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Less than 20% of entries on Wikipedia are about women and less than 10% of editors are women. The 1000 Women in Religion Project is a major initiative of the Women’s Caucus of the American Academy of Religion, aiming to address the gender imbalance one article and one edit at a time.
'''Less than 20% of entries on Wikipedia are about women and less than 10% of editors are women.'''


Wikimedia Australia is partnering with the University of Divinity on the Australian Women in Religion Project being spearheaded by Kerrie Burn. She has been tirelessly collecting, sorting and uploading data, as well as editing and creating articles about Australian women. The project so far has developed 39 articles, with an average of four extra now being created every week. The goal is to create 100 new articles this year, from the current list of approximately 450 historical and contemporary women.
The [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Religion|1000 Women in Religion Project]] is a major initiative of the Women’s Caucus of the American Academy of Religion, aiming to address the gender imbalance one article and one edit at a time.


As part of this work, Wikimedia Australia will launch a pilot Wikimedia Resident and Scholar Program at the University of Divinity in 2021. More to come!
=== Australian Women in Religion Project ===
Wikimedia Australia has partnered with the [https://divinity.edu.au/ University of Divinity] on the Australian Women in Religion Project being spearheaded by [[w:User:Kerrieburn|Kerrie Burn]]. She has been tirelessly collecting, sorting and uploading data, as well as editing and creating articles about Australian women.  


Read more:
=== Events ===
* [https://www.catholicvoice.org.au/the-australian-women-in-religion-project/ More Wikipedia Women]
 
* [https://vox.divinity.edu.au/news/australian-women-in-religion-edit-a-thon/ Australian Women in Religion Edit-a-thon]
{{event list for keyword|Women in Religion}}
 
=== Articles Created ===
The project so far has developed 39 articles, with an average of four extra now being created every week. The goal is to create 100 new articles this year, from the current list of approximately 450 historical and contemporary women. This includes an [[w:List_of_the_first_women_ordained_as_priests_in_the_Anglican_Church_of_Australia_in_1992|article listing the first women ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia in 1992]].
 
== Partners ==
 
==== Kerrie Burn ====
Project Coordinator since its inception in 2029, Kerrie initiated the [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australian_Women_in_Religion|Australian Women in Religion WikiProject]] and has continued to lead this initiative.
 
==== Linda Pascal ====
Wikimedia Australia supported University of Divinity to host, Linda Pascal as Wikipedian in Residence to add content to Wikipedia, [[d:Q108581788|Wikidata]], Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource, as part of our [[Wikimedia Australia 2023 Partners Focus On Diverse Content and Building Skills|Partner Projects]] in 2023.
 
As a result of this partner project, the names of several organisations and publications associated with early Christian feminism in Australia have also been added to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australian_Women_in_Religion#Wikidata-generated_list Australian Women in Religion List].
 
==== Australian Wikimedia Community ====
The Australian Women in Religion project has greatly benefited from members of the Australian Wikimedia community. Thank you to Pru Mitchell, a librarian and researcher at the Australian Council for Educational Research for her expert guidance. Other members of Wikimedia Australia have provided expertise, promoted the project and events, and assisted at several edit-a-thons.
 
=== Project Dashboards ===
 
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Divinity/AWR_Wikimedian-in-Residence_(2023) Women in Religion Project Dashboard], 2023
* [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australian_Women_in_Religion|AWR WikiProject Page]]
 
=== Blog Posts: ===
 
* [[Adding Australian Women in Religion to more Wikimedia projects]], announcing Linda Pascal Wikipedian in Residence for the Australian Women in Religion Project
* [[Growing the representation of Australian Women in Religion through Wikidata]], Wikidata Fellow Kerrie Burn on her project investigating Wikidata and data visualisation
 
