Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Women for Sustainability Joins Wiki Women in Red to Celebrate 8th Anniversary to Project Africa Women in Sports from Africa (ID: 22217917)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
CoachAni
- 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)
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)
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Women for Sustainability Joins Wiki Women in Red to Celebrate 8th Anniversary to Project Africa Women in Sports from Africa
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-11-18 - 2014-01-15
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Ghana
- 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 Women In Red 8th Anniversary Celebration - Documenting African Women in Sports
- 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)
Women's participation and empowerment play a crucial role in society, and it is essential to provide them with the necessary skills to amplify their voices. The Wikimedia ecosystem, including Wikipedia and its sister projects, is not exempt from this need. Currently, only 9% of wikimedians are women, which significantly influences the types of information documented on these platforms. To address this gender imbalance and enrich the content on Wikimedia, Women for Sustainability Africa proposes a project aimed at empowering a vibrant network of young women within our community. By equipping them with the skills and knowledge needed to contribute effectively, we strive to commemorate the Wiki Women In Red Anniversary and foster a more inclusive Wikimedia community.
The primary objective of this project is to build the capacity of the women network within our community, enabling them to become active contributors to the Wikimedia space and projects. By providing them with the necessary training and resources, we aim to empower these women to share their unique perspectives, expertise, and experiences through their contributions. This project aligns with the broader goals of promoting diversity, inclusivity, and gender equality within the Wikimedia community
We will organize a series of training workshops that focus on enhancing the participants' skills in researching, writing, and editing Wikipedia articles. These workshops will cover topics such as reliable sourcing, neutral point of view, and proper citation techniques. We will also provide guidance on identifying and addressing content gaps related to women in spot, history, achievements, and contributions.
- 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.
- 2 in person work shops
- 2 Virtual office hours
- 3 Mentorship support from experienced wikimedians
Our Project is aimed at empowering women within the Women for sustainability network to actively contribute to the platform and address the gender gap on Africa women in sports representation. Through a two-day editing workshop, we will introduce participants to the Wikimedia space, provide training on various editing tools and techniques, and facilitate the creation and translation of articles focusing on women in sports in Africa. Additionally, we seek to collaborate with experienced Wikimedia trainers from existing communities to support and mentor our vibrant group of women. By providing continued support and engagement, including in-person hands-on training and the our women's WhatsApp group, we aim to foster skill acquisition and ensure ongoing community support.
We have partnerships with other women networks and we wish to provide their members with opportunities to participate.
Social media handles:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085569625780&mibextid=LQQJ4d
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-for-sustainability-africa/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/w4safrica/status/1674748158465789953?s=46&t=dFrOIhAwV-PmiK0D-FbvzQ
- 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.
CoachAni - Lead Organizer and group leader Kwadwo Owusu 2020 - Designs and Communication manager Ewurabenamoore - Student ambassador
Advisory Ruby D-Brown- Volunteer/ Advisor Jwale - Volunteer Trainer /Advisor
- 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)
Women from within the Women for Sustainability Network in Ghana. We have a database of women comprising of students and junior and mid careers of which some are on our Community whatsApp group. We also have community ambassadors at the 3 universities and they will be able to help us spread the word to more women to take advantage of the opportunity. Almost all our community members are women hence the gender target group are women.
After the training we will enrolled the women on Local Wikimedia groups, Wikimedia telegram channel, mailing list, LetsConnect to benefit from other training and networking opportunities in the community which will advance their learning in the Wikimedia space. We will from time to time also collabrate with other women groups and local groups to host other sessions on various wikimedia projects for our women to learn and understand the wikimedia space enhance their contribution.
- 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.
We engage our communities during our community meetings, we also make use of the social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn to engage them. We have also seen that the Wikimedia announcement channel is also very useful in engaging community members and communicating our event. We hope to leverage all these paces as well as host virtual team session to discuss and also seek advice from our advisory team who have several experience in the wikimedia space. Wiki Update podcast and diff are also great way to communicate our event.
- 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)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. How many women were able to create usernames?
- 2. What challenges they encountered?
- 3. Which Wikimedia project appeals to them more?
- 4. How many edits were attained?
- 5. How many existing Wikimedians returned?
- 6. What the women thing will enhance their contribution in the space
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | We intend to train 30 participants of which 25 are women and give room for 5 men to participate. |
| Number of editors | 30 | We are anticipating 15 new users to join and 15 existing users from our previous wikipedia training to return to learn more and enhance their skills. |
| Number of organizers | 5 | For a successful event we need more publicity, engagement and our student ambassadors to spread the work as well as 2 very experience wikimedians to support with the training.
Coordinator- 1 Communication- 1 Student ambassador- 2 Wikimedia trainer - 2 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | 0 |
| Wikisource | 0 |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Because the women are fairly new in the space we do not want to set very high targets for them. However we believe that these targets are reasonable enough for them to meat. We hope that each women will be able to create at least 2 new and 2 existing wikipedia articles and 3 Wikidata new items. There will also be a contest to challenge them to do further. We will also leverage resources and Redlist from the Wiki WomenInRed meta page.
- 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)
I will use Event Metrics Dashboard to track contributions to track contributions, We will also gather event data and testimonials from the women
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D6CmjJ-J_spcbyXZe6sLg9YdqNMND35t/edit#gid=2098099883
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
48720 GHS
- 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.
4400 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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