We’re thrilled to kick off the 5th edition of the #SheSaid campaign! The #SheSaid campaign is all about celebrating women and giving their words the recognition they deserve. Thanks to the dedication of our global Wikimedia communities, we’ve been closing the gender gap by adding +15 555 of women’s quotes in 18 languages. In 2023 … Read More
As the Focus Group marked its third anniversary in 2023, we reflect on the incredible progress made by our members. An impressive amount of work continues to be accomplished, thanks in part to the introduction of a Coaching program designed to support participants at all stages of their development. This program has empowered members to … Read More
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 […]
This special WikiAfrica Hour is a three-part salute to the gender-gap-busting work (some of it within education) within the Wikimedia movement in celebration of International Women’s Day. This special session will be hosted by Nigerian Wikimedian, Tochi Precious.
This episode is dedicated to celebrate the International Women’s month 2023, through spotlighting some initiatives working to close the gender gap on Wikimedia projects, their successes, lessons, challenges and prospects.
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 […]
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, which aims to redress the imbalance of gender representation on Wikiquote, continues to impact the visibility of women with new and improved articles being added in 12 languages since the 2022 project launched in October. In early December, over mid-way through the campaign and heading towards its end in December, Wikiquotes added […]
In episode 11, Ceslause chats to some of the leading ladies who are not only using their podcast platforms to share their experiences in Open and Wikimedia, but are also helping to bring to light key people and practices that are moving us forward.
In episode 11, Ceslause chats to some of the leading ladies who are not only using their podcast platforms to share their experiences in Open and Wikimedia, but are also helping to bring to light key people and practices that are moving us forward.
