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Event:Peruvian Women Scientists Campaign 2025
Campaña Científicas Peruanas en la Wikipedia 2025
Organized by: Yhhue91, Felino Volador
Start and end time
21:19, 20 February 2025 to 21:19, 15 March 2025
Location
Online event
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Wikis
English Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia
Topics
Biography (women), General science, Technology
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In Peru, only 33.3% of researchers registered in RENACYT are women, and almost half of them are concentrated in Lima and Callao. This gender gap starts at school, influenced by stereotypes, lack of role models and economic and social barriers. At the professional level, women face challenges such as the “glass ceiling”, salary lags and difficulties in reconciling work and family life. In addition, Peru has one of the lowest percentages of female participation in science and technology in Latin America.
The initiative seeks to make the work of Peruvian women scientists visible on Wikipedia, one of the most visited platforms by Peruvians, increasing the number of biographies of women scientists and motivating girls and adolescents to pursue careers in science and technology. The main objective is to create new biographies of Peruvian women scientists that meet Wikipedia's relevance criteria in Spanish and English by March 2025.
Objectives
To increase the number of biographies of women scientists working in Peru in the Spanish and English Wikipedia.
Target audience
The call is open to university and technical college students from all over Peru, prioritizing female participation. Volunteers must have a laptop, internet connection and, in the case of those working on the translation of profiles, advanced knowledge of English. Experienced Wikipedia Wikipedians in Spanish or English are welcome to participate. To register, please use the registration button at the top of this page.
Program of activities
It will be carried out in 2 virtual sessions. Additionally, there will be a stage of autonomous work by the volunteers to search for the necessary information, 3 help sessions (2 in person and one virtual) and the subsequent monitoring of the information entered by the WikiAcción Perú community.
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Announcement | 20 January – 16 February |
| First session (virtual)
Subject:
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20 February 10:00 – 13:00 h |
| Autonomous work (research of necessary information) | February 20-26 |
| Second session (virtual)
Getting Started with Editing |
27 February 10:00-13:00 h |
| Help session, in person
Agenda
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3 March – 14:00-17:00 h |
| Help session, in person
Agenda
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4 March – 14:00-17:00 h |
| Help session, virtual
Agenda
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6 March, 14:00 - 17:00 h. |
Articles
La selección ha sido realizada luego de evaluación exhaustiva de los perfiles científicas peruanas registradas en la base de datos de Concytec, en relación con las políticas de notabilidad de Wikipedia en español.
Organizers
WikiAcción Peru, in alliance with CONCYTEC and British.
WikiAcción Peru
This project seeks to make Peru visible in the free encyclopedia Wikipedia in Spanish, Wikimedia Commons and other Wikimedia projects, with thematic focuses on ecology, gender and culture; as well as to promote free knowledge and the presence of the Wikimedia movement in our country through a continuous program of non-profit virtual and face-to-face activities for educational and communication purposes website.
CONCYTEC
The National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation (Concytec) is a skilled technical organism, ascribed to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers; has by purpose to regulate, direct, orient, boost, coordinate, supervise and evaluate the actions of the Peruvian State in the field of the science, technology and innovation and promote and promote his development by means of the action articulated and complementary among the members of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation (Sinacti).
Británico
The Peruvian-British Cultural Association, better known as Británico, is one of the strongest English language teaching institutions in Peru, and is also the bridge of communication and cultural integration with Great Britain. Its mission is to promote cultural exchange between Peru and Great Britain through the learning of the English language and the development of cultural activities that prioritize a contemporary British approach https://britanico.edu.pe/.
La Asociación Cultural Peruano Británica, más conocida como BRITÁNICO, es una de las más sólidas instituciones de enseñanza del idioma inglés en el Perú, y es también el puente de comunicación e integración cultural con Gran Bretaña. Su misión es promover el intercambio cultural entre el Perú y Gran Bretaña mediante el aprendizaje del idioma inglés y el desarrollo de actividades culturales que priorizan un enfoque británico contemporáneo.