UN Human Rights is joining forces with Wikimedia for the #IStandWithHer campaign | Stand up for human rights | UN Human Rights

UN Human Rights is joining forces with Wikimedia for the #IStandWithHer campaign | Stand up for human rights | UN Human Rights

This collaboration is a continuation of an ongoing partnership announced in 2019 focused on adding and improving content about human rights, gender equality, and the work of women human rights defenders onWikipedia.

During the year, we will collaborate on the following initiatives:

• Global call to action to improve knowledge about women human rights defenders and gender equality on Wikipedia. This call is part of the #WikiHerStory initiative launched for Women’s History Month. UN Human Rights is joining these  efforts to help #ChangeTheStory and promote a fair and non-stereotyped portrayal of women online and in the media.
• WikiGapChallenge: a public writing competition  to create and improve articles to strengthen Wikipedia's coverage of  women and related topics into as many languages as possible. The
  challenge is organized as part of the global WikiGap campaign, led by Wikimedia Sverige. This year, UN Human Rights developed a list of names of important women in human rights with few or no articles on  Wikipedia. The winner will have the opportunity to participate in some  events organized by UN Human Rights on the margins of the June session  of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
• Regional events: UN Human Rights and the  Wikimedia Foundation will collaborate with contributors from Wikimedia  communities worldwide to edit and create content in different languages  through various regional events.

Students shut down St. George street in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders | The Varsity

Students shut down St. George street in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders | The Varsity

Over 150 student activists blocked off a segment of St. George street during the afternoon of March 4 as part of a national student walkout in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land defenders. The segment of St. George street from Harbord Street to Wilcocks Street was blocked off by Campus Police
during the walkout, which lasted from approximately 12:00–3:30 pm.

The Wet’suwet’en land defenders and  their supporters have engaged in rail blockades since December in an  attempt to stop a Coastal GasLink pipeline that was proposed on unceded
Wet’suwet’en territory. These protests are only the most recent actions  that have taken place as part of a decade-long movement against the  pipeline.

Protests in recent months were in response to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s raids in Wet’suwet’en territory.