Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)! Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.85% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!

Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa editathon
Online event October 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Type	Edit-a-thon
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Articles	Meetup 286 articles (23)
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In October 2023, Women in Red's geofocus covers women from Sub-Saharan Africa.

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women from or associated with these countries.

This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.

The main goals of the event are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
• to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
• If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Those main Wikidata lists relating to women of Sub-Saharan Africa are listed below:

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

• Scientists (CS)
• Dictionary of African Biography (WD)
• Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (CS) (GBooks)

Please add the biographical dictionary, if used:

New or upgraded articles

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

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Key:

• Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
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• Add IG after the article if you post in on Instagram
• Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
• Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page via WP:In The News

Did You Know features

New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

• Add here – most recent at the top with date of publication

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2023

Add here – most recent at the top

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  Dorothy Vellenga
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  Pauline Fatme
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  Sarah Margru Kinson

• Invitation: October 2023
• Editathon banner for talk pages – Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa Template:WIR-286: ((WIR-286))