Carmen Alcázar
Mexican Wikipedian, feminist and activist
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Carmen Alcázar Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾmen alˈkasaɾ kasˈtiʝo]) is a Mexican political scientist, feminist, women's rights activist and Wikipedian. In 2021, she received the Wikimedian of the Year honorable mention by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at Wikimania.[1][2]
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- Political scientist
- feminist
- activist
- Wikipedian
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Biography
Carmen Alcázar holds a degree in political science and public administration. She has been a Wikipedia editor since 2011.[3]
Wikimedia work
In 2015, Alcazar created the Editatona project to decrease the existing gender gap in the Wikipedia encyclopedia, since then the project has been replicated in 10 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries.[4] She served as president of Wikimedia Mexico from 2018 to 2021, when she became its executive director.[5]
