Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Making African Women Visible on Wikidata. A Likpakpaaln-Language Feminist Data Project. (ID: 23759340)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Abdul Fatawu352
- 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)
I'm a facilitator for the Likpakpaaln Wikimedia community
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Making African Women Visible on Wikidata. A Likpakpaaln-Language Feminist Data Project.
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-03-14 - 2026-04-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Ghana
- 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)
As a Wikimedia Community, we've noticed something that needs fixing. African women are hardly represented in the data and content on our platforms, especially in indigenous languages like Likpakpaaln. We have noted that this isn't just a gap, but also a missed opportunity. Giving the Wikidata’s influence on how we discover knowledge online means these gaps can make it even harder for African women's stories to be heard.
However, the Art+Feminism 2026 campaign is giving us a chance to change the narrative. With the theme of this year's campaign, "What would a truly feminist internet look like?" focusing on structured data, we can combine our passion for feminism with our love for indigenous languages. We aim to showcase Likpakpaaln, which is one of the Ghanaian indigenous languages, as a legitimate and powerful medium for representing global knowledge. By enriching Wikidata with Likpakpaaln-language content and expanding Wikipedia articles on African women, we challenge the linguistic biases and broaden access to diverse perspectives. Our community is leading this charge, leveraging our local knowledge and growing experience in Wikimedia projects to shine a light on African women.
We'll be creating and improving Wikidata items and Likpakpaaln Wikipedia articles about women in art, music, politics, chieftaincy, and agriculture. Through workshops and edit-a-thons, we'll add valuable data and descriptions in Likpakpaaln, making sure these women's stories are told in our own language.
Participants will include experienced editors, new contributors, and first-time editors from the Likpakpaaln Wikimedia Community, with special emphasis on women and youth. The project will strengthen local capacity to document African women’s knowledge, increase Likpakpaaln-language content on Wikimedia platforms, and support sustained feminist contributions beyond the grant period.
We believe that the outcome of these efforts will be a more inclusive, feminist, and multilingual internet. We also believe that the impact of centering Likpakpaaln in the global knowledge systems will promote diversity and bridge information gaps on African women.
- 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.
The project will be implemented over a 7-week (a month a half) period, allowing sufficient time for community mobilization, skills development, content creation, and reflection. Activities are sequenced to gradually build participant confidence and ensure quality contributions to both Wikidata and Likpakpaaln Wikipedia. Key activity plans and timelines are;
Week 1 (March 14-21, 2026): 1. Project planning meetings with Likpakpaaln Wikimedia Community organizers 2. Identification of focus areas and notable African women in art and music, politics, chieftaincy, and agriculture 3. Community outreach and participant recruitment, with emphasis on women and new editors 4. Preparation of training materials for Wikidata and Likpakpaaln Wikipedia.
Weeks 2-3 (March 22-31) : 1. Introductory workshop on Art+Feminism 2025–2026, feminist knowledge gaps, and language justice 2. Hands-on training on Wikidata: item creation, improving statements, references, and Likpakpaaln-language descriptions 3.Parallel training on creating and expanding Wikipedia articles in the Likpakpa language
Weeks 4–5 (April 1-20, 2026): 1. Thematic edit-a-thon 1: African women in art and music 2. Thematic edit-a-thon 2: African women in politics and governance 3. Thematic edit-a-thon 3: Women in chieftaincy and traditional leadership 4. Thematic edit-a-thon 4: African women in agriculture and food systems 5 .Continuous mentorship and peer support for participants 6. Linking Wikidata items to newly created or improved Likpakpaaln Wikipedia articles
Week 6: (April 1-30, 2026) 1. Review of Wikidata items and Likpakpaaln Wikipedia articles for accuracy, sourcing, and consistency 2. Improvement of language quality and descriptions in Likpakpaaln 3. Documentation of activities, lessons learned, and participant experiences
Week 7 and beyond: 1. Final reflection session with participants 2. Collection of feedback and impact data 3. Planning next steps for sustained feminist and language-inclusive contributions 4. Submission of project report and metrics
- 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.
Abdul Fatawu352: is an experienced trainer and local event organizer for the Likpakpaanl Language Wikimedians. With a solid background in community engagement and capacity building, he will coordinate all project activities, ensuring smooth planning, effective communication, and active participation. As a seasoned Wikimedian, he brings deep knowledge of Wikimedia platforms, contest organization, and language advocacy, making him well-positioned to guide the team toward achieving its goals.
Raizkgh: will be responsible for communications and promotion of the project across social media platforms. He brings strong communication skills that support the project’s outreach and visibility. His ability to engage audiences and manage promotional activities ensures that the project will reach a wider community and encourage active participation.
Nat1620: will be in charge of logistics for the project, ensuring that all resources, materials, and activities are well organized and delivered on time. His careful planning and coordination skills will help the team run events smoothly and efficiently, making sure participants have the support they need throughout the project.
- 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)
Participants will include experienced editors, new contributors, and first-time editors from the Likpakpaaln Wikimedia Community, with special emphasis on women and youth. The project will strengthen local capacity to document African women’s knowledge, increase Likpakpaaln-language content on Wikimedia platforms, and support sustained feminist contributions beyond the grant period. The project will be implemented through a participatory, community-led approach. Activities will begin with community outreach and orientation sessions on Art+Feminism, feminist knowledge gaps, and language justice. Then, a hands-on trainings to build community members skills in Wikidata editing and Likpakpaaln Wikipedia article creation. Thereafter, our edit-a-thons will focus on art and music, politics, chieftaincy, and agriculture and supported by mentorship and peer learning. A final reflection session will document lessons learned and plan for sustainability. The sustainability plans will include a series of online training sessions with community members to continue building their capacities to regularly contribute beyond the campaign. We will also keep engaging participants through discussions on our social media platforms, especially the community’s WhatsApp group where many members are active.
- 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.
Most of our discussions are on our community's WhatsApp platform where most of the members are active and find more convenient. We had extensive discussions on that platform. (https://chat.whatsapp.com/En118sQhEJO146grmYrd2E?mode=gi_t)
- 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)
Linguistic / Language
- 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)
Here are some of the Learning Questions the project aims at; 1. How does adding indigenous-language (Likpakpaaln) descriptions on Wikidata and articles on Wikipedia affect the visibility and accessibility of African women’s knowledge online? 2. What skills do community members gain in structured data and Wikipedia articles creation, feminist documentation, and Wikidata editing through this project? 3. How can community-led approaches strengthen the sustainability of feminist data contributions beyond the campaign period?
The qualitative data we will also be considering to determine the success of the change are that when; 1. There is increased confidence and capacity of Likpakpaaln Wikimedia Community members to contribute to Wikidata and Wikipedia independently 2. Participants give us feedback that demonstrate improved understanding of feminist knowledge gaps and structured data 3. There is evidence of indigenous Likpakpaaln language use as a legitimate medium for global knowledge representation.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | 800 |
| 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 |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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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)
Project progress will be monitored using the project Outreach dashboard, Wikidata queries, and participation records. Quantitative indicators will include the number of Wikidata items created or improved, statements added, Likpakpaaln-language descriptions contributed, and Likpakpa Wikipedia articles created or expanded. We will also be using Google forms to gather qualitative data through participants feedback responses which will cover reflections, challenges and successes. Findings will later be shared with the wider Wikimedia community to inform future feminist and indigenous-language-focused initiatives.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R1e60Ldc-J00qGQTE9tIK6qcJiHJ9XJRHuaT84cZAdo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
23550 GHS
- 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.
2147.01 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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