We’re thrilled to kick off the 5th edition of the #SheSaid campaign! The #SheSaid campaign is all about celebrating women and giving their words the recognition they deserve. Thanks to the dedication of our global Wikimedia communities, we’ve been closing the gender gap by adding +15 555 of women’s quotes in 18 languages. In 2023 … Read More
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Celebrating Three Years of Empowerment: The Focus Group’s Journey!
As the Focus Group marked its third anniversary in 2023, we reflect on the incredible progress made by our members. An impressive amount of work continues to be accomplished, thanks in part to the introduction of a Coaching program designed to support participants at all stages of their development. This program has empowered members to … Read More
Women in Art – ISA Tell Us About Her 2024 Results
The Wiki Loves Women team remains dedicated to celebrating women globally by enhancing their visibility on Wikipedia and its sister projects. For the fifth consecutive year, WLW proudly launched the ISA Tell Us About Her campaign, encouraging participants to enrich existing images of women on WikiCommons with relevant Wiki-data linked information. This year’s theme focused […]
#SheSaid: Honoring the Influence of Women and Their Impactful Quotes
In a world where women’s voices have often been muted or disregarded, it’s astonishing to realize that, despite their wealth of wisdom, inspiration, and distinctive perspectives, there’s a glaring absence of their quotes in our cultural narrative. This obvious void not only mirrors the historical sidelining of women but also underscores the necessity for a […]
Women on The Frontline of Climate – ISA Tell Us About Her 2023 Results
The Wiki Loves Women team continues celebrating women around the world by increasing their visibility on Wikipedia and its sister projects. For the fourth year in row, the WLW launched the ISA Tell Us About Her campaign which encourages participants to add relevant Wiki-data linked information to the images depicting women in the fields that […]
Wiki Loves Women Zimbabwe 2022 – 2023
My name is Sichelesile Similo Ndlovu. I am a new Wikipedian from Zimbabwe and part of the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group. The group’s aim is bridging two significant gaps in Wikimedia projects – women and Africa – both in terms of content about these subjects and participation by people from these groups. Together with … Read More
The Wiki Loves Women: Highlights of 2022.
The Focus Group In 2022, the Focus Coaching programme comprised of 14 women from across Africa (and southern France) who participated in: A monthly thematic working session with the group (private recording for group members). Bi-monthly Office Hours on Thursdays; we have hosted about 8 informal office hours. More than 5 Office Hours in French … Read More
The #SheSaid campaign: 3 years of celebrating Women!
Under the tagline “Give her a voice”, the #SheSaid campaign was started in 2020 in order to elevate the voices of notable women on Wikiquote in different languages. After 3 editions, the drive has resulted in 7376 new or improved articles. When first launched, the campaign resulted in +867 new or improved articles in 7 … Read More
“The Focus Group: After 2 years, where are we?”
The Focus Group celebrates its second year anniversary. An amazing amount of work continues to be done by the members. A Coaching program has been instituted to help the participating members in all stages of the programme to develop their skills and helped them find ways to build their capacities. “I have been able to … Read More
She has a lot to say! #SheSaid
Wiki Loves Women‘s #SheSaid campaign, which aims to redress the imbalance of gender representation on Wikiquote, continues to impact the visibility of women with new and improved articles being added in 12 languages since the 2022 project launched in October. In early December, over mid-way through the campaign and heading towards its end in December, Wikiquotes added […]