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8th March is International Women's Day and to celebrate, women in India are organizing edit-a-thons and meetups to create and expand articles of importance to women in Wikipedia in English and various Indian languages. The goal of the month-long event is to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia and increase representation of articles related to women in Wikipedia. The event aims at creating new articles, expanding the existing stubs and translating English articles to various Indic languages.
Please add [[Category:Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014]] to all the articles you create as a part of Women's History Month (India) edit-a-thon.
For the list of Indian women Parliamentarians and Indian women scientists, see the respective sections below.
Sign up here if you are interested in writing articles for Women's History Month events on English Wikipedia. If you are interested in participating in individual edit-a-thons, please sign up under the respective sections.
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This event is aimed at increasing the number and quality of articles related to women members of legislative bodies in India. Everyone is welcome to come edit Wikipedia with us at this event. Women, transwomen, Indians and those who are interested in articles related to Indian women are particularly encouraged to attend. Feel free to edit articles in the language of your choice. If you have any questions, contact User:ParulThakur who is leading this event.
Dates: 8 and 9 March 2014
Time: throughout the day (Can't be there on all two days? No problem, join us as long or as little as you can)
Location: At your homes, over a cup of tea or coffee!
This event is aimed at increasing the number and quality of articles related to Indian women scientists. Everyone is welcome to come edit Wikipedia with us at this event. Women, transwomen, Indians and those who are interested in articles related to Indian women are particularly encouraged to attend. Feel free to edit articles in the language of your choice.If you have any questions, contact User:ParulThakur who is leading this event.
Dates: March 15-16, 2014
Time: throughout the day
Location: At your homes, over a cup of tea or coffee!
Please add [[Category:Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014]] to all the articles you create as a part of Women's History Month (India) edit-a-thon.
While working on Bangalore event in 2013, we came out with a wonderful idea of capturing some moments with Indian Wiki Women. Here is some of the videos that we have received so far. We would love more such video, So join your hands to add more.
Hi Meetup! 8th March is International Women's Day and to celebrate, women in India are organizing edit-a-thons and meetups to create and expand articles of importance to women in Wikipedia in English and various Indian languages. The goal of the month-long event is to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia and increase representation of articles related to women in Wikipedia. The event aims at creating new articles, expanding the existing stubs and translating English articles to various Indic languages. Read more about the event on our project page: Women's History Month (India), 2014.
Get involved by:
Signing up for the event and writing articles about notable Indian women