Women's Day Wikithon

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Help close the gender gap on Wikipedia this International Women's Day! We'll edit pages about women and gender-diverse people in STEM.

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Help close the gender gap on Wikipedia this International Women's Day 6 March 2026 - a pre women’s day event 13:00–17:00 BioPartner 1, Leiden Free, drinks and bites afterwards What we’ll doSpend an afternoon editing Wikipedia pages about women and gender-diverse people in STEM.No experience needed. Just curiosity.Why this mattersIn Wikipedia, right now, only about one in five biographies are about women. In STEM, the gap is even wider, especially for gender-diverse people. If it’s missing from Wikipedia, it’s probably missing from how science is remembered, cited and increasingly trained into AI systems.So let’s fix some of this, together!What’s in it for you<ul><li>Learn how Wikipedia actually works, by the Wiki NL team</li><li>Do something concrete with real impact</li><li>Meet interesting people from the Leiden life-sciences community</li><li>Leave knowing you changed something that matters</li></ul>Free entry. Bring your laptop and we’ll take care of the rest. With speakersBarbara Brunnhuber Executive in Residence, BioPartner Center Leiden &amp; CEO, Mireca Medicines GmbHSarah Opitz Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Fearless League This event is organized by Talent-CGT , TOPX Network, Leiden Bio Science Park (the biggest LSH cluster in NL) and BioPartner. BioPartner is an incubator organisation at the Leiden Bio Science Park, that facilitates the development of startups and scaleups. As a non-profit foundation, BioPartner offers affordable housing, facilities, mentoring, advice, network, and services. Our partner TOPX Network is here to support the event, to advocate women in LSH. Network LUMC Women is also a collaborator in this event. Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Small edits. Big visibility.

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