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Under-representation of science and women in Africa: Wikimania 2018 an opportunity to bridge the gap

Africa’s contribution to science edit

Africa with about 16% of the world’s population contributes about 3%, in 2014, of global scientific publications [1].

Under representation of women in science edit

Globally women are under-represented in science; a 2013-2014 report [2] [3] states that 12% of sixty nine surveyed science academy members were women. Similarly, on Wikipedia the online encyclopaedia, there is under representation of women by way of their biographies, approximately 17% on the English language Wikipedia, as of October 2017 [4].

Wikimania 2018 an opportunity edit

Wikimania 2018, the yearly conference for the Wikimedia Foundation, the organisation which hosts Wikipedia, will be held for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa in Cape Town, South Africa [5]. In South Africa, Wikipedia is one of the top ten most visited websites (number six as of October 2017) [6].

It has been suggested that greater visibility of women in science can help ameliorate their under-representation [2]. Wikimania 2018 represents an opportunity to increase the visibility of women scientists in a continent also under-represented by way of scientific publications. More broadly this project aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development goal of achieving gender equality by 2030[7].

Aim edit

• To write Wikipedia biographies of South African women scientists.

Action edit

• Wikipedia biographies will be written, based on Wikipedia notability criteria, using a contemporary list of members of the Academy of Science of South Africa.[8]

Dissemination plans edit

• Article in the South African Journal of Science • Wikimania 2018 presentation • Social media e.g. Twitter, Facebook

Notes edit

Although by no means addressing the underlying cause(s) of gender under-representation [9] this effort will help to draw attention to and ameliorate the under-representation of women scientists. This effort is a first step with scope of expansion to cover more fields, countries and men scientists as well.

A dynamic list, in alphabetic order by surname, of Women members of the Academy of Science of South Africa edit

  • Please kindly also mention in the created article membership of the Academy of Science of South Africa and add a citation to the members list (ref 8 below[8]) to avoid the article being speedily deleted.

The names are cited in this list from the Academy of Science of South Africa and new members, 2017, were added from this list

