Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Expanding Queer Wikimedia Participation Across Northern Nigeria (ID: 23759207)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Hadassahlove
- Organization
N/A
- 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)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Wiki For Human Rights Nigeria and I am the co-lead of the organization whose aim is to provide and support LGBTQ+ topics on the Wikimedia projects.
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Expanding Queer Wikimedia Participation Across Northern Nigeria
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-04-05 - 2026-05-15
- 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)
Other (please specify) Wiki Loves Pride, LGBTQ+ inclusion, Wiki for Human Rights
- 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)
Despite sustained efforts since 2021 to support LGBT+ participation in Wikimedia projects in Nigeria with succesul results as documented in this diff (https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/07/02/%f0%9f%8c%88-building-bridges-with-edits-the-unfolding-story-of-lgbt-advocacy-on-wikipedia-in-nigeria/), engagement remains highly concentrated in Southern Nigeria. Queer individuals in the Northern regions face limited access to Wikimedia training and a lack of localized support structures. As a result, these communities are underrepresented as queer Wikimedia contributors, and their perspectives are largely absent from open knowledge platforms.
This project aims to address this geographic and participation gap by decentralizing queer Wikimedia training to underrepresented regions of Nigeria. The change we seek is to extend our wiki queer outreaches to northern Nigeria for a more inclusive, nationally distributed network of contributors who can participate safely and sustainably. The project will also serve as the northen edition of the succesful Queerpedia project which target only the southern Nigeria (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Alliances_Fund/Wiki_for_change_and_inclusion_in_Nigeria/Final_Report).
To achieve this, the project will implement 2 regional training programs: one to cover particpants from North West and North East Nigeria while the other other will cover participants from North Central Nigeria in partnership with trusted local LGBT+ organizations in the region. These partners will help ensure safe outreach interms of venue, partipants and implementation. Participants will receive training on Wikimedia editing, content policies, and digital safety, and will be supported to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata.
To support retention and sustainability beyond one-off trainings, trained participants will be inducted as Queer Wikimedia Fellows. Fellows will receive ongoing mentorship and act as regional multipliers, helping to raise awareness, mentor new contributors, and strengthen local Wikimedia engagement in their respective areas.
Through this approach, the project responds to urgent regional inequities in access to Wikimedia participation while building long-term community capacity aligned with the Wikimedia movement’s commitment to knowledge equity.
- 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.
We are planning 3 main trainings in 3 cities of Nigeria.
North West and North Central between April 15th to 25th 2026 North Central between April 25th to 30th 2026
We are already in contact with major LGBT organizations in the all the cities that will help us to mobilize for queer participants and ensure safety. They include: Women Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment and Equality (WISE), Obodo Nigeria, The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs)
1. Project planning and partnerships
Identify three host states across the regions and partner with one trusted local LGBT+ organization in each location to support safe outreach, participant recruitment, and implementation.
2. Participant outreach and selection Recruit LGBT+ participants through partner organizations using secure channels, prioritizing individuals interested in open knowledge and community engagement.
3. Regional Wikimedia trainings Conduct three in-person training programs; one per region covering Wikimedia basics, Wikipedia editing, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata contributions, and digital safety and anonymity. Each training will include guided editing sessions.
4. Fellowship induction and mentorship Induct trained participants as Queer Wikimedia Fellows and provide post-training mentorship, online follow-up sessions, and technical support to encourage sustained participation and local outreach.
5. Monitoring and documentation Track participation and contributions, document lessons learned, and share outcomes on a public Wikimedia project page and through the final grant report.
- 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.
Hadassahlove, Event Organizer
Obinna Tony. program manager
Women Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment and Equality (WISE), Partnering organization
Obodo Nigeria, Partnering organization
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), Partnering organization
Kaizenify; Experienced Wikipedia editor - Advisor and Trainer
Participants to be provided by the partnering organization.
- 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)
Queer participants. They will be provided by the partnered queer organization
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 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.
N/A
- 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.
I have announced this project in the discussion page of the Talk:Wikimedia LGBT Usergroup. And also announced on the whatsapp group for Wiki For Human Rights Nigeria
- 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)
Sexual Orientation
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Advocacy
- 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)
Provide for Safety and Inclusion
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through this project, we hope to learn how regional, partnership-driven approaches can improve access, safety, and retention for LGBT+ contributors in underrepresented and higher-risk contexts. Specifically, we aim to understand which training formats and support structures are most effective for engaging queer participants in the Northern regions of Nigeria.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 80 | 45 for North East and West
35 for North Central |
| Number of editors | 70 | All will get to edit after |
| Number of organizers | 10 | from W4HR Nigeria and partnered organizations |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 500 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 |
| Wikidata | 400 |
| 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
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
The outreach dashboard to measure contributions
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HZQEaq1DXbYd7DLXtt1BFZoPDBvrOHpitAXOWd9kGzU/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
7056000 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.
4745.19 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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