WikiWomenCamp 2017/Programme
The programme was developed based on the feedback that participants gave in the conference registration survey. The program committee identified four main goals that most participants share.
WikiWomenCamp 2017
Mexico City, Mexico, July 6th to 8th, 2017
Goals:
1. Networking and finding a better way to share and collaborate together in the future
2. Skill Building: What are the technical skills people want and need to learn? Who can teach them?
3. Outreach & Communication - how to get better allies and partners, communicating the impact of our work, how to educate wm community about gender issues
4. Information sharing: How do we create a more effective platform for knowledge sharing and collaborating across projects
Programme edit
| Day One - July 6, 2017 | Session Facilitators | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Welcome | Carmen Alcázar, María Sefidari, Anna Torres | Celebration of achievements and identifying
opportunities |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Small group breakout: icebreakers and setting goals | Katy Love + Mariel | Getting to know each other and identifying goals for the conference |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | COFFEE BREAK! | ||
| Afternoon - Information Sharing and Networking | |||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Mapping gender diversity projects | Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight + translator | Update on the Gender Diversity Mapping project including highlights and themes from the first phase of interviews. Presentation + discussion groups. (slidedeck here; please rotate; thank you) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH! | ||
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Room 1: Lightning Talks (8)
Room 2: Lightning Talks (8) |
May + Vassia | See the list of lightning talks below. There will be 16 talks of 15min each, split into 2 rooms. |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | BREAK! | ||
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Networking | May, Vassia, Sati | |
| Day Two - July 7, 2017 | Session Facilitators | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Tools and strategies for dealing with online harassment and conflict resolution | Erika from Dominemos las TICS + Sydney Poore | 30min presentation from Erika (representative from a local organization that supports women's rights activists in developing their tech skills), update from Sydney on WMF's Community health initiative. Group on and off-wiki experience sharing and problem-solving. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK! | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Room 1: Attendee presentations (2)
Room 2: Attendees presentations (2) |
45min presentations from participants. See the list below. | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | LUNCH! | ||
| Afternoon - Movement strategy | |||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Part I: Movement strategy | Adele Vrana + María Sefidari | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | BREAK! | ||
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Part II: Movement Strategy | Adele Vrana + María Sefidari | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Q&A with the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director | Katherine Maher | |
| Day Three - July 8, 2017 | Session Facilitators | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome | ||
| Morning - Skill Building | |||
| 9:15 - 10:45 | Room 1: Skill workshops (2)
Room 2: Skill workshops (2) |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 | COFFEE BREAK! | ||
| 11:15 - 13:00 | Wikidata | Harmonia Amanda | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH and group photo! | ||
| Afternoon: Connection and collaboration | |||
| 14:00 - 15:15 | Part 1: Brainstorm: How do we create a more effective platform for knowledge sharing and collaborating across projects? | Netha Hussain & Alex Wang | Introduce current channels and ways Wikimedians working on gender diversity connect, share information, and support each other. Discuss in groups how those can be improved and what new ideas we have to be better connected. Brainstorm how we can be more inclusive of people that are not already involved in our projects. |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | BREAK! | ||
| 15:45 - 17:00 | Part 2: Next steps on working together | Netha Hussain & Alex Wang | Let's start planning! |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Closing session | María Sefidari + Carmen Alcázar | |
| 18:30 - 20:00 | Feminist panel (extra programatic activity) | At a feminist organization in Mexico City | Sharing experiences with local feminist organizations |
Lightning talks edit
Day One: July 6th, 14:00-16:00
| Room One | Room Two |
|---|---|
| Using social media to seek editors for Wikimedia projects (Blossom Ozurumba) | Social Media & Wiki-non Wiki partnerships (Emna) |
| WikiDonne project in Italian Wikipedia (Camelia). Slides here | A Room of WikiWomen’s Own (imacat) Slides here. |
| Digital security considerations in gender-based events, or Wiki events within broader gender-based advocacy (FaerieDevilish) | Fighting terrorism with wiki and knowledge (Ravan) |
| Service learning and Wikipedia participation (KellyDoyle) | Be bold on a budget of $0 - Making plans at the friendly "Ideas Cafe" of Women in Red (Rosiestep) |
| Wikiproyecto Mujeres en la Arquitectura. Recruiting and Training Women Editors (Jalu) | Missing Women's Image Drive - let's do this together! (Siko) |
| Geek Feminism wiki (Netha) | The most inspiring woman I wrote about on Wikipedia and what I learned from her (Atropine) |
| A glimpse into our collective Just for the Record, just for the WikiWomenCamp (MMelvar) | CEE Women challenge, or how to make a really good use of a wiki postage stamp (Spiritia) |
| Fuxico Box: A DIY autonomous storytelling device for sharing histories and narratives about diversity and grassroots communities around the world (based on PirateBox). (Geisa) See slides here | Why so few female volunteers take up or aspire for leadership positions in Wikimedia organisations, and our reliance on the same people volunteering (Katie Chan) |
| Wikimedia Gender Gap Observatory presentation and call for participation | A place to keep the track about reduction on Gender Gap on Wikimedia affiliates. (TBD) |
| Las Imprescindibles (Esther+ Montse) | Wikimedia Resource Center, the Program & Events Dashboard (Jaime Ansteen) |
| Convenios con entidades culturales creadas a través de alianzas con mujeres activistas y promotoras culturales (Calei) | Online course (Tsipi) |
Attendee presentations edit
Day Two: July 7th, 11:00-12:30
| Room One | Room Two | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00-11:45 | The architecture of collective writing (MMelvar) | Derechos Digitales y seguridad/Digital rights and security / (Carlos Brito / Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales/Network In Defense of Digital Rights) |
| 11:45-12:30 | Research on gender gap in Wikipedia: What's been done so far (Netha Hussain) Slides here | Connections beyond Wi-Fi (Geisa Santos) Slides here |
Skill workshops edit
Day Three: July 8th, 10:00-11:30
| Room One | Room Two | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-10:45 | How to get the technical community to solve your problem (Moriel Schottlender) | An intersectional feminist event planning guide (Ginevra) slides |
| 10:45-11:30 | How to maximize social media for your projects and an intro to WMF social media channels (Aubrie Johnson) | How to organize an editatona (Patricia Horrillo + Carmen Alcázar) |