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
I am Faith Mwanyolo, a 24-year-old member of the Wikimedia Community in Kenya. My interactions with the Wikimedia Foundation began in 2017 when I got to find out about the foundation’s projects and was approached to organize WikiGap in Nairobi. Since then, I have continued to contribute to the various projects with my forte being … Read More
The wisdom of 2,432 women made visible via WikiQuote Wiki Loves Women’s 2021 #SheSaid campaign was launched in October. SheSaid is a drive that encourages an increase in visibility for notable women’s voices online by adding their notable quotes to various language WikiQuote sites. For 2021, nine different language communities contributed – Italian, Ukrainian, English, … Read More
Join the Wiki Loves Women’s annual #SheSaid campaign over October and November! Wiki Loves Women’s annual #SheSaid campaign focuses on bridging the gender divide and unearthing women’s voices by celebrating them and increasing their visibility online through Wikiquote. #SheSaid is a Wiki In Africa campaign for Wiki Loves Women. it is run by members of … Read More
The last few months I have been training on Wiki Loves Women Focus Group programme through monthly online meetings which has made me have a better understanding of Wikipedia Movement and its projects. It’s been a journey of intense learning a lot about the #SheSaid Campaign and I recently embarked on a journey to bring … Read More
Since the launch of the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group members in members, in June 2021, the focus group has intensively and committed to hosting monthly dedicated working sessions that are packed with a lot of knowledge harnessing the skills of the women in the focus group to be competent community leaders with the digital, … Read More
The Wiki Loves Women project has launched its Focus Group coaching programme with 12 female members from Botswana, Cameroon, France, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The Focus Group coaching program is practical, action-oriented, mentored and is entirely remote. It provides skills and transfers knowledge that supports each member as a community leader … Read More
ISA campaign Tell Us About Her In March 2021 the ISA campaign Tell Us About Her was launched once again under the theme for the Wiki Loves Women’s March drive called “ Women at work “aimed at adding relevant Wiki-data linked information to the images depicting women at work. The Isa is a user-friendly tool, … Read More
On the 20th October, at the Gender Gap panel for the Creative Commons Virtual Global Summit, the Wiki Loves Women team launched the #SheSaid campaign. The brainchild of Wiki In Africa‘s Florence Devouard, #SheSaid is an online drive across the Wikimedia Community to balance the representation of gender in the entries of Wikiquote. Over the … Read More
On the 20th October, at the Gender Gap panel for the Creative Commons Virtual Global Summit, the SheSaid campaign was launched. The SheSaid drive is aimed at improving the visibility of women across Wikimedia projects by creating new or improving already existing Wikiquote entries that are related to them. Why the SheSaid campaign? One reason … Read More