Cape Town #SheSaid event adds 25 South African women to Wikiquote over 3-day workshop

December 1, 2022By IslaGender, Gender equity, She Said, SheSaid, South African notable women, Wiki Loves Women, Womens voices
Cape Town #SheSaid event adds 25 South African women to Wikiquote over 3-day workshop

December started with a workshop in Cape Town as WikiAfrica Heritage joined the SheSaid campaign. The workshop took place at the  District Six Museum’s Homecoming Centre and focused on training heritage and culture professionals in adding the notable quotations of their icons to Wikiquote. Before the event, 27 of the 3,462 women listed as notable […]

Wiki Loves Women’s #SheSaid Campaign Gives Notable Women a Voice on Wikiquote

October 20, 2020By IslaCelebrate African Women, Giving Women a Voice, She Said, Wiki Loves Women
Wiki Loves Women’s #SheSaid Campaign Gives Notable Women a Voice on Wikiquote

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 […]