At Wiki Loves Women and Wiki in Africa, we believe everyone’s achievements should be seen, celebrated, and remembered, especially those of women, who are often underrepresented online. Even in 2026, many women are still talked about through their families or relationships, rather than their own accomplishments. That’s why we work to improve the visibility of women online. That’s […]
Each year, the ISA Tell Us About Her campaign invites contributors from across the Wikimedia movement to enrich images of women on WikiCommons with Wikidata-linked information. In 2025, the campaign embraced the theme “Women in Literature”, celebrating writers, poets, and storytellers whose words have shaped ideas and inspired generations. Participants explored creative ways to connect […]
Wiki In Africa was formally established in November 2016 as a South African-based non-profit to create a legal framework for the WikiAfrica movement that was already being shaped through impactful initiatives that amplify African voices on global knowledge platforms. Projects like Wiki Loves Africa, launched in 2014, and Wiki Loves Women, initiated in 2016, laid […]
2023 was a year of growth, collaboration, and powerful storytelling—cerebral, visual and encyclopedic— across Wiki In Africa’s seven core projects. From harnessing the energy of volunteers in more than 54 countries, involving 263 individual organisers and 270 partner organisations and Wikimedia user groups, to elevating African content on global platforms, our community has continued to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since 2018, the WikiGap campaign drives content creation campaigns on Wikimedia projects to celebrate the International Women’s Month in March and amplify the voices of women using Wikimedia projects. The Wiki Loves Women Tell Us About Her ISA challenge annually participate in this campaign by adding metadata to images of women on various categories of […]
Imagine an article on Nelson Mandela, without an image of what he looks like. Imagine a great article on Michelle Obama, without a glimpse of what she looks like in person. These are even famous people. Now imagine what it’s like for the historically marginalized, economically or politically disadvantaged, whose leaders have been made intentionally […]
