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Article Evaluation

I am evaluating the Women's History Month article on Wikipedia. Women's History Month is an internationally declared month, that is meant to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of women in history. Women's History month is celebrated in March in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. This article presents information on the history, themes, and overall impact of women's history. While evaluating this article, I felt that there is much more information that can be added. The History section can be presented in a more clear and concise manner. I believe that the focus on Women's History Week, was a bit overrepresented. While it is important to know the progression of Women's History Week to Women's History Month, the history section still lacked depth. I would like to know who were some of the key leaders in the women's history movement, and a more in-depth interpretation of the themes. The sections that were dedicated to international celebrations of Women's History Month could have been expounded upon. I also believe that Recent Impact section of the article should be expanded. It would be great to know how the celebration of women's history has influenced present feminist activists.

Draft Article

Contributions

We decided to split the article into three primary sections: "Early Life," "Career," and "Awards." Neal will be writing "Early Life," Jalen will be writing "Career," and Viana will be writing "Awards." Symone is the coordinator.

Sources

1. http://uct.academia.edu/ShikohGitau/CurriculumVitae
2. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/anita-borg-institute-announces-winners-2013-grace-hopper-celebration-ghc-abie-awards-1816198.htm
3. https://anitab.org/profiles/abie-award-winners/shikoh-gitau/
4. https://www.independent.co.ug/ceo-awards-wangusa-e-africas-influential-woman-art-culture/2/
5. https://hapakenya.com/2014/07/31/top-10-kenyan-women-tech/
6. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2013-06-03-qampa-with-shikoh-gitau
7. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-25015621/the-mobile-phone-app-helping-south-africa-s-job-hunters
8. http://www.africanpro.co.za/professionals/item/183-shikoh-gitau-first-african-to-receive-a-google-award
9. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/shikoh-gitau
10. http://newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org/Fellows/Details/0041/Shikoh-Gitau
11. http://diasporamessenger.com/2013/06/kenyan-female-phd-innovation-leads-to-google-job/
12. https://about.me/shikoh
13. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000025446/genius-who-captured-google-s-heart

Lead Section

Shikoh Gitau (circa 1981) is a Kenyan technology innovator. Despite growing up in the poverty level, she used her passion to finish her undergraduate studies in Computer Science at the Africa Nazarene University and attain her PhD at University of Cape Town. She is known for inventing M-Ganga and Ummeli, two mobile applications for promoting health and medicine, and finding employment opportunities. Being the first African to do so, she won the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship received in the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing based on her inventions and thesis. She contributes and manages the Technology Innovations for Inclusive Growth program where she is presently employed in the Africa Development Bank (AfDB).