2023:Program/Poster sessions/NKCTUQ-Inspiring Women Inspiring Citations
Title: Inspiring Women Inspiring Citations
Speakers:
Isla Haddow-Flood
Room: Expo Space
Start time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:38:00 +0800
End time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:40:00 +0800
Type: Poster session
Track: No (pretalx) track id specified
Submission state: confirmed
Duration: 2 minutes
Do not record: false
Presentation language: en
Abstract & description[edit source]
Abstract[edit source]
Poster Category: Equity and Community Health Session Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Singapore
In 2022, the Wiki Loves Women team launched a podcast series featuring 16 inspiring women from Africa who lead their professions and build future communities with an open mindset. This poster extracts the many inspiring quotations from the podcast conversations - accompanied by the portraits of each guest. The series has given these women a platform to tell their stories with their voice, and provided reference material for future articles.
Description[edit source]
Wiki Loves Women (a project of Wiki in Africa) is a champion of women’s stories. They have accumulated a vault of interesting tales from dynamic women who push the boundaries of what it means to build community and succeed as a collective. These are the stories and ideas behind successful African women shared in the Inspiring Open podcast. From tech gurus to authors, educators to activists, the Inspiring Open podcast draws wisdom and insights from women who intersect the ‘open movement’ and inspire with their thoughts and actions.
Globally the voices of women remain underrepresented. The 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (2020) revealed that between 2015 and 2020, the proportion of female subjects and sources featured by the media increased from 24% to 25% . This 1% improvement is the first since 2010 and is most visible in broadcast news media.
covering such diverse sectors - from libraries to employment, tech to music, writing to education, and so much more, - Inspiring Open provided an unusual way for Wikipedians to close the visibility gap and sources gap about successful women from Africa. It also showcased women within and on the fringes of the Open movement.
The poster will be a mixture of inspiring quotations, illustrations and introductions to the rarely seen women leaders.
Further details[edit source]
Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?
The proposal covers a unusual use of technology to close content and citation gaps about women in underrepresented regions - in this case, Africa. The featured guests cover a diversity of sectors, from GLAM to tech, philanthropy to education, journalism to activism for gender rights and sexual freedom.
Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?
Onsite in Singapore
Remote online participation, livestreamed- Remote from a satellite event
- Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
- Pre-recorded and available on demand
