Celebrating Three Years of Empowerment: The Focus Group’s Journey!

October 10, 2024By AfekShe Said, Visible Women, Wiki in Africa, Wiki Loves Women, Womens voices

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

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

December 1, 2022By AfekGender equity, She Said, SheSaid, South African notable women, Wiki Loves Women, Womens voices

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 […]

She has a lot to say! #SheSaid

November 20, 2022By Rachel ZadokSheSaid, Wiki Loves Women, Wikiquote, Women of Africa, Womens voices

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 […]

ISA Challenge – Tell Us About Her: Women in Architecture

February 22, 2022By AfekISA Campaign, News EN, Wiki Loves Women, Womens voices

Since 2018, the WikiGap campaign drives content creation campaigns on Wikimedia projects to celebrate the International Women’s Month in March and amplify the voices of women using Wikimedia projects. The Wiki Loves Women Tell Us About Her ISA challenge annually participate in this campaign by adding metadata to images of women on various categories of […]