Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Data, Dignity, and Difference:Centering Feminist Voices on Wikimedia Projects (ID: 23759138)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Akwugo
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Data, Dignity, and Difference:Centering Feminist Voices on Wikimedia Projects
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-04-10 - 2026-06-10
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Art+Feminism
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Across Wikipedia and Wikidata, women and feminist knowledge remain underrepresented. African feminist scholars, movements, and initiatives are often missing, poorly sourced, or underdeveloped in Wikimedia projects. This project seeks to address these content and contributor gender gaps by centering feminist voices, data, and representation. We aim to: Increase visibility of Nigerian and African feminist leaders, organizations, and movements.
Train new editors - especially women and gender-diverse people - to contribute confidently to Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Foster conversations on data justice, dignity, and knowledge equity within Wikimedia spaces.
Approach:
We will hold a two-month program combining capacity-building workshops, edit-a-thons, and mentorship on feminist knowledge production in Wikimedia. We will use a feminist data ethics framework to ensure respect, accuracy, and dignity in representation.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
Strategy: Capacity-building, Community Engagement, and Content Creation Activities: Pre-launch Orientation & Community Mobilization (Online)
Introduce the project to the community members in our respective Wikimedia communities, involve more women within our locality who are not yet Wikimedians and finally, engage feminist collectives.
Publicise participation call and registration form.
Training Workshop (Hybrid, 2 Days)
Introduction to Wikipedia editing, citation standards, and reliable sourcing.
Wikidata session on creating items related to African feminist organizations, events, and leaders.
Feminist Data Ethics discussion: “Dignity and Representation in Open Data.”
Edit-a-thons (2 Events)
Improve or create at least 100 Wikipedia articles and 100 Wikidata items on African feminist topics.
Mentorship & Follow-up (Online)
Pair new editors with experienced Wikimedians for continued engagement.
Evaluation & Reporting Session
Collect participant feedback, analyze metrics, and publish outcomes on Meta-Wiki and Diff Blog.
Partnerships: Wikimedia communities in Nigeria
Nigerian Feminist Forum
Art+Feminism campaign (collaboration and endorsement)
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
User: Akwugo (Project Lead): is a linguist, community organizer, and active contributor to the Art+Feminism campaign and have organised several Art+Feminism projects. She leads community projects that promote language documentation, open knowledge, and women’s representation. As a trainer and facilitator, she supports volunteers in translation, editing, and community engagement. Her work centers on empowering emerging contributors, building community capacity, and leading initiatives that strengthen Women, linguistic and cultural visibility across Wikimedia platforms especially on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wiktionary. She once led the project 'Deepening community engagement on movement Strategy in Nigeria' in Nigeria.
Lucy Lucy (Co-Lead): an experienced Wikimedian, language professional and community engagement strategist with expertise in language localisation, digital content management, and multilingual project coordination. Her work bridges linguistic and cultural gaps, ensuring inclusive and accessible communication for global audiences spans across different Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia and Wikidata.
User:Chikeme Chizurum (Communication & Publicity): Esther with the username Chikeme Chizurum is an active contributor to Wikipedia, Wikidata, and the Igbo Wiktionary, dedicated to promoting open knowledge in the Igbo language. Her work focuses on organizing and supporting Wikimedia activities that strengthen community participation, language preservation, and digital literacy within Nigeria’s higher institutions.
She began her journey in the Wikimedia movement by organizing the launch of the University of Nigeria (UNN) Ig Wiki Fan Club in 2022, which featured an edit-a-thon on translating English Wikipedia articles into Igbo. That same year, she organized a Wiki Loves Earth photowalk at UNN, supported by the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, to promote local environmental documentation.
In 2023, Esther continued her organizational leadership by hosting the first UNN Ig Wiki Fan Club meet-up and coordinating an edit-a-thon focused on human rights-related articles. She also facilitated the UNN Ig Wiki Fan Club WPWP 2023 Training Session, equipping new editors with skills to contribute visual content to Wikipedia. In addition, she played a key role in the inaugural launch of the Ebonyi State University Ig Wiki Fan Club, helping to expand the Wikimedia movement within the southeastern region of Nigeria.
Esther’s dedication has earned her recognition within the Wikimedia community, including being one of the 2024 winners of Wiki Loves Folklore in the Igbo Community.
To strengthen her capacity in Wikimedia organizing and community development, she has attended several upskilling trainings, including being a selected trainee for the 2022 South East Train the Trainer Program by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, and a participant in the 2024 Higher Education Initiative by the Moleskine Foundation. She also participated in the Wikimania 2022 watch party under the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.
Through her consistent efforts in editing, training, and community organizing, Esther continues to contribute to the growth of Wikipedia, Wikidata, and the Igbo Wiktionary—amplifying local voices and preserving knowledge through the Igbo language.
Nwonwu (Facilitator & Trainer): Nwonwu Uchechukwu Pascaline is a Wikimedia contributor passionate about cultural preservation, open knowledge, and gender equality. She serves as the Wiki Loves Folklore Central African Ambassador 2024/2025, Ambassador and Communication Lead for Africa Wiki Women, and Project Lead for the IG Wiki Commons Hub.
Her contributions span Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikidata, with a focus on documenting African culture and promoting Igbo representation online. She has organized projects and training across Commons, Wiktionary, and Wikivoyage aimed at improving Igbo language and empowering new editors to participate meaningfully in the open knowledge movement.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
Target Groups: Feminist organizations, gender studies students, and women editors in Nigeria.
New contributors passionate about data justice and open knowledge.
Engagement Strategy: Outreach via social media and feminist networks.
WhatsApp group for participants for continuous support.
Bi-weekly check-ins and post-event mentorship for sustained participation.
Follow-up: Establish a “Feminist Editors Circle” to continue editing beyond the grant period.
Publish a reflection blog on Diff and Meta-Wiki.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
The proposal has been discussed with:
Igbo Wikimedians User Group (community call & Telegram discussion)
Feminist Open Knowledge Network
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Gender Identity
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We aim to learn: What strategies most effectively engage feminist communities in Wikimedia?
How can feminist frameworks improve data and content quality on Wikipedia and Wikidata?
What forms of mentorship sustain participation of new editors beyond training?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 64 | This will involve 30 contributors from each community |
| Number of editors | 60 | |
| Number of organizers | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
- Event Dashboard
- Xtool
- Online Survey
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
2786000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1893.35 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback
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- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).