Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikiloves Women She Said 2023 in Tanzania (ID: 22255777)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Pellagia Njau
- 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)
N/A
- 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.
Wikiloves Women She Said 2023 in Tanzania
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-11-01 - 2023-12-31
- 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)
Wiki Loves Women
- 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 problem of women involvement in Wikimedia activities is coming as a result of improper formation of young girls when they are persuing ordinary education. To cover the gap of women involvement I will initiate this program of SheSaid by introducing online and physical trainings which will involve writing quotation said by notable women in different areas.This project will bridges digital gender gap and content contribution.
- 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.
As Wikimedian volunteers, we are planned to have online and physical editathon on SheSaid Campain which will reduce the gap of Women participation in Wikimedia activities. This initiative of Wikiloves Women will contribute towards achieving gender equality as Women will be involved in participating in Wikimedia projects by publishing quotation said by notable women in Swahili Language.This editathon will involve online and physical training in Swahili Language. Online trainings will involve editathon and translations of SheSaid program Physical trainings will also involve editathon in quotation said by notable Women in Swahili Language.
- 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.
We will have key people for mentorship User:Anthere, User:Islahaddow, and User:Afek91 who will provide support during program implementation. Also experienced Wikipedians who will provide online and physical support throughout the program. User:Rwebogora, User:Killy95, User:Pellagia Njau who will be training all newbies and editors during SheSaid program,
- 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)
Targeted participants is Women in Tanzania and will be trained in online and physical meetings to help them to write and translate quotation said by notable women. At the the end of the program we will have an assessment on every participant on their understanding about the project.
- 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.
After discussing it with Wikipedia members in Tanzania we found the importance of women inclusion in Wikipedia activities in order to bridges gender equality .We will conduct editathon both online and physical trainings on SheSaid Program.
- 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)
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)
After implementation of the program we hope to archive
- 1.Recruiting new Women editors from Wikiloves women SheSaid program
- 2.Creating new articles about SheSaid campaign in Swahili Language
- 3.I expect to learn leadership skills as a leader for gender gap initiative
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 35 | Participants from Tanzania |
| Number of editors | 30 | Experienced editors 10
New editors 20 |
| Number of organizers | 3 | Experienced Wikimedian who will provide support during editathon |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 40 |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wq/sw/Wanawake articles created translated in Swahili language about She said program
- 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)
Event registration tool to assess the participant, editors and organizers
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)
4659990 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.
1876.14 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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