Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia as an educational enhancer for gender equality (ID: 22067507)

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statusFunded
Wikimedia as an educational enhancer for gender equality
proposed start date2023-05-20
proposed end date2023-08-30
grant start date2023-05-20T00:00:00Z
grant end date2023-08-30T00:00:00Z
budget (local currency)1425000 NGN
budget (USD)3299 USD
amount recommended (USD)2500
grant typeIndividual
funding regionSSA
decision fiscal year2022-23
applicant• 787IYO
organization (if applicable)• N/A
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Applicant Details[edit]

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

787IYO

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

1. Team lead : 787IYO

2. Training Crew : Gwanki
3. Facilitator: Mohammedbama123
4. Team Member: Slimzypotter
5. Female representative : Hajjo30
Organization

N/A

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

Hausa Wikimedia User group, Art+Feminism User group, Wikimedia Nigeria User group

Grant Proposal[edit]

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

Wikimedia as an educational enhancer for gender equality

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Local

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.


R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.


1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

The project "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" aims to address the underrepresentation of women's perspectives and experiences in Wikipedia in the Hausa communities , as well as to encourage more women and girls to participate in Wikipedia editing, and to use Wikipedia as an educational tool in schools to promote gender equality.The changes this project will bring are:

1. Increased representation of women's perspectives and experiences in Wikipedia: By creating or improving articles that cover topics related to gender equality and that include the perspectives of women, the project can help to ensure that Wikipedia articles accurately reflect the diversity of human experiences and perspectives.
2. Increased participation of women and girls in Wikipedia editing: By recruiting and training female students to become active editors on Wikipedia, the project can help to increase the number of female editors.
3. Improved education about gender equality: By incorporating Wikipedia as a source of aiding education understanding into the curriculum in schools, the project can help to teach students about gender equality and to challenge stereotypes.
4. Reduced bias in Wikipedia content related to gender: By identifying and addressing any bias in existing articles related to gender, and creating new articles with a neutral point of view on gender. More also it will Promote digital literacy for women: By training and supporting women to use Wikipedia as a tool for research and learning, and to gain digital literacy skills that can help them be more active in the digital space, the project can empower women and promote gender equality. Overall, the project can help to promote gender equality by increasing the representation of women's perspectives and experiences in Wikipedia, encouraging more women and girls to participate in Wikipedia editing, and using Wikipedia as an educational tool in schools to promote gender equality.
2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

One key strategy would be to actively recruit and train female secondary schools teachers and students to become active editors on Wikipedia. This will involve working with schools teachers to identify potential participants, providing awareness and training on Wikipedia editing for both so that both genders will know how to create, use and edit using Wikipedia. This strategy is effective because it addresses the lack of representation of women's perspectives and experiences in Wikipedia by increasing the number of female editors on the platform.Content creation and improvement: The project will also focus on creating and improving articles on Wikipedia related to gender equality, to ensure that Wikipedia accurately reflects the diversity of human experiences and perspectives. This could involve working with experts in the field, and identifying and addressing any bias in existing articles. This strategy is effective because it will addressed the problem of bias in Wikipedia content related to gender. Overall, these strategies are effective because they will address multiple aspects of the problem of underrepresentation and bias in Wikipedia related to gender. They involve a combination of creating new content, training and empowering new editors, and engaging with the existing Wikipedia community to build support for the project. By working together, these strategies can help to ensure that Wikipedia accurately reflects the diversity of human experiences and perspectives and promote gender equality in the process.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

The activities that will be done to develop and deliver the project "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" as part of the proposed strategies are:

1. Recruitment and training of female editors:

Identify potential participants through partnerships with schools and universities Develop training materials on Wikipedia editing and community guidelines Deliver training sessions to participants in person or online Provide ongoing mentorship and support to participants

2. Content creation and improvement:

Identify key topics related to gender equality that are underrepresented on Wikipedia Work with experts in the field to create and improve articles on these topics Monitor existing articles to identify and address any bias Provide training and resources to editors to improve their skills in creating and editing articles. These activities will be done in a phased approach, with the awareness followed by recruitment and training of female editors, followed by measuring impact. The project will also have a monitoring and evaluation component that will run throughout the project to ensure that activities are implemented as planned and to adjust as needed. Overall, these activities are designed to empower and support female editors, improve the representation of gender equality on Wikipedia, and promote critical thinking and active learning among students. Some of the targeted articles are:

https://www.unicef.org/gender-equality https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/global-issues-gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment/ https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/gender-inequalities-past-issues-and-future-possibilities/

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Wiki Loves Women, WikiForHumanRights, WikiGap

