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Wikigender is a project initiated by the OECD Development Centre to facilitate the exchange and improve the knowledge on gender-related issues around the world. A particular focus lies on gathering empirical evidence and identifying adequate statistics to measure gender equality. In this respect, Wikigender serves as a pilot project for the OECD Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies. Based on the work of the OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base, Wikigender aims to highlight the importance of social institutions such as norms, traditions and cultural practices that impact on women's empowerment.
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Open Access
Policy
Wikigender is open to
everyone. You can access all resources provided on this website and use its
contents for your own personal needs, be it a research project on gender
equality or simply your own interest in finding out more about this topic.
In order to improve the
information on this site, we invite your active participation: either by
providing comments and suggestions, or by contributing new articles. We
particularly encourage you to browse through the wanted pages
section that contains articles that still need to be written. More information
on how to discuss or edit articles can be found in our Frequently Asked Questions, including how to create an account.
If you decide to
contribute to this project, we kindly ask you to follow a set of Policies and Conventions.
Please do not infringe copyright. Wikigender uses the GNU Free
Documentation License. Everything you contribute must be compatible
with that license.
Websites based on “wiki”
technology invite the public to modify the content displayed on the pages. It
is therefore important to have mechanisms in place that ensure high quality of
information. Wikigender has implemented several of these mechanisms and created
an effective quality
control system.
Wikigender is managed1
by a small team of gender experts at the OECD Development Centre, Paris.
Project manager: Denis Drechsler
Senior advisor: Johannes Jütting
Editorial development: Estelle Loiseau, Keiko Nowacka, Olivier Puech
Technical assistance: Marine Rebuffel-Amselek, Ralf Schukay, Espen Prydz
Wikigender is open to
collaborate in the maintenance of the site with other organisations and
initiatives. We look forward to welcoming new partners seeking to join this
project. Our aim is to build an active community that uses and regularly
updates this website. Inivited partners include other international
organisations, NGOs and research institutes. We particularly look forward to
welcoming partners from the developing world. Contact us at contact@wikigender.org
Access the list of
current partners.
Wikigender was officially presented
on the occasion of International
Women's Day on 7 March 2008 in the presence of the Chief
Statistician of the OECD, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the OECD, the Chilean
Ambassador to the OECD and the OECD Wikigender team. On 20 November 2008, Wikigender
2.0 was presented during a workshop in
Since its launch on 7
March 2008, Wikigender has been covered extensively in the international press,
Internet blogs and radio interviews. Click here
to see a selection of articles.
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