Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Promotions For Women in Purdah (ID: 22279668)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Ibrahim442
- 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.
Wikimedia Promotions For Women in Purdah
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-10-30 - 2023-11-30
- 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) other workshops
- 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)
Purdah practice had been a norm of the indigenous people of Northern Nigeria specifically North-eastern part of the country. This aged long practice affects the cultural, socio-economic and educational activities of the old and young peoples in the region as manifested in the case of Unity College Damaturu. Unity College Damaturu is a historic single female gender institution in the region located at the central metropolitan city of Damaturu the capital of Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria. The college is well known over several decades to have produced notable personalities and important figures within the region and the country at large among which are female Professors, Wives of serving and former Governors, Federal lawmakers, Female Ministers, LGA Chairpersons, Permanent Secretaries, and heads of government Agencies and Parastatals. Yet, upon this aged long years of existence, the college which operates on exchange system that housed several students from diverse backgrounds, LGAs, and states of the federation has never witnessed any Wikimedia awareness. So this project would serve as a channel by which Wikimedia projects would be brought to the knowledge of the college students, teachers and the entire community at large. It would be an avenue for the organizer and the team of experienced facilitators of the project to harvest from a pool of vibrant females students and teachers, new sets of volunteer editors who would edits and contributes contents to Wikipedia and its sister projects for a progressive and sustainable movement of the Wikimedia activities in the region.
- 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 have formally wrote to the leadership of the college under Dr. Mrs Altine Tahir and she warmly welcomed and acknowledged the project being first of its kind in the community and assured us of the college full support for the programme. I also had audience with 3 head of departments (Science &Technology, Arts/History and English departments) who all happened to be female staff of the college and they agreed to work with us on implementing the planned project activities. I will organise training workshops to keep the participants a brace and reshaping their minds, ideas and experiences already gained through a collaborative team work with the assistance of other experienced facilitators for them to acquire more knowledge and skills. We will conduct Editathon (hands-on-keyboard) training for both the newly recruited editors and returning participants to quickly learn to work and contribute contents to Wikipedia and its sister projects. Photowalk would follow-up after the 3 days training to capture educational institutions and other related establishment within the environment.
- 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.
Yes, We have well trained and experienced editors would serve as team members: Musaddam Idriss: Is a highly experienced season editor with vast knowledge on different Wikimedia projects, organising and facilitating various programmes. He will trained the participants on Wikipedia morning session (9:00am-11:30am). Usman Adam: Is an experienced editor with skills in facilitating various Wikimedia projects. He will help co-facilitate the event to cover afternoon session (12:00pm-2:30pm) where he will introduced participants to Wikimedia commons. M Bash Ne: He is an experienced editor and facilitator of several Wikimedia projects. He will serve as a facilitator Wikidata (lexemes and items creation) Evening session (3:00-5:30pm) Apdoull: Is an experienced editor who participated in many Wikimedia trainings and events. He would co-facilitated the evening session (3:00-5:30pm) on Wikidata.
- 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 for this project are female students and teachers of the Unity College Damaturu, Yobe state Northeast Nigeria. I will organise training workshops to keep the participants a brace and reshaping their minds, ideas and experiences already gained through a collaborative team work with the assistance of other experienced facilitators for them to acquire more knowledge and skills. We will conduct Editathon (hands-on-keyboard) training for both the newly recruited editors and returning participants to quickly learn to work and contribute contents to Wikipedia and its sister projects. Photowalk would follow-up after the 3 days training to capture educational institutions and other related establishment within the environment. Moreover, to ensure sustainable engagements and contributions, follow up of the activities and participants will be maintained via our official Whatsapp group.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 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.
To ensure a safer environment we would follow a safer and friendly space protocols by the host community and the Wikimedia foundation friendly space policy. We would work closely with the college staff on the logistics and related matters.
- 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.
Community members were informed about this project via whatsapp, Emails and local phone calls for proper communication on the planned project activities.
- 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)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 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)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | ||
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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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)
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)
- 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.
USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
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