Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Trans Awareness Month Celebration edit-a-thon in Nigeria (ID: 22757213)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Hadassahlove

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)

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

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Trans Awareness Month Celebration edit-a-thon in Nigeria

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-10-20 - 2024-12-08

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)

Since 2021 when we started the LGBTQ+ wiki inclusion campaign in Nigeria; there have been lot of productive efforts and success which has resulted in the creation of more than 500 unique LGBTQ articles and the training of over 100 queer persons. But while this has been successful, the target however was mainly gay or lesbian persons with a lot of transgender and non-binary persons not benefiting from the campaign's success.

With the introduction of a one day training for transpersons In 2023 which achieved so much success ad hence the need to have a month dedicated for the visibility of transpersons In Nigeria and West Africa on the occasion of Trans awareness month

November is widely celebrated as the awareness month for transgenders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_Awareness_Week) globally and so we will dedicate this month to conducting training for transpersons and edit-a-thon through contest ad campaigns for various persons to contribute to the tras awareness moth on the Wikimedia projects thereby bridging the knowledge gap on these topics

So this project will trai trans and intrsex persons across west Africa in collaboration with Transgender organizations in Nigeria which will happen during the global International Transgender Awareness Month (November); to train them on how to contribute to the Wikimedia projects through an in-person residential approach so they could improve more transgender topics that concern them as its easier for them to tell their stories rater from the perspective of a gay or lesbians. The project will still involve a one-month online Wikimedia writing contest centered on Transgender content.

I will ensure the safety of participants by partnering with foremost Trans organizations (FEMMEHIVE and TRANSGENDER NIGERIA)

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 program will kick off with a press conference and announcement about the edit a thon by October 18 2024 and thereafter the contest will start on November 1st 2024 with the intent to make every Wikimedia contributors contribute to the Wikimedia project around trans persons in Nigeria and across west Africa.

Thereafter; we will have a 3-days capacity Wikipedia boot camp training for trans persons in Nigeria which will focus on how to make contributions to the Wikimedia projects and will have resources persons from the Wikimedia LGBT+ and Wiki for Human Rights Nigeria and representatives of the various partnering trans organizations in Nigeria and across West Africa.

FEMMEHIVE, TRANSGENDER NIGERIAN SUPPORT, Queer City Media, and The Initiative For Equal Rights will be our partners throughout this program.

November 1: The contest will be open. November 15-19: The in-person residential training for 15 tans-persons around Nigeria. November 31: The trans contest closes. December 15: Results of the trans contest announced.

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 - Project lead

Kaizenify - Advisor and trainer

Justice Okai-Allotey - Trainer

Wikimedia LGBT+ - Resource partners

FEMMEHIVE - Partnered organization

TRANSGENDER NIGERIAN SUPPORT - Partnered 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)

The target participants are Transgender and intersex persons living in Nigeria and across west Africa

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.

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

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

How to better support trans, non-binary, and intersex persons in Nigeria and across west Africa

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)

Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics	Target	Optional description
Number of participants	300	We expect a total participants of 300 which include those that will join through the in-person trainings, virtual trainings and online contest.
Number of editors	130	30 participant from the training and over 100 participants who will join the contest.
Number of organizers	10	About 10 different organizers

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia	400
Wikimedia Commons	100
Wikidata	500
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 Data
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)

The outreach dashboard to measure contributionS

Financial proposal

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14NcUsSvgSoqqqcrtzOFUj4WLNLfuLI0A25oALa2vhgM/edit

22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

4100000 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.

2469.61 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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