Celebrated every year on the 31st of July, the International Day of African Women (IDAF) has been initiated in 1962 during the creation of the first African Women organisation named « Conférence des Femmes Africaines ». This historical day has been enacted by the UN and the OAU on the 31st of July 1963. This celebration offers … Read More
As part of the activities for the commemoration of notable African women in Nigeria, Wikimedia UG Nigeria in partnership with Wiki Africa, Goethe-Institut and Women Consortium Organization of Nigeria (WOCON) with focus on Women in Civic Society and Humanity organised her third Wiki Loves Women’s event on the 29 July 2016. The event was staged … Read More
On the 18th June 2016,the Ghanaian Team hosted their first event to kickstart a series of activities lined up for the Wiki Loves Women project in Ghana with a training for the female mentors of Tech Need Girls.The event was a training for the female mentors of Tech Need Girls cohort. The Team took the Lady mentees through … Read More
The just concluded Wiki Love Women with focus on Women in Politics, Entertainment and The Girls Child on the 16 July 2016 has become the toast of the media with series of coverage in prominent media houses in Nigeria , west of Africa. Some of the feature comprises links below: Wikipedia partners Nigerian NGOs to … Read More
On the 16th July 2016, Wiki Loves Women in conjunction with Goethe Institut, Lagos, WikiAfrica and Wikimedia UG Nigeria organised her second event in lagos,Nigerian with focus on Women in Politics, Entertainment and The Girls Child. The event hosted three selected NGOs in Nigeria: CEE-HOPE Nigeria, Women of Rubies and Arise Nigerian Women led by … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa, 4th July 2016 – Wiki Loves Women is proud to announce the launch of nine months of exciting events in four countries – Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria. A collaboration between WikiAfrica and the Goethe-Institut, Wiki Loves Women is an innovative knowledge project that works to ensure that Africa’s notable women are … Read More
This Friday 17th of June 2016, at CERAO in Cocody, took place the Improving women’s image in media awareness day. .>. This event was initiated by the UNESCO, and the ‘Réseau des femmes journalistes et des professionnelles de la communication de Côte d’Ivoire’ (REFJPCI) and UN Women. Some members of the Ivorian Government such … Read More
The 27th of May of every year is synonymous with children, therefore Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN) decided to partner with Goethe Institute and Ndidi’s Team ( an NGO with focus on Children) on the benefits of Wikimedia and its related projects. The main highlight of the workshop is the launching of Wiki Loves Women … Read More
The « Wiki Loves Women » project has officially been presented to the wikimedian community in Ivory Coast during the 16the WikiCIV Meet-up, on Saturday 9th of April at the Goethe Institute.The presentation was conducted by the Project Leader: Dominique Eliane YAO. It gave us the opportunity to introduce the project and to call for more … Read More
Wikipedia Primary edit-a-thon adds knowledge about South Africa’s women leaders Do you want to make a difference to the foundation phase of Education in South Africa? Then join us at two Wikipedia Primary School edit-a-thons. Wikipedia is meant to be an education tool but experiences have shown us that once accessible, Wikipedia does not provide information that responds directly to … Read More