets}} to 42nd St. (exit at Grand Central 42nd Street and Park Avenue)
{{Template:NYCS Sixth|time=bullets}} to 42nd St. (exit at 42nd Street and Bryant Park (5th/6th Avenue)
{{NYCS Broadway|time=bullets}} to 42nd St. (exit at 42nd Street and Broadway/7th Avenue)
{{NYCS Broadway-Seventh|time=bullets}} to 42nd St. (exit at 42nd Street and 7th Avenue)
{{NYCS 42nd|time=bullets}} to Grand Central (exit at Grand Central 42nd Street and Park Avenue)
{{NYCS Eighth south|time=bullets}} to 42nd St. (exit at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue) and take M42 bus
NYCT Bus: {{NYC bus link|M1|M2|M3|M4|M42|M101|M102|M103|Q32|X2|X5|X10|X12|X14|X22|X22A|X27|X28|X31}}, {{NYC bus link|X37|X42|X63|X64|X68}}
[http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m042cur.pdf M42 Bus Schedule], [https://bustime.mta.info/m/;jsessionid=08D266B8DFE8F428D70FDC1C208EEB87?q=M42 MTA Bus Time for M42 Bus]
{{bus icon}} MTA Bus: {{NYC bus link|BxM1|QM21}}
File:BSicon BAHN.svg Metro-North: Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines (at Grand Central Terminal)
Car: Private parking garages are available from East 45th Street to East 49th Streets, between 1st and 2nd Avenues

Hashtag: [https://twitter.com/hashtag/HerStory #HerStory]
Sponsors:
[https://www.empowerwomen.org Empower Women] by [http://www.unwomen.org/en UN Women]
[http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/ UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth]
[http://social.un.org/youthyear/unianyd.html UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality]
May Hachem aka {{u|May Hachem93}}, WikiProject Women founder in MENA and Wikipedia Education Program leader in Egypt, with the UN Women Regional Office in Cairo and [https://www.empowerwomen.org/en/community/people/82a5142a-558b-4616-8e28-3d0974089675/May-Hachem EmpowerWomen.org]
[mailto:emad.karim@unwomen.org?subject=HerStoryEdit-a-thon Emad Karim @ UN Women]
[https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation]
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight aka {{u|Rosiestep}} from Women in Red
Wikimedia New York City

Agenda

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Time ! Activity
9:30 am – 10:00 am \| Arrive at United Nations Headquarters (46th Street & 1st Avenue) - bring printout of registration to go through security
10:00 am – 10:15 am \| Welcome and general introduction, UN Women. Anna Falth, Empower Women - Trusteeship Council Conference Room
10:15 am – 10:30 am \| Katherine Maher aka {{u\|Katherine (WMF)}}, Executive Director, [https://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation]
10:30 am – 11:00 am \| Training I
11:00 am – 12:30 pm \| Create User Account
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm \| LUNCH break
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm \| Reconvene in Trusteeship Council Conference Room
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm \| Anna Falth, Empower Women Katherine Maher, Executive Director, [https://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation] [http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/about/ Ahmad Alhendawi], [http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/ United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Envoy] Jennifer Breslin, Innovation and Technology for Development Lead at United Nations Women Group photo! {{N.b.}}
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm \| Training II for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm \| Create User Account for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm \| Freeform Editing, lightning talks from [http://www.heforshe.org/en HeForShe] speaker, Wikimedia project highlights
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm \| Talks and skill-sharing
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm \| Wrap-up with Wikimedia community

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Time

! Activity

9:30 am – 10:00 am

| Arrive at United Nations Headquarters (46th Street & 1st Avenue) - bring printout of registration to go through security

10:00 am – 10:15 am

| Welcome and general introduction, UN Women. Anna Falth, Empower Women - Trusteeship Council Conference Room

10:15 am – 10:30 am

| Katherine Maher aka {{u|Katherine (WMF)}}, Executive Director, [https://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation]

10:30 am – 11:00 am

| Training I

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

| Create User Account

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

| LUNCH break

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm

| Reconvene in Trusteeship Council Conference Room

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

| Anna Falth, Empower Women
Katherine Maher, Executive Director, [https://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation]
[http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/about/ Ahmad Alhendawi], [http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/ United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Envoy]
Jennifer Breslin, Innovation and Technology for Development Lead at United Nations Women
Group photo! {{N.b.}}

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

| Training II for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

| Create User Account for International Youth Day 2016: Youth Leading Sustainability attendees

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

| Freeform Editing, lightning talks from [http://www.heforshe.org/en HeForShe] speaker, Wikimedia project highlights

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

| Talks and skill-sharing

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

| Wrap-up with Wikimedia community

What you can do

You can contribute to closing the gender gap on Wikipedia by:

Writing new articles about accomplished women who deserve a Wikipedia page and fall under Wikipedia's notability guidelines
Editing existing articles about women to add information and make them more gender sensitive
Translate existing articles into other languages to increase each page's visibility and usability

;Resources

Query Wikidata for female scientists with most number of articles in other Wikipedias, excluding English ([https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fsitelink%29%20AS%20%3Flinkcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ901%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cde%2Ces%2Car%2Cfr%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Flinkcount%29 query])

What to bring

See Eventbrite event description for frequently asked questions

;Please note that security restricts food and drinks being brought into the building. Food options are linked to above under Event information

Your laptop and power cords (we cannot provide computers for participants; tablets will be difficult to work on for this event)
Valid photo ID
Printout of event registration

Please sign up for a Wikipedia account before you come to the event

RSVP

Registration is required to attend this event

[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/herstory-international-youth-day-edit-a-thon-tickets-26812434714 Eventbrite] File:Eventbrite Logo.png

Task list

Stubs are short articles that can be improved and expanded upon

Focus on STEM: links to missing articles

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Links to other missing articles

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Women in Red – Tasks

AfroCROWD – Tasks

Writers (via WikiData)

Youth literature writers

Miscellaneous by focus area

Miscellaneous by nationality

Organizations

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'''Outcomes'''

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