Understanding the gender gap on Wikipedia and more importantly, knowing how to bridge it, these were the goals of a workshop held on the 17 of January at Wikimedia Côte d’Ivoire headquarters in Abidjan. From 15 January to 03 February across the world, librarians are working to improve Wikipedia. During this campaign called #1Lib1Ref (One … Read More
Promoting Africa and its values on the Net. So is the main objective of Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) and Wiki Loves Women (WLW)projects. Wiki Loves Women works towards the appréciation of the african woman on Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia. Through articles and images…, the project allows to highlight the essential role of women in african … Read More
On the 8th of December 2016, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) organised edit-a-thorn with Wikimedia community across the globe. The news is the growing popularity of Wiki loves women among Nigerian women. This was put to play when WLW was invited to coordinate the proceeding at the event in Abuja at BBC office The event created … Read More
The Wiki loves women (WLW) team was in Abuja for a 2-day event starting on the 18th and ended on the 19th of November as an on going activities to honor women of Nigerian descent. The event was co-hosted by Techher , Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN), Wiki Africa and Goethe Institut. This is the second … Read More
On 29th November, Ashesi University charted a new cause by embracing Open Movement activities.The Wiki Loves Women Team as part of its outreach activities their outreach to Brekuso Hills where Ashesi University is located. This was a follow up to an earlier conversation with Ashesi University by the Team Lead and WIR about having a collaboration … Read More
The 28th of October 2016 will stay an important date in the history of the Wikipedia/media community in Niger. The meeting, who took place in Homeland Hôtel in Niamey, between the President of the User Group de Côte d’Ivoire, Donatien Kangah, and the President of Femme & TIC Niger, Fatiman Alher, marked a future collaboration, … Read More
Nigerian women in Science and Technology in collaboration with Goethe Institut, Wiki Loves Women, WikiAfrica , Women’s Empowerment Technology Center (W.TEC) and Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN) gathered on the 13th of October, 2016 at the main of hall of Goethe Institut in Lagos, South west Nigeria to celebrate all notable Nigerian women. The event was … Read More
The second ‘Soirée contributive de Wikimédia Community User Group Côte d’Ivoire’ on the Wiki Loves Women project, took place on Friday 21st of October 2016, in the E-voir agency building. It was all about making sure that everything was still running smoothly after last week’s meeting. Dominique Eliane Yao, Wiki Loves Women Team Leader for … Read More
On 17th September, 2016. The Wiki Loves Women (Ghana) Team joined the Wiki Loves Monuments Team in Ghana on a trip to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as part of events marking Wiki Loves Monuments in Ghana. Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo contest that is held across the globe within the Wikimedia movements to … Read More
On the 30th July , the Wiki Loves Women (Ghana) Team hosted an event dubbed the ”Wiki Women’s Hack” at the Goethe Institut in Accra. This was the 5th event the group was hosting to bring people together volunteers especially women in Ghana to have a first hand experience on Wikipedia as well as contribute … Read More