5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

The crew for the project are a team of people who have been involved in a lot of trainings, with vast experience in editing, and lots more. They are also part of the team for movement strategy for Hausa Communities. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bmDm4Qm-fB-9SoFPllsUf1iCtC16CApcuw3GtX6QA1U/edit?usp=drivesdk) I have been involved with key responsibilities in the Hausa communities on projects, which have been successfully been done and the target are achieved. So also the crew have versatile experience to deliver their quota towards achieving the goal of the project. The team is as follows:

1. Team lead :787IYO
2. Training Crew : Gwanki
3. Facilitator: Mohammedbama123
4. Team Member: Slimzypotter
5. Female representative: Hajjo30
6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Content Gender gap, Language, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance), Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

The project "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" specifically addresses the content gap by recruiting and training female editors (Female Teachers and Female Students) to create and improve articles on topics related to gender equality that are underrepresented on Wikipedia.The project will engages Wikipedia communities to share project goals and progress. These activities work together to empower female editors, improve the representation of gender equality on Wikipedia.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Advocacy, Human Rights

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background

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?

The target participants for the project "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" are female students and educators from schools. The project aims to engage underrepresented groups by identifying potential participants through partnerships with schools that have a diverse student population. Additionally, the project will work with existing organizations and groups that focus on empowering and supporting women and girls in education.To engage participants before and during the activities, the project will use a variety of methods, such as:

1.Outreach to schools and inform them about the project and its goals
2. Organizing events and initiatives that bring together participants, experts, and stakeholders to discuss the project.

During the activities, participants will receive ongoing mentorship and support to ensure that they are able to successfully create and improve articles on Wikipedia. The project will also provide training sessions, both in person and online, to ensure that participants have the necessary skills and knowledge to contribute to Wikipedia. After the activities, the project will follow up with participants through surveys, focus groups, and interviews to gather feedback on their experience and to assess the impact of the project. The project will also work to retain participants by providing ongoing support and resources, such as mentorship and training, to encourage them to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Additionally, the project will work with schools to integrate Wikipedia into the curriculum, which will provide ongoing opportunities for students to contribute to Wikipedia and to learn about gender equality.

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

The project "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" is actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive environment for participants by:

1. We will adequately abide by Universal Code of Conduct (UCOC) and friendly space policy of Wikimedia Foundation.
11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.

The proposal will be shared with community members through discussions groups and social media handles and alot more so as to achieve the desired goals of total gender inclusivity.

12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

No

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
Yes
12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
Joint proposals allow you to achieve the best results because ideas will be shared between both parties.
13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

Yes

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

The project will involve Kaduna state government girls secondary schools teachers and students. The principals will help in mobilisation of the necessary stakeholders in education.

14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

If this project were to be implemented, we hope to learn the following from our work:

1. How does the project contribute to the development of participants' skills and knowledge related to gender equality and Wikipedia editing?

It will help us understand the impact of the project on improving the representation of knowledge on Wikipedia related to gender equality and the effectiveness of our strategies in addressing bias, promoting inclusivity and retention of underrepresented participants.

16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
Invitations I will Sent out invitations to Government girls secondary schools within Kaduna State requesting the Principal to schedule a meeting with my team 2
Meetings We will highlight what the project is all about in brief to the principal and other stakeholders present 3
Project activities We are going to organized an event, to create an awareness, followed by a training to the females teachers and female students particularly the senior girls. The awareness and training will involve 25 participant for two days respectively (15 teachers and 10 students), This is so because when the teachers are well trained they will also teach and guide more students towards using Wikipedia in problem solving. 50
Enrollment During and after the events there will be enrolment of new users to contributes there quota towards the achievement of wikimedia mission. 50
Follow up Social media groups will be created and enrolled members will be added, time by time follow up on question and answer sessions will continue. 4
17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants 25 participants will be trained at each of the events for 2 days making a total of 50 participants for the whole events. After which follow up will be maintained virtually. 50
Number of editors 25 participants (15 Teachers and 10 Female Students) from 2 Government Secondary school within Kaduna, making a total of 50 participants will be enrolled on Wikipedia by creating new accounts. 40
Number of organizers The Project crews are :
1. Project Lead is 787IYO
2. Training Crew Officer is Gwanki
3. Facilitator is Mohammedbama123
4. Member Slimzypotter
5. Female representative Hajjo30
6
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target
Wikipedia 100 articles (relating to gender equality) will be created or improved 100
Wikimedia Commons Teaching with aids of diagram or pictures gives clearer information on topics taught. We will guide them on how to use and upload pictures for clarity of understanding to students. We 50
N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
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17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

Atleast, 30 new users will be enrolled and will be guided on how to edit and create articles.

18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.

Hashtags tool and Outreach dashboard. So also, Social media analytics tools will be used to measure engagement on social media platforms, such as watsup and telegram respectively.

Financial Proposal[edit]

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

1425000 NGN

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

3299 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ON_Xp0_1ItRzqt9g-jLho9WMX0rxiAmm/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=108153995667645348119&rtpof=true&sd=true

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

Yes

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