User:MCruz (WMF)/Sandbox/Gender Gap/FAQ

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This FAQ is intended to provide helpful background to discussions about the Gender Gap, and to make it easy to link people to commonly-needed information.

How many women are there on Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects)? edit

Differences by language and country edit

Retention patterns edit

Other demographics edit

Are “women’s” subjects under-represented on Wikipedia? edit

Why is under-representation a problem? edit

Why do so few women edit Wikipedia? edit

Less available time edit

Difficult-to-navigate rules edit

Aggressive and unwelcoming behaviour edit

Lack of confidence/assertiveness edit

Harassment edit

Are there actual cases of women who don't edit because of the above problems? edit

What efforts have been made, or could be made to address the gender gap? edit

Former or existing Wikimedia efforts edit

Women’s groups edit

Discussion forums edit

Conferences and events edit

Being more hospitable edit

Countering harassment edit

Edit-a-thons edit

WikiProjects edit

Surveys edit

What efforts have been tried outside of Wikipedia? edit

There are a variety of efforts that have been made in other communities which have a similar lack of women, which we might want to consider in future. Here is a summary of some of the most common.

Mentoring programs edit

Targetted training edit

Financial sponsorship edit

What are some of the hot issues or incidents related to the gender gap? edit

Categorisation of women authors edit

ArbCom Gamergate decision edit

Who should be responsible for fixing this problem? edit

What are some of the underlying concepts relevant to this subject? edit