Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Strengthening women's legacy in art through Wikimedia projects (ID: 22830250)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Anuary Rajabu
- 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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- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Strengthening women's legacy in art through Wikimedia projects
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-12-01 - 2025-02-28
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Tanzania
- 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)
The proposal seeks to enhance the visibility and recognition of women artists, especially those from underrepresented communities, by documenting their biography, work, and contributions on Wikipedia and other sister projects. The project addresses gaps in Wikipedia’s coverage of women artists, promoting a more balanced and inclusive portrayal that fosters deeper cultural understanding. It also focuses on addressing the lack of representation of women artists on Swahili Wikipedia, where their presence remains limited. Moreover, it tackles linguistic and cultural gaps, as much as the existing documentation about women in art is available in other big languages, which leaves the Swahili speaking communities undeserved.
To achieve all, we foresee on organizing capacity building workshops to train local volunteers in Wikipedia editing skills. This will empower them to document the legacies of women artists while equipping them with valuable digital skills as well. In advance, we will also collaborate with art institutions, libraries and museums to gather reliable sources, focusing on those related to African women artists.
- 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’s activities will begin with outreach and recruitment to engage local volunteers, particularly women, who are passionate about art, feminism, and digital literacy. Next, we will organize a series of capacity-building workshops to train volunteers in Wikipedia editing and awareness in general. Furthermore, we will organize an editathon event that will focus on creating articles about women artists, with a special emphasis on those from Africa and the Swahili-speaking world. In collaboration with local art historians, libraries, and museums, we will source reliable materials and take photographs of artworks for use in both articles and WikiCommons.
- 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: Anuary Rajabu, project leader, will lead the overall project development and implementation of activities, facilitate access to the areas targeted by this project, ensure compliance to the grant commitments, and report to the project on progress and status of the campaign. User: Rwebogora, Coordinator and Trainer, a social scientist by profession and an experienced Wikimedian with experience in editing, training, organizing, facilitating, mentoring, and photographing.
- 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)
The individuals interested in gender equity and art and willing to learn and contribute to a free knowledge ecosystem without any discrimination of background or experience. The use of social media would be adopted to raise awareness about this project, and the existing Wiki communities and groups would also be informed about the project to leverage their network, ideas, and resources. A post-event survey would be conducted to gather participants’ feedback, and we will provide further interaction opportunities for volunteers who show interest in ongoing involvement.
- 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.
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- 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.
We discussed the project with community members of Swahili Wikipedia about the project plan through Telegram in our general Swahili Wikipedia editor Telegram group.
- 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)
Digital Access
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. To what extent has women in art content contributed to free knowledge? 2. How many volunteer editors have we increased their capacity towards contributing content to the Wikimedia project? 3. To what extent have we contributed to advancing A+F and Wikimedia objectives through the African women's art industry? 4. To what extent have we increased the representation of women artists on Swahili Wikipedia?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 28 | |
| Number of organizers | 2 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 |
| Wikidata | 120 |
| 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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- 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 Registration tool and The Outreach Dashboard
We would also appreciate any other support that would ensure the successful execution and management of this project.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
Kindly find the budget here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSIoYerz7qcouKAKxOSRk09zeEsru4uIm7vyh9MBYDc/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)
8202172 TZS
- 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.
3000 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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Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:
- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- 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).