2025:Program/WikiWomen's Lunch @ Harvest Restaurant in Trademark

Session title: WikiWomen's Lunch @ Harvest Restaurant in Trademark

Session type: Meet-up, exhibition space, social event

Track: Diversity & Inclusion

Language: en

The WikiWomen Lunch at Wikimania 2025 will celebrate the progress of women in the Wikimedia movement. WikiWomen’s Lunch has been traditionally conducted during every Wikimania since 2010, where women participants come together to share their experiences, strategize for a more equitable future, and strengthen feminist solidarity within the movement.

Description

In the spirit of feminist solidarity, the WikiWomen Lunch at Wikimania 2025 offers a dedicated space for women attendees to connect, reflect on progress made, and collaboratively plan for a more equitable future in the Wikimedia movement. This event aims for women attendees to socialize with each other, allowing for mentorship, collaboration, and ongoing dialogue.​ The participants will also share outcomes from previous initiatives and projects, discussing collective achievements and identifying areas of improvement. We will also reflect on the work done in 2024-25 and general directions for the future.

How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 – Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?

Inclusivity: Providing a dedicated space for women to voice their perspectives, challenges, and aspirations, thereby promoting gender diversity within the Wikimedia movement.​

Impact: Facilitating the sharing of strategies and initiatives that have effectively increased women's participation, inspiring actionable outcomes.​

Sustainability: Establishing a continuous support system through networking and mentorship, ensuring the long-term growth and empowerment of women contributors.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Speakers

• netha

Netha Hussain is a volunteer at the Wikimedia movement since 2010. She has worked on content creation, research, and outreach surrounding gender and medicine. Her recent work is in mapping and bridging the knowledge gaps in women's health on Wikipedia. Outside of Wikimedia, she is a medical doctor and researcher working at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.

• rubydbrown

Ruby D-Brown- Ruby is a dedicated gender and sustainability advocate with extensive experience in research, project and program management, and campaign organizing. She is the co-founder of Africa Wiki Women, Wiki Women’s User Group coordinator, and Comscom committee member. Ruby joined the Wikimedia movement in 2019, and over the years, she has coordinated a number of campaigns and projects focused on increasing women's involvement in my community. These efforts have paid off, as she has successfully impacted over 1,000 women through a variety of programs and campaigns, capacity-building workshops, and inclusion in the Wikimedia Movement.

• Chinmayee Mishra

Volunteer Wikimedian from a small affiliate “Odia Wikimedians User Group” from India,South Asia. WikiWomenCamp 2023 COT member and WikiWomen* Task Force member. An engineer by profession and Wikimedian by passion. I have been in the Wikimedia movement since 2016.