The lack of women in Wikipedia (and female related topics) is being adressed in several ways. Here are some ways that work and some ways that don't, along with some good advice and links to relevant pages.

1. Lennart Guldbrandsson
Wikimedia Sverige
lennart@wikimedia.se
@aliasHannibal

2. The
WIKIPEDIA
gendergap
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4. Bradley
Chelsea Manning

6. Articles (Swedish Wikipedia)

7. Editors (globally)
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8. The problem of Kate
Middleton's dress.
Wikipedia is
not one
encyclopedia.
It's many
encyclopedias
of varying
quality.
The non-problem of
several hundred
Ubuntu articles.

10. Sue Gardner,
CEO of Wikimedia
Foundation

11. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Five
ways to encourage women to edit
Wikipedia
http://bit.ly/1exTrxG
Nine Reasons Women Don’t Edit
Wikipedia (in their own words)
http://bit.ly/18hkg1H

12. Sometimes,
women only

15. We're working on strategies
openly – and we welcome input
http://bit.ly/gendergapstrategy

16. Image sources
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Iraq_War-_Wikipedia_Historiography2.jpg, James
Bridle (CC-BY-SA 2.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.tif, Allan Warren (CCBY-SA 3.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HF-purple-with-chair.jpg, Litalex (CC-BY)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradley_Manning_US_Army.jpg, United States Army
(public domain)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toilet_women.svg, Lateiner, CC-BY-SA 2.5)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aiga_toiletsq_men.svg, Aiga, public domain
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_and_Kate_wedding.jpg, Magnus D/Dr Blofeld
(CC-BY 2.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sue_Gardner_Feb_2013_portrait_crop_1.jpg, Victoria Will
(CC-BY-SA 3.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Super_OS.png, Hacktolive (GFDL)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cinnamon_1.4_on_Linux_Mint_12_.png, Lukys (CC-BYSA 3.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ubuntu_GNOME_13.10_ScreenShot.png, GNOME/ & &
& & (GNU GPL/GNU LGPL/CC-BY-SA 3.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_page_redesign_screenshot.png, Jmorgan (WMF)
(CC-BY-SA 3.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_Ada_Lovelace_Day_editathon_6.JPG,
Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TransparentTelefon_4933.jpg, Túrelio, CC-BY-SA 3.0

17. Lennart Guldbrandsson
Wikimedia Sverige
lennart@wikimedia.se
@aliasHannibal