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Wikigender (www.wikigender.org)
Your Online Resource on Gender Equality
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Wikigender (www.wikigender.org) is the Organisation’s first interactive website using "wiki" technology. It allows registered users to add, edit or comment on the information provided on the pages. The website follows a 3-tier approach. Depending on the user’s specific status, it allows them to (i) read, (ii) modify or (iii) protect content, which guarantees the security of sensitive and proprietary information. A special label signals when content is provided by an official source, such as the OECD.
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Background
Closely linked to the Development Centre’s current work on gender, but destined to evolve as more members of the community become involved, the site fulfils a need for the “gender community” to maintain dynamic contact across the globe. For the OECD, this initiative provides the unique opportunity to reach out to new communities, to engage in a dialogue with users and to test the idea of expanding the "wiki" platform, in line with the 2007 Istanbul Declaration and the OECD’s proposed Global Project on “Measuring the Progress of Societies”.
The Wikigender site is provided to the global community to foster the analysis of gender issues. It grew out of the Development Centre’s Gender Institutions and Development Data Base (www.oecd.org/dev/gid).
Launch
Wikigender was launched on 7 March 2008 on the occasion of International Women's Day. The launch event took place at OECD headquarters, in the presence of representatives of civil society and other international organisations. It featured presentations by:
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Pilar Armanet (Ambassador of Chili to France)
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Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Chief of Staff, OECD
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Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician of the OECD
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Angela Me,UNECE
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Danièle Rousseau, Diregeantes
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Claudy Vouhé, Genre en Action
More Information
Contact
For questions related to Wikigender or the launch event on 7 March 2008, please contact Denis Drechsler (Denis.Drechsler@oecd.org; +33 1 45 24 96 01) or the Wikigender Team (contact@wikigender.org).
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