As we continue celebrating 10 years of Wiki Loves Women, we are looking not only at what has been achieved, but also at how the initiative continues to evolve and create new opportunities for people to learn, create, and share their knowledge. After a decade of making women more visible through initiatives such as SheSaid, […]
Image attribution: Claire Gaudriot in partnership with Les Sans PagEs For more than a decade, the late Deror Lin’s legendary Coolest Projects session has celebrated the bold, creative, unexpected, and sometimes wonderfully quirky, ideas that make the Wikimedia movement so inspiring. This year, Coolest Projects returned for a special 25th-anniversary edition event at Wikimania, celebrating […]
From 25 August to 25 September 2026, Wiki OTO brings together contributors to help close the gender gap in Wikimedia’s free knowledge and improve the representation of African women on Wikidata. Wiki OTO is a campaign dedicated to creating and improving Wikidata items about women, helping to address the gender gap in Wikimedia’s free knowledge. […]
What better way to celebrate a decade of championing women’s voices than by putting them into people’s hands? To mark the 10th anniversaries of both les sans pagEs and Wiki Loves Women, a new card game, FrancAutrices, invites players to discover remarkable French-speaking women writers through play. Created through a collaboration between les sans pagEs, […]
At Wiki Loves Women and Wiki in Africa, we believe everyone’s achievements should be seen, celebrated, and remembered, especially those of women, who are often underrepresented online. Even in 2026, many women are still talked about through their families or relationships, rather than their own accomplishments. That’s why we work to improve the visibility of women online. That’s […]
SheSaid, the campaign by Wiki in Africa that highlights women’s quotes, ran its 6th edition from September to December 2025 and it was bigger than ever. Originally rooted in Africa, SheSaid has grown into a global initiative, connecting communities across continents and languages to amplify women’s voices. This year, participants joined from countries including Nigeria, … Read More
At Wiki Loves Women and Wiki in Africa, we believe everyone’s achievements should be seen, celebrated, and remembered, especially those of women, who are often underrepresented online. Even in 2026, many women are still talked about through their families or relationships, rather than their own accomplishments. That’s why we work to improve the visibility of … Read More
Stories from the communities ! The Fante Wikimedians community successfully carried out its second SheSaid campaign, with a series of well-coordinated online and in-person activities aimed at increasing women-related content on the Fante Wikiquote Incubator. The campaign officially began in the first week of October 2025 with a series of online training sessions. These sessions were designed […]
Each year, the ISA Tell Us About Her campaign invites contributors from across the Wikimedia movement to enrich images of women on WikiCommons with Wikidata-linked information. In 2025, the campaign embraced the theme “Women in Literature”, celebrating writers, poets, and storytellers whose words have shaped ideas and inspired generations. Participants explored creative ways to connect […]
From 16 to 18 October 2025, the 4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference convened in Tokyo, Japan, at the United Nations University and online, bringing together policymakers, researchers, librarians, publishers, and civil society to accelerate the transformation of science and scholarship in line with the UN Pact for the Future. I had […]