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Women in Red turns 10
July 2025

Recently completed:	LGBTQ+ women Alphabet run: K & L
New this month:	Alphabet run: M & N Women in Red turns 10 Geofocus: Ten for Kenya
Ongoing initiatives:	Music #1day1woman
Upcoming events:	Ideas

Welcome!

July 19 is Women in Red's 10th Anniversary. We hope all members and those interested in closing the gender gap will share some of their wonderful experiences here. Comment on your first article, your most recent article, a topic that you have enjoyed working on, or salute a fellow WiRer.

Please add your comments here!

Comment number one We've been preparing a list of 100 Interesting Women which aims to identify 100 ex-Women in Red. The 100 have not been finalised and we are still welcoming additions. Have a look at the list and have a look at the talk page. We know Marie Curie is'nt in the list, but have you discovered an interesting life?, a source that we have used a lot?, an editor who should be mentioned or an editathon that was amazing? The idea is not to repeat the 100 biographies but to intrigue the reader to find out more and to use them as a springboard for mentioning some of the highlights of the last ten years. Have a go... its that spirit that got us to 20%! Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 11:38, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Victuallers: Rather than suggesting additions, I would first want to say I think the table needs a better format. It's quite hard to read due to the way it compresses the Notability section into a long, thin column, and leaving the rest largely empty. We could probably merge the picture, name and "is a" columns into one. Grnrchst (talk) 17:59, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Have a go @Grnrchst:! The original aim was to create a book. I was hoping we'd find someone with expertise in formatting. Merge "the picture, name and "is a" columns into on"e should be possible by using format instructions. using By all means - take a copy and try out your ideas. We have time! its meant to be ready by August (July 18 would be nice). I'm particularly keen on creating an index. I was thinking we might have to move the content to HTML. Victuallers (talk) 18:43, 25 June 2025 (UTC) Can move this conversation to the talk page.... we are messing up the format here. Victuallers (talk) 18:45, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Name your favorite meet-up...so far

• #1day1woman 2017.

• When: July 2017 (Women in Red's 1 year anniversary) and has continued uninterrupted since then.
• First article on the Outcomes list: Maren Michelet.
• Why this one: This event was the seed of an idea that an editathon on a single topic (women's biographies) can take place any day, everyday, anywhere, everywhere, lasting to infinity and beyond, with no grant/money, no staff support, and be successful if a group of volunteers are committed to its value.
• --Rosiestep (talk) 13:24, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

• Geofocus Caucasus 2020

• When: April 2020
• First article on the Outcomes list: Sevil Novruzova
• Why this one: I remember this being the first Women in Red event where I really got what was going on. I'd hardly heard of any of these places and it really got me thinking about geographical under-representation (which I continue to be passionate about changing, along with so many friends here!
• Lajmmoore (talk) 21:18, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

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Photo gallery

• Please add relevant images from the Commons:

... and there are another 365 like this

Statistics

This table shows the change in percentage of women's bios on or close to our July 19 anniversary day each year.

July	%	Women's bios	All bios
2014*	15.53	*Oct
2015	?
2016	16.37	226,092	1,381,447
2017	17.02	251,256	1,476,026
2018	17.67	274,376	1,552,683
2019	17.89	293,499	1,640,546
2020	18.51	320,654	1,731,904
2021	18.99	346,438	1,825,451
2022	19.30	365,889	1,895,985
2023	19.61	382,244	1,949,683
2024	19.87	400,034	2,012,987
2025	20.13	416,942	2,071,169

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