Event:Africa WIki Women - Give to Gain 2026
Overview
[edit]Give to Gain 2026 is a program by the Africa Wiki Women organised in celebration of the 2026 International Women's Day to bridge content gaps of African women who have given to their local communities, the continent and the world at large especailly African women who are philanthropists, educators, women-based organisation CEOs and peace builders through the collaborative efforts of the community members.
This program is open to all, both newbie editors, experienced editors and female regional organisers
Register on the metapage to contribute your own quota to the Open Knowledge Space.
The program goal:
[edit]- Creating new articles about these women
- Improving and translating at least 70 articles about African women philanthropists, educators, peace builders
- Creating new Wikidata items
- Improving at least 100 Wikidata items about women in these field.
- Host an in-person event in any of these countries, Rwanda, Egypt, Cameroon,Uganda to train and empower new and existing editors to contribute to this program.
How to get Involved:
[edit]- Register on the Metapage
- Attend either the online training or the in-person session
- Create new articles or translate already existing articles to various local languages
Activities
[edit]| Date/Time | Activity | Trainer | Moderators | Zoom/Recording Link | Presentation Slides |
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Virtual Launch | Airat | Session recording | ||
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French Wikipedia training | Konan N'da N'dri |
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Session Recording | Presentation slide |
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English Wikipedia training | Ibjaja055 | Session recording | Presentation slide | |
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Office Hour/Wikidata training | Ojewuyib | Session recording | ||
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Training/Editathon | Female organiser: Julie.Acom | In collaboration with the Uganda User Group: Sandra Aceng, Emmy and so on | Location: Kampala, Hive Colab | In-person event page |