User:Elisachang

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My Work
I am currently (2016 June- 2017 May) working as an intern at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore for an action research on the Gender Gap issues in the Indian Wikipedia contexts. The research will be focusing on but not limited to the Wikipedia(media) projects; I believe more can be learned from other similar open source projects too. Research Objective: To improve the understanding of the gender gap (imbalance) issue in Indian open source (including Wikimedia) communities while examining local interventions Research Questions: This action research is to collect and analyze women's (including experienced editors and newcomers) experience in interacting with the communities. The research process includes interviewing active women Wikipedians(medians) in various local communities, understanding the structure of conducting gender gap bridging interventions on the local level, as well as attending, coordinating, and learning from these interventions to help Wikipedias become a more friendly and welcoming place for all.
 * 1) What prevents Indian women from joining open knowledge/ open source projects and what motivates them?
 * 2) How are local interventions conducted to fix the gender gap(s)?
 * 3) What type(s) of intervention approach can encourage female participation in the various projects?

You can reach me at tingyi@cis-india.org to know more about my research.
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