=== Further reading/Press ===
 
* [https://vox.divinity.edu.au/news/celebrating-the-australian-women-in-religion-wikipedia-project-in-theological-libraries-month/ Celebrating the Australian Women in Religion Wikipedia Project in Theological Libraries month] - 28 October 2021, Vox
* Atla (American Theological Library Association) Annual Conference – Kerrie Burn (2021) ''How Theological Librarians Can Help Change the World: Addressing Knowledge and Gender Gaps in the World’s Largest Encyclopedia''
* Burn, K. (2021). [https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.672905456454953 Australian women in religion Wikipedia project]. Footprints, 36(2), 28–34.
* PWikimania 2021 – ''[[wikimania:2021:Submissions/Documenting_for_Diversity:_The_Case_of_1000_Women_in_Religion|Documenting for Diversity: The Case of 1000 Women in Religion]].'' Panel members: Clifford B Anderson, Kerrie Burn, Collen Hartung, Polly Hamlen and Christine Meyer. An video excerpt about the [https://divinity.libguides.com/AWR/video Australian project from this panel presentation] is available.
* Women and the Australian Church (WATAC) – Kerrie Burn and Michelle Eastwood were guests at a recent ''WATAC Presents'' and invited to speak about the project. An article titled WATAC explores feminist activism in action appeared in ''Catholic Outlook'' on 12 October 2021.
 
=== Contact ===
Project Coordinator: [[w:User:Kerrieburn|Kerrie Burn]]
 
=== '''Related Links:''' ===
* Article: [https://www.catholicvoice.org.au/the-australian-women-in-religion-project/ More Wikipedia Women]
* Library Hub Guide: [https://divinity.libguides.com/AWR/WikiProject Australian Women in Religion Project]
* Article: [https://vox.divinity.edu.au/news/australian-women-in-religion-edit-a-thon/ Australian Women in Religion Edit-a-thon]
* Read more on [[Wikimedia_Resident_and_Scholar_Program|the Wikimedia Resident and Scholar Program]]
* Read more on [[Wikimedia_Resident_and_Scholar_Program|the Wikimedia Resident and Scholar Program]]
* Video: [https://youtu.be/gqWmwatkThU Women in Religion and Wikimedian in Residence Project Report]
* [[Partnerships|See all Wikimedia Australia partnerships]]
* [[Partnerships|See all Wikimedia Australia partnerships]]
=== Logos ===
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Latest revision as of 05:11, 14 December 2023

The Australian Women in Religion Edit-a-thon in March 2021

Less than 20% of entries on Wikipedia are about women and less than 10% of editors are women.

The 1000 Women in Religion Project is a major initiative of the Women’s Caucus of the American Academy of Religion, aiming to address the gender imbalance one article and one edit at a time.

Australian Women in Religion Project

Wikimedia Australia has partnered with the University of Divinity on the Australian Women in Religion Project being spearheaded by Kerrie Burn. She has been tirelessly collecting, sorting and uploading data, as well as editing and creating articles about Australian women.

Events

Articles Created

The project so far has developed 39 articles, with an average of four extra now being created every week. The goal is to create 100 new articles this year, from the current list of approximately 450 historical and contemporary women. This includes an article listing the first women ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia in 1992.

Partners

Kerrie Burn

Project Coordinator since its inception in 2029, Kerrie initiated the Australian Women in Religion WikiProject and has continued to lead this initiative.

Linda Pascal

Wikimedia Australia supported University of Divinity to host, Linda Pascal as Wikipedian in Residence to add content to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource, as part of our Partner Projects in 2023.

As a result of this partner project, the names of several organisations and publications associated with early Christian feminism in Australia have also been added to the Australian Women in Religion List.

Australian Wikimedia Community

The Australian Women in Religion project has greatly benefited from members of the Australian Wikimedia community. Thank you to Pru Mitchell, a librarian and researcher at the Australian Council for Educational Research for her expert guidance. Other members of Wikimedia Australia have provided expertise, promoted the project and events, and assisted at several edit-a-thons.

Project Dashboards

Blog Posts:

Further reading/Press

Contact

Project Coordinator: Kerrie Burn

Related Links:

Logos

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