Franklin Women
Franklin Women are an Australian professional community dedicated to supporting the careers of women working across the health and medical research ecosystem.
Our Partnership
They first partnered with Wikimedia Australia on Thursday 25th July 2019 to make the internet just that little bit better. An edit-a-thon was hosted to increase the visibility on Wikipedia of women who have made important contributions to the health and medical research sector, as well as increase the number of women who have the skills to become Wikipedia editors. Attended by 30 editors, together they learnt to edit Wikipedia and created 21 new articles!
Since then, they have run additional events and in 2023 released More Than a Day, a series of videos . Read more about Franklin Women's Wikipedia events here.
In 2023, Franklin Women launched More Than A Day, a series of video to empower women everywhere to edit Wikipedia. They have been viewed over 2,000 times on YouTube.
Awards
In 2023, Wikimedia Australia was pleased to award the inaugural Craig Franklin Award to Franklin Women for their work increasing the online representation of women working in health and medical research by improving Wikipedia.
Events
- Edit-a-thon for women in health and medical research in July 2019
- Edit-a-thon for World Health Day in April 2022
Media
- 25 July 2019 Most Wikipedia profiles are about men - these women in Australia are hoping to change that SBS News video article by Cassandra Bain about the Franklin Women Edit-a-thon at the University of Sydney
- 25 July 2019 Boosting visibility of women in STEMM, one Wiki entry at a time Sydney Morning Herald article by Wendy Tuohy
- 25 July 2019 Combatting gender bias on Wikipedia ABC Radio RN Drive presented by Patricia Karvelas with Guest: Dr Sarah Frost
- 26 July 2019 Australian researchers join global movement to improve visibility of women in STEM ABC feature article by Brooke Wylie and Olivia Willis on the Franklin Women's Edit-a-thon at the University of Sydney
- 24 August 2019 Wikipedia Is Sexist, But We're Trying To Fix It 10 Daily article by Melina Georgousakis on the Franklin
Reports
- 5 Years of Franklin Women Impact Report 'Boosting visibility of Australia’s best scientists', a case study about the 2019 Wikipedia edit-a-thon is featured on page 11 of this 2020 impact report.