Sweden tries to increase gender equality on the web
Together with Wikimedia, Swedish diplomats are hosting #WikiGap edit-a-thons in 54 embassies
EVER since Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, referred to Sweden as a “hornets’ nest of revolutionary feminism” and as a “Saudi Arabia of feminism”, Swedes have worn this as a badge of honour. Now its foreign ministry has an ambitious plan to increase gender equality on the internet.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Missing Wikipedians”
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