She Writes Woman (SWW) is a movement of love, hope and support for women living with mental illnesses. We seek to ensure that people living with mental disorders are believed, understood and supported. It is no longer enough that mental health is left only to mental health professionals to speak about. We believe that warriors … Read More
Wiki Loves Women, only started less than 1 year ago but also has great projects: creating a User Group in Cameroon. After several months and several training sessions, Cameroon can finally take part in the Wikimedia Foundation community. Indeed, through the Wiki Loves Women project, people have worked hard in showing what Wikipedia is, and … Read More
During the 2nd édition of theWikiIndaba held in Accra in Ghana, from the 20th to the 22nd of January 2017, a Wiki Loves Women project assessment session took place on Monday 23rd of January 2017 at theGoethe Institute with sponsors or some managers from Wikimedia Foundation. The 4 countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria … Read More
Being part of these volunteers who work daily to improve Wikipedia with great articles, was one of the cherished dream of this young 22 years old student, who became a Wikimedia Cote d’Ivoire volunteer in September 2016. En effet, Keita Moussa is used to use Wikipedia for his Uni research. He wanted to go further … Read More
The Management of Blackface Media, one of the leading broadcasting organizations in Nigeria has partnered Wiki Loves Women (Team Nigeria) to support the work of the group in Nigeria. The partnership is one of the numerous efforts of Wikimedia UG Nigeria and Wiki Loves Women Team to create awareness for the event and Wikimedia activities … Read More
Two days were earmarked to celebrate Nigerian women in the month of January 2017, 16th and 17th to be precised. The event was c0-organized by Goethe Institut, Wikimedia UG Nigeria and She Writes Woman. The program was tagged “Mental Illness among Nigerian Women: Taking back the Initiative. The program involved arrays of stake holders in … Read More
Understanding the gender gap on Wikipedia and more importantly, knowing how to bridge it, these were the goals of a workshop held on the 17 of January at Wikimedia Côte d’Ivoire headquarters in Abidjan. From 15 January to 03 February across the world, librarians are working to improve Wikipedia. During this campaign called #1Lib1Ref (One … Read More
Promoting Africa and its values on the Net. So is the main objective of Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) and Wiki Loves Women (WLW)projects. Wiki Loves Women works towards the appréciation of the african woman on Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia. Through articles and images…, the project allows to highlight the essential role of women in african … Read More
The instigators of the Wiki Loves Women project are meeting up in Accra on Monday the 23rd of January. During this meeting, hosted by the Goethe Institute, they will evaluate the actions who have been taking place since 2016 and their outcomes, just before the end of the initiative promoting African women on Internet and … Read More
The biannual regional conference of African Wikipedians ‘’Wiki Indaba’’ will begin in Accra, Ghana from the 20th – 22nd January 2017. This will be the second edition of the conference after the first edition was initiated and hosted by Wikimedia South Africa (WMZA). It was first held in Johannesburg South Africa from June 20th … Read More