Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/A'isha A Ibrahim/She Inspires: Highlighting Women’s Achievements on Wikipedia

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This campaign focuses on celebrating and showcasing the achievements of women across various fields on Wikipedia. It aims to address the gender gap by creating, editing, and improving articles about notable women who have made significant contributions to society but are underrepresented on the project. The campaign encourages contributors to research and share inspiring stories of women, ensuring that their legacies are recognized and accessible to a global audience. Through workshops, edit-a-thons, and community engagement, "She Inspires" seeks to empower women and amplify their voices, fostering a more inclusive and diverse digital knowledge space.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• Hausa Wikipedia.

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

• Full name: A'isha Abubakar Ibrahim
