Wiki Loves Women is a project of Wiki In Africa in support of the WikiAfrica movement, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut from 2016-7 and supported in 2018-9 by the Wikimedia Foundation. The project has been operational in 8 countries: intensively in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, and on an event-only basis in South Africa and Zimbabwe (through WikiGap and the Swedish Embassy in Harare). As with most projects that are part of the Open Movement, many partners and collaborators are involved at a project level and within each country.
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Wiki Loves Women is an independent project on Wikipedia in support of the aims of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Content partners in …
CAMEROON
ASAFE addresses in priority to underprivileged women in the urban and rural areas, but also to the jobless youths in search for jobs, holder or not of diplomas from higher or secondary institutions of learning, and youths of the informal sector, as well as to those from redundancies of enterprises victim of the economic crisis and recession. At the heart of the preoccupations of ASAFE is found the constant concern to liberate the human potential for wealth creation. http://www.asafe.org/ |
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Women’s Counselling and Information Centre (WCIC). The benefit of the WCIC association compared to all the other associations that are already working to defend women’s rights in Cameroon, is that it gives them easy access to justice. >>http://www.womenciccameroon.org
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It’s a not for profit organisation which aim is to promote women leadership in Cameroon in particular and in Africa in general. The short term aim is to encourage girlhood to be leaders, and the long term aim is to place women from Cameroon at the heart of society’s change. This partnership allows us to share our news about workshops and other meetings. We are also planning on a raining sessions for the women from the association.
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Is the vision of Madam Omam Esther Njomo and a group of medical doctors, gender analyst, social workers, nurses, community relay and agronomists who were concerned with the plight of the rural masses especially those in the hard to reach areas, also known as minority groups such as widows, sigle mothers, displaced women and their families, female school dropouts, orphans and vulnerable children and Hiv/Aids infected and affected persons. This association helped us to put a foot in the english speaking region of Cameroon and has also put us in contact with women associations and local figures. >> http://www.reachoutcameroon.org/
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Linux Friends AssociationIs an institute of free computer training programs. Their aim is to empower the youths, especially the underprivileged. This is done through training, They help young boys and girls not only to have computers for themselves, but to make them know how to use it. Located in Limbé in the English Speaking region. >> http://sokolo.cronopios.org/wordpressses/wordpress/
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IVORY COAST
Ovillage is a third location and an open source located in Abdjan in Ivory Coast and more precisely in the area of zone 4 in Marcory. It defines itself as a collective intelligence and digital social innovation space where young people learn to use free softwares and all in a sharing of knowledge spirit. This is a space that is neither an office nor a home but one that widens the field of possibilities and counts several young Ivorians, entrepreneurs, employees, free lance, teleworkers, independent workers and project directors. They all come from different backgrounds but meet in this place to exchange, discuss, share, collaborate and innovate together. The culture of this space is Free, based on a free, independent and skilled community. |
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Akendewa is a non-governmental organisation from the Ivory Coast. Created in August 2009 by 11 founding members, including the web-activist Edith Brou, this association counts today several hundreds of members. Since its creation, Akendewa actively works for the development of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa and especially on the Ivorian territory. This NGO has also been recognised for its social actions during the socio-politic crisis that took place in the Ivory Coast in 2010. It is also at the basis of several projects such as #SheIsTheCode, a code initiation project aimed at young girls. |
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![]() Network and training partner, E-voir is a Web Marketing and Media agency which hosts Wikimédia Côte d’Ivoire headquarter and saw the execution of 80% of our activities |
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![]() Jeune Africain Moderne is a group of friends who believe in african youth dynamism, in its créative and in its ability to actively contribue to development. Through culture and empowerment, Jeune Africain Moderne works towards the idea of making Africa known, show off its values and promote entrepreneurship. JAM is a content partner(quality images) and a networking one. https://www.facebook.com/youngafricanmodern
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Le Caucus des Femmes Parlementaire de Côte d’Ivoire This collaboration is a result of our partnership with the Ivorian National Assembly. |
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Lagozi is a blog about cinema, written by Sonia Guiza, a young ivorian acivist who has a passion for cinema. Thanks to her account Youtube, Lagozi allows people to understand cinema in simple terms. Thanks to her we managed to get in touch with Kadhy Touré and are planning a working session with her |
Ghana
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Nigeria
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The Arise Nigerian Woman Foundation was founded in 2010 when Nigeria turned 50. It was founded to accentuate the contribution of the Nigerian Woman to Nation Building. Arise Nigerian Woman believes that the Nigerian woman has a lot to offer across the board, but is often confined to set roles in the society. With a team of six amazing board members, Arise Nigeria boasts of its ability to manage complex and demanding relationship in working at the federal, state and local government. Arise Nigeria is a member of several platforms and has taken on leadership position on several occasions. Visit: http://www.arisenigerianwoman.org |
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Project PINK BLUE work with breast cancer survivors who lead the advocacies and campaign against cancer; with a direct impact to over 1235 women, we have been recognized with the noble and prestigious CIVICUS Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Innovation Award at the International Civil Society Week, Johannesburg, South Africa; Winner, Global Shapers Community Abuja I AM BOLD Award & Grant at Shape Africa, Abuja; Semi-Finalist in the Big C Competition by LiveSTRONG Foundation, Austin, USA; One of the 1000 enterprises of Tony Elumelu Entreprenuership Programme (TEEP), 2015 and Winner of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) SPARC MBC Challenge Grant 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. Visit www.projectpinkblue.org to learn more, follow us on social media @projectpinkblue |
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W.TEC works in partnership with corporate organisations, local and international NGOs, educational and research organisations. W.TEC was set-up in January 2008 and conceived in response to research that showed that although ICTs significantly contribute to a nation’s development and growth, women – who make-up approximately half of Nigeria’s population – are severely lagging behind in their knowledge and use of technology. |
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Media Concern Initiative – for Women and Children (MediaCon) is a Non – Governmental Organization working in the field of sexual violence prevention and crisis response in Nigeria and Africa. MediaCon was founded in 2000 by Dr. Princess Olufemi-Kayode, a survivor of Child Sexual Abuse and rape. She began creating public awareness through a national media campaign which succeeded in breaking the silence and also setting off massive number of disclosures by victims from all parts of the country. Realizing the impact of sexual violence on the Nigerian society, she also sought institutional supports to meet the needs of child and adult victims to mitigate the long-term effects on the health, safety, and productivity of Nigeria. |
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Blackface Media is a subsidiary of Thrazel Nigeria Limited. It is a multi-dimensional media platform for information dissemination and for championing knowledge-based ideas in the pursuit of truth in its entirety. Specifically, we specialize in branding People, Products, Organisations & Events. Our strength is based on in-depth research of activities, which culminates as special reports embedded with fact and reality. Fb: www.facebook.com/blackfacenews |
Tanzania
- Buni Innovation Hub
- Seed Space Dar es Salaam
- Goethe institute
- Swedish Embassy in Dar Es Salaam for the WikiGap event
Uganda
- Femrite
- Women In Technology Uganda
- Femrite
- Women In Technology Uganda
- Ugandan Bloggers
- Hive Colab
- Goethe Zentrum – Kampala
- Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC)
- High Sound Uganda
- Luganda Department, Makerere University
- Women of Uganda Network
- School of Women and Gender Studies – Makerere University,
- Embassy of Sweden Kampala,
- Internet Society – Uganda Chapter
- Girl Up Initiative Uganda
- Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association (UWEA)