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Geofocus: Indian subcontinent edit‑a‑thon
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This November, to coincide with theWikipedia Asian Month contest, Women in Red's geofocus is on women from theIndian subcontinent, including women fromBangladesh,Bhutan,India,Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan andSri Lanka.

You are welcome to sign up below and for the Wikipedia Asian Month contest (rules apply).

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women from or associated with these countries.

This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.

Themain goals of the event are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
• to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations toMain Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and ourTen Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
• If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

Red-link lists of women from a wide variety of fields can be accessed from theWiR Redlink index. Those which might be most useful for women in the Indian subcontinent are listed below.Please note: listing does not guarantee qualification for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Please readPrimer for creating women's biographies.

• Syeda Henna Babar Ali, Pakistani poet and composer[1]
• Urvashi Bahuguna, Indian poet and essayist[2]
• Maria Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi writer[3]
• Fayeza Hasanat, Bangladeshi-American writer and academic[4]
• Zareefa Jan, Kashmiri "coded" poet[5]
• Razia Sultana Khan, Bangladeshi writer, artist and academic[6]
• Sharanya Manivannan, Indian poet and writer[7]
• Amra Raza, Pakistani academic and poet[8]
• Taj Begum Renzu, Kashmiri writer[9]
• Sanya Rushdi, Bangladeshi-Australian novelist[10][11]
• Rumana Siddique, Bangladeshi poet[12]
• Lala Shrinivasdas, author ofPariksha Guru[13]
• Sridala Swami, Indian poet[14][15]
• Ilona Yusuf, Pakistani poet and designer[16]
• Zeba Zeenat, Kashmiri mystic poet[17]
• Gita Dharampal-Frick Indian historian and professor[18],[19],[20]

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  Charlotte C. Wyckoff

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