2024:Program/Menstrual justice and Wikimedia
Session title: Menstrual justice and Wikimedia
- Session type: Lightning talk
- Track: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: en
In 2023 I uploaded a photograph of a recyclable sanitary bin to Wikimedia Commons. Looking to connect it and others to a Wikidata item, I found there was no item, and there were few other images. This lightning talk explains why connecting this information is a form of justice and asks for your help.
Description
[edit | edit source]Menstrual justice aims to ensure that every person who menstruates has access to menstrual health products that are safe, affordable and sustainable. To be able to access this healthcare, people also need knowledge on products, their use and their disposal. The Wikimedia movement has the potential to play a significant role in supporting menstrual justice through the work of its projects in hosting and connecting information.
In 2023 I uploaded a photograph of a recyclable sanitary bin to Wikimedia Commons. Looking to connect it and others to a Wikidata item, I found there was no item, and there were few other images. This lightning talk explains why connecting this information is a form of justice and asks for your help.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lajmmoore/Menstrual_Justice
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Collaboration of the Open?
This lightning talk addresses how within Wikimedia collaborative work on open content can address a significant gap in content. The talk will make three requests of audience members: 1) To collaborate to add their language terms for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123505413 2) i'll ask people to search Commons with those terms to discover further images of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123505413 3) I'll call on more people to add images - either by photography or from other openly licensed sources to build a better visual understanding of global menstrual diversity.
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Resources
[edit | edit source]Speakers
[edit | edit source]- Lucy Moore (Lajmmoore)
- Lucy Moore is an archaeologist, curator and Wikimedian. In 2024 she completed a quest to write an article on English Wikipedia for a woman from every country in the world
- Onwuka Glory, of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria and Igbo Wikimedia User Group joined Wikimedia Foundation as a volunteer editor in the year 2021. I have taken delight in editing Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons and Wikitionary. I presented a paper in the last year (2023) Wikimania conference. Presently, am working on series of projects.