What’s New and Exciting in SheSaid 2024?

October 11, 2024By AfekAfrican Wikimedians, Campaign, Celebrate African Women, Focus Group, Gender, Gender equity, She Said, SheSaid, Wiki Loves Women, Wikimedia, Wikiquote, Women of Africa

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

Celebrating Three Years of Empowerment: The Focus Group’s Journey!

October 10, 2024By AfekShe Said, Visible Women, Wiki in Africa, Wiki Loves Women, Womens voices

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

October 10, 2024By AfekAfrican Wikimedians, Community, Gender, ISA Campaign, ISA Tool, Wiki Loves Women, Wikimedia

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

October 26, 2023By AfekCampaign, Community, Gender, SheSaid, Wiki Loves Women, Wikimedia, Wikiquote

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

May 12, 2023By AfekISA Campaign, ISA Tool, Wiki in Africa, Wiki Loves Women, WikiCommons, Wikimedia

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

March 3, 2023By AfekUncategorized

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 Focus Group: After 2 years, where are we?”

February 8, 2023By AfekCameroon, Focus Group, ISA drives, Kenya, Project action, SheSaid, Wiki Indaba, Wikimania, Wikiquote

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

November 20, 2022By AfekGender, SheSaid, Wiki Loves Women, Wikiquote, Women of Africa, Womens voices

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 […]