Newnham’s Head of House travelled to London to take part in a BBC project to address the lack of online biographies available about eminent women.
Dame Carol Black was joined by Olivia Hylton-Pennant, JCR Access Officer, at the BBC News Wikipedia edit-a-thon event on December 8.
It was part of BBC 100 Women 2016, the BBC news series which names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year, and the project posed the question: is the internet sexist?
Wikipedia is the seventh most visited site in the world – but only 15 per cent of Wikipedia editors are women and fewer than 15 per cent of notable profiles are of women.
The BBC worked in partnership with Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, to hold 12 hour edit-a-thons in various countries, to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia and to improve coverage of women and encourage women to edit.
More than 400 new profiles were created as a result.