  1. Quarraisha Abdool Karim - previous: 27 September 2014‎
  2. Miriam Adhikari - new 17 October 2017
  3. Jill Adler - new 18 October 2017
  4. Lucinda Backwell - new 29 December 2017
  5. Priscilla Baker - new 22 January 2018
  6. Marion Bamford
  7. Ann Bernstein
  8. Judith Bishop (computer scientist)
  9. Sonja Bosch
  10. Liesbeth Botha
  11. Stephanie Burton
  12. Jane Carruthers
  13. Jennifer Case
  14. Rachel Chikwamba - new 9 March 2018
  15. Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan - previous: 25 December 2014‎
  16. Maureen Coetzee - new 26 October 2017
  17. Theresa Coetzer
  18. Jeanet Conradie
  19. Anna Coutsoudis - new 18 October 2017
  20. Cheryl de la Rey - previous: 1 April 2010‎
  21. Zodwa Dlamini - created 15 July 2018
  22. Zodwa Dlamini (biochemist) - created 15 July 2018
  23. Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
  24. Roseanne Diab - new 31 December 2017
  25. Tania Douglas
  26. Colleen Downs
  27. Kathleen Driver
  28. Jeanetta du Plessis
  29. Willemien du Plessis
  30. Liesel Ebersöhn
  31. Adrienne Edkins
  32. Irma Eloff
  33. Petra Engelbrecht
  34. Sabiha Essack
  35. Jill Farrant - previous: 31 May 2012‎
  36. Loretta Feris
  37. Rosalie Finlayson
  38. Sharon Fonn - new 30 December 2017
  39. Igle Gledhill
  40. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela - previous: 16 November 2007‎
  41. Glenda Gray - previous: 21 August 2014‎
  42. Mellony Graven
  43. Diane Grayson (physicist)
  44. Minrie Greeff
  45. Carolyn Hamilton (historian) - previous: 5 March 2016
  46. Susan Thérèse Largier Harrison
  47. Shireen Hassim
  48. Diane Hildebrandt (chemist)
  49. Karen Hofman
  50. Isabel Hofmeyr (in KiSwahili)
  51. Jenny Hoobler
  52. Sarah Jane Howie
  53. Heidi Hudson
  54. Nicola Illing
  55. Hilary Janks
  56. Rifka Kfir
  57. Ayesha Kharsany
  58. Carolina Koornhof
  59. Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg - new 18 October 2017‎
  60. Anna Kramvis
  61. Salome Kruger
  62. Maryke Labuschagne
  63. Alison Lewis
  64. Antoinette Lombard - new 11 January 2018
  65. Catriona Macleod
  66. Nomathemba Virginia Magi
  67. Lenore Manderson - previous: 9 August 2013‎
  68. Delia Marshall
  69. Judith Masters
  70. Angela Mathee
  71. Veronica McKay
  72. Lirieka Meintjes-Van der Walt
  73. Valerie Mizrahi - previous: 18 November 2015
  74. Dhayendre Moodley - new 30 November 2017
  75. Penelope Moore
  76. Kathryn Myburgh
  77. Christina Mynhardt
  78. Shamila Nair
  79. Marie-Louise Newell
  80. Catherine Ngila - new 17 October 2017
  81. Stella Nkomo
  82. Sarah Nuttall
  83. Catherine Odora Hoppers
  84. Ruksana Osman - new 5 January 2018
  85. Claire Penn - previous: 10 April 2016‎
  86. Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
  87. Deborah Posel
  88. Dorrit Posel
  89. Sharon Prince
  90. Gita Ramjee
  91. Mamphela Ramphele - previous: 13 November 2004‎
  92. Michèle Ramsay - new 25 October 2017
  93. Priscilla Reddy
  94. Helen Rees - previous: 15 February 2017‎
  95. Linda Marlene Richter
  96. Laetitia Rispel - new 15 October 2017
  97. Cornelia Roux
  98. Maria Schoeman
  99. Mary Catherine Scholes
  100. Aletta Schutte
  101. Soraya Seedat
  102. Sheona Shackleton
  103. Tamara Shefer
  104. Precious Sibanda
  105. Olive Shisana
  106. Ruth Simbao
  107. Ratnamala Singh
  108. Himla Soodyall - previous: 30 August 2009
  109. Daniela Cristina Stefan
  110. Nthoana Tau-Mzamane
  111. Jennifer Ann Thomson
  112. Caroline Tiemessen - new 26 October 2017
  113. Fiona Tregenna
  114. Annél van Aswegen
  115. Heidi van Rooyen
  116. Louise Viljoen
  117. Renuka Vithal
  118. Wilma Viviers
  119. Lyn Wadley - previous: 27 November 2014‎
  120. Cherryl Walker (sociologist)
  121. Melanie Walker (educationalist)
  122. Vanessa Watson
  123. Paula Watt
  124. Patricia Ann Whitelock - new 20 October 2017
  125. Anna-Lise Williamson - previous: 3 April 2015‎
  126. Carolyn Williamson - new 15 March 2022
  127. Brenda Wingfield - previous: 29 March 2017‎
  128. Marié Wissing - new 15 March 2022
  129. Rachel Wynberg - new 15 March 2022
  130. Taryn Young - new 4 January 2018
  131. Heather Zar - new 16 October 2017

Participants (please add your name below): edit

References edit

  1. ^ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. "UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT Towards 2030" (PDF). Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Gibney, Elizabeth. "Women under-represented in world's science academies". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19465.
  3. ^ Ngila; Boshoff, Nelius; Henry, Frances; Diab, Roseanne; Malcom, Shirley; Thomson, Jennifer (2017). "Women's representation in national science academies: An unsettling narrative". South African Journal of Science. 113 (7/8). doi:10.17159/sajs.2017/20170050. ISSN 1996-7489.
  4. ^ Team, WHGI Dev. "Gender by Wikipedia Language | WHGI". whgi.wmflabs.org. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  5. ^ "Wikimania - Wikimania". wikimania2018.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  6. ^ "Top Sites in South Africa - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  7. ^ "Goal 5 targets". UNDP. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  8. ^ a b "Members". www.assaf.org.za. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  9. ^ Ford, Heather; Wajcman, Judy (2017-03-01). "'Anyone can edit', not everyone does: Wikipedia's infrastructure and the gender gap". Social Studies of Science. 47 (4): 511–527. doi:10.1177/0306312717692172.
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