WikiAfrica Hour #44: Women Visibility: How Wikimedia Movement sheds light on women

March 7, 2025By AfekCommunity, Gender, Inspiring Open, personal story, SheSaid, WikiAfrica Hour, Youtube
WikiAfrica Hour #44: Women Visibility: How Wikimedia Movement sheds light on women

As a celebration of Women in March, WikiAfrica Hour 44 episode hosts some inspiring women across the wikimedia movement to converse about how the movement supports women:
How did 2030 recommendations align with woman’s support?
What are the great roles played by communities’ initiatives to empower women ?
Are there any disadvantages of adoption of 50:50 presentation in all setting?

Can recent national or global attacks on DIE initiatives might affect our movement ? 

All these questions and more will be raised and discussed on Wednesday, 26th March, 16 UTC. 

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
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

October 26, 2023By AfekCampaign, Community, Gender, SheSaid, Wiki Loves Women, Wikimedia, Wikiquote
#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 […]

Wiki in Africa partners with Wiki Indaba to stream remote content to you!

November 15, 2022By AfekAfrican Narrative, African Wikimedians, Community, Conference, Wiki in Africa, Wiki Loves Women, WikiIndaba
Wiki in Africa partners with Wiki Indaba to stream remote content to you!

The Wiki in Africa team flew to Rwanda last month to Wiki Indaba, where some team members met in person for the first time after working together for almost a year. Although the team has a wonderfully synergistic professional relationship, bonds of friendship were cemented over wine from Cape Town and Tunisia, and project ideas for […]