Monday 19 August 2019
During history lessons at school, we were taught about conflicts, innovation, and resolutions that made the world what it is today — without telling the stories of the other half the population. History really has been “his story” — it was written by men, for men, and you guessed it, about men. In the US, 89 percent of the stories in history textbooks are about men. This same story even applies to nations considered great leaders in the fight for gender equality, such as Sweden. To correct history, the Wikimedia Foundation has collaborated with Wikimedia Sverige to launch “The Equal…
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