Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Women's Month - Kuwait Country activities (ID: 22895735)/Final Report
Application type: Standard application
Part 1: Project and impact
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
We organized the Kuwaiti Women Contest, which focused on topics related to women in Kuwait, the Gulf region, and women’s sports. The contest resulted in 721 new articles on Arabic Wikipedia.
As our third activity, we held the "Arabian Gulf Workshop" on Wikidata.
The first part was a two-hour training session, attended by 11 participants from across the Gulf region.
The second part focused on creating new items, and we successfully added 248 new items to Wikidata.
2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)
Share links to:
- Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
- Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
- Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.
You can also share links to:
- Important social media posts
- Surveys and their results
- Infographics and sound files
- Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects
Kuwaiti Women Editing Competition 2025
Ar wiki page: https://w.wiki/DM8p Meta page: https://w.wiki/EAqV Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Kuwait/Kuwaiti_Women_Editing_Competition_2025
Arabian Gulf on Wikidata: Item Creation Project Meta page: https://w.wiki/DzA7 PPT link: https://w.wiki/EAqd
Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)
For example:
- Training materials and guides
- Presentations and slides
- Work processes and plans
- Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others
Kuwaiti Women Editing Competition 2025
Ar wiki page: https://w.wiki/DM8p Meta page: https://w.wiki/EAqV Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Kuwait/Kuwaiti_Women_Editing_Competition_2025
Arabian Gulf on Wikidata: Item Creation Project Meta page: https://w.wiki/DzA7 PPT link: https://w.wiki/EAqd
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Strongly agree |
| F. Other (optional) |
Part 2: Learning
4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)
You can recall these learning questions below: I hope to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities in increasing the representation of Kuwaiti and Gulf women on Arabic Wikipedia and Wikidata. I aim to learn more about the process of engaging the Arabic community, particularly editors from Kuwait, in meaningful contributions to women-related content. Additionally, I hope to refine my skills in organizing and managing large-scale community projects, fostering collaboration, and addressing content gaps in an effective and inclusive manner.
The project taught me how to manage a contest more effectively and ensure high-quality outcomes. It also enabled me to cover the required content and achieve the expected results.
5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)
No, i did not face anything unexpected or surprising happen.
6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)
I shared the outcomes on social media and community groups.
Part 3: Metrics
7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)
In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.
| Target | Results | Comments and tools used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 20 | 33 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | 17 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 | 721 | 19 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |||
| Wikidata | 100 | 248 | 0 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | |||
| Wikibooks | |||
| Wikiversity | |||
| Wikinews | |||
| Wikispecies | |||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
8. Other Metrics results.
In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.
| Other Metrics name | Metrics Description | Target | Result | Tools and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
No
9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
946
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
3063
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m-31q6Zr_Oahx1oD-8AVKukA1KQp1_ugv7hE23lD8XQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0
12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
14.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
Yes
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A