Gender gap/Groups

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Link: Les sans pagEs (affiliate UserGroup)
What:the project aims at working towards filling the gender gap, both on editorial and content level in the French speaking world
Primary languages: French
When: since july 2016, active

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Link: Wiki Loves Women (group from Wiki in Africa)
What: Wiki Loves Women focuses on bridging two significant gaps on Wikimedia projects – women and Africa – both in terms of content about these subjects and in terms of participation by people from these groups. The project is designed to leverage Wikipedia’s role as a global repository for the dissemination of information to achieve accessible and fair online representation of notable women in countries in Africa. In addition, the project will encourage the activation and support of new and existing editors (both female and gender-sensitised male Wikipedians) in the focus countries. Wiki Loves Women in primary led by Wiki in Africa.
When: launched in 2015 (Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast) and renewed in 2018 (Tanzania and Uganda)
Primary languages: French and English
Status: active

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Link: AfroCROWD User Group (affiliate UserGroup)
What:an awareness initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African descent who actively partake in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements.
Primary languages: English
When: since ?, active

Link : Art+Feminism User Group (affiliate UserGroup)
What: a non-profit organization that leads an international campaign to improve coverage of cis, and trans women, gender and the arts on Wikipedia through organizing in-person training and editing events.
Primary languages: Multilingual
When: since ?, active

Link: Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group (affiliate UserGroup)
What: to promote, expand, and facilitate the gender diversity visibility work being done by all language Wikipedias, WikiCommons and Wikidata, directing the research and development for the project's unique needs by managing delivery of materials and technology, planning, and organizing systems to support their production of content. We welcome anyone who is interested in these objectives to join us. Related to en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red.
When: launched in 2018
Primary languages: English
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Link: Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group
What : The group promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT+ communities. Wikimedia LGBT+ is a global, intersectional user group that welcomes people of all races, religions, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and abilities.
When: 2012
Primary languages: Multilingual ?
Status:active

Link : WikiDonne (affiliate usergroup)
What: User Group è un gruppo di utenti che operano su tematiche legate alle donne e più in generale alla diversità (territoriale, culturale, linguistica, generazionale, di genere, attitudinale e di abilità etc) all'interno del movimento wiki.
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Primary languages: Italian
Status:active

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Link: Wikimujeres (affiliate usergroup)
What: for women and allies in the wiki movement. Working language is Spanish.
Primary languages: Spanish
Status:active

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Link: Whose Knowledge? (affiliate usergroup)
What: a global campaign that aims to correct the skewed representations of knowledge on Wikimedia projects as well as the wider internet.
Primary languages:
Status:active

Link: WikiWomen's User Group
What:a user group for women and allies in the Wikimedia movement.
Primary languages:
Status:active

Link: Wikiesfera (affiliate usergroup)
What : aims to identify and correct the gaps in knowledge representation, and also seeks to increase the number of editors who belong to minorities, underrepresented groups, or other social groups who have not had access to information technologies.
Primary languages: Spanish
Status:active

Link: WikiMulheres+
What : Transnational group of Portuguese-speaking Wikimedia women editors. Advocates for the cultural diversity and knowledge equity in Wikimedia projects and movement. Contributes to the sum of all human knowledge focusing especially on the gender gap, from a decolonial perspective. Works for the increase of gender diversity and its transversal agendas; also for the strengthening of women's participation in Wikimedia, as well as the underrepresented communities to which they belong.
Primary languages: Portuguese
Status:active

Link: FEMNETZ
What : Support network of German speaking Wikipedians who engage to increase the participartion of women and non-binary contributors as well as the representation of women and non-binary subjects on the German Wikipedia. Established during the COVID pandemia, they meet every year during a 3 day seminar. FEMNETZ consist of a number of subgroups and individuals who engage themselves in intersectional feminism. Primary language : German Status : since 2019, active

Link: Wiki Editoras Lx (WELx)
What: Wiki Editoras Lx (WELx) is a feminist user group of wikimedians in Portuguese that meet twice a month since may 2019 - in person at PENHAS CO, in Lisbon, and online since march 2020 - to edit (create, improve and extend articles/ pages) about cis and trans women, non-binary people and other matters of interest. Committed to action based on anti-colonial, decolonial, anti-racist, anti-capacitist and anti-discrimination values and principles, we create and improve pages, and insert images and data to promote knowledge equity. Primary language : Portuguese Status : since 2019, active

Link: Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia
What: Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia is a Wikimedia User Group for women of latinoamerican countries in the wiki movement. Our scope covers almost all countries in the territory known as Latin America, from Mexico to the South Pole, except for the small territories where English, French or Dutch are spoken. Working language may be Spanish (es) or Portuguese (pt) and any other language spoken in the region. Membership is open to all people interested in supporting our mission. Women from WMF affiliate user groups, chapters and other active Wikimedians are invited to join. Primary language: Spanish Status : since 2015, active