Women in Red
Logo (with Kamma Rahbek's silhouette) | |
| Formation | July 18, 2015 |
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| Founded at | Hilton Mexico City Reforma during Wikimania 2016 |
| Type | WikiProject |
| Purpose | Elimination of gender bias on Wikipedia |
| Headquarters | Virtual |
| Methods | Edit-a-thons |
| Budget | US$0 |
| Staff | None |
| Awards | 2016, shortlisted, ITU/UN Women's GEM-TECH Award |
| Website | w |
Women in Red is a WikiProject intended to address the gender bias in Wikipedia content. The project focuses on creating content regarding women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues.
The project is named after the hyperlinks in existing Wikipedia articles that display in red to indicate that the linked article has yet to be created. Since the inception of Ada Lovelace Day, Wikipedia edit-a-thons have been popular activities. Research at these events often discovered notable women in STEM who did not have Wikipedia pages, revealing red links that represented nonexistent articles awaiting creation.