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Belarus

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The Republic of Belarus language is Belarusian.

Wikipedia

There are 7 very active contributor (more than 100 edits a month) and about 39 active contributor (more than 5 edits a month) to Belarusian language. Making Belarusian Wikipedia rank 62 out of 280 Wikipedia languages. In December 2011, there were 60 women of all ages from Belarus who were interested in Wikipedia on Facebook.[1]

Wikimedia Offline

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Хомелка and Da voli. Ten Wikipedia in Belarus

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Хомелка. March 2011 Minsk Meetup

There have been several offline Wikipedia and Wikimedia related gatherings in Belarus, with many of these events being attended by women including at Wikipedia 10,[2][3], a March 2011 meetup in Minsk[4] and a June 2011 meetup in Minsk.[5]

Belarus women perspective of free knowledge

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Women in Belarus

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The Foundation

During the December 2011 fundraising appeal, no Belorussians, men or women, were featured are part of the appeal. During the 2011 Summer of Research, the WMF hired eight research fellows. Of these, only one was female, and she was from the United States. There were four males from American universities, The other researchers included men from a Japanese university, a Swiss university and a Canadian university. There were no research fellows, male or female, from this country.