It was exciting to receive the email that I’ve become one of the 12 African women selected for the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group at the beginning of 2021. It was the start of a learning curve for me. I learnt a lot of new things like: revamping my User page, writing a better report … Read More
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 […]
I am Faith Mwanyolo, a 24-year-old member of the Wikimedia Community in Kenya. My interactions with the Wikimedia Foundation began in 2017 when I got to find out about the foundation’s projects and was approached to organize WikiGap in Nairobi. Since then, I have continued to contribute to the various projects with my forte being … Read More
The wisdom of 2,432 women made visible via WikiQuote Wiki Loves Women’s 2021 #SheSaid campaign was launched in October. SheSaid is a drive that encourages an increase in visibility for notable women’s voices online by adding their notable quotes to various language WikiQuote sites. For 2021, nine different language communities contributed – Italian, Ukrainian, English, … Read More
This year the 5th Wiki Indaba annual conference was held virtually under the theme of Rethink +Reset: Vision & Future. It was hosted by the Wikimedia Community Uganda Usergroup and ran from the 5th – 7th November 2021. The main goal of this conference was to give the Wikimedia communities in Africa and the diaspora the platform … Read More
Wiki In Africa is excited to announce an exciting new platform from their Wiki Loves Women initiative – the Inspiring Open podcast series. Wiki Loves Women will create the first of a series of podcasts that showcases and celebrate inspiring women leaders within (and aligned to) the open movements, with a strong focus on Africa. … Read More
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 […]
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. #SheSaid is a Wiki In Africa campaign for Wiki Loves Women. it is run by members of … Read More
The last few months I have been training on Wiki Loves Women Focus Group programme through monthly online meetings which has made me have a better understanding of Wikipedia Movement and its projects. It’s been a journey of intense learning a lot about the #SheSaid Campaign and I recently embarked on a journey to bring … Read More
Since the launch of the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group members in members, in June 2021, the focus group has intensively and committed to hosting monthly dedicated working sessions that are packed with a lot of knowledge harnessing the skills of the women in the focus group to be competent community leaders with the digital, … Read More