What’s up with Wiki Loves Women?

October 20, 2022By AfekGender, Inspiring Open, personal story, Wiki Loves Women

Wiki Loves Women continues to celebrate African women with the launch of a new #SheSaid WikiQuote drive, while the first series of our Inspiring Open podcast continues to gain popularity as we near the final episode of the season. With guests in a wide range of fields, from the creative, to the cultural curators and […]

WLW: Let women’s voices be heard through #SheSaid

October 1, 2021By IslaGender, Wiki Loves Women

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. It is run by members of the Wikimedia Communities who activate interested and passionate people and train […]

WLW: Twelve women launch Focus Group

June 30, 2021By IslaGender, Wiki Loves Women

(first published on Wiki Loves Women blog space) 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 […]

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

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 […]

Wiki Loves Women: Making Notable Women Visible

April 3, 2020By IslaCelebrate African Women, Inspiring Women, Visible Women, Wiki Loves Women

Throughout March 2020, Wiki Loves Women celebrated Africa’s women leaders with the Tell Us About Her drive on the ISA tool. The drive improved the visibility of political leaders, activists, and feminists across Africa on Wikimedia projects by asking players to add relevant information to images that represent or include Africa’s female leaders. Over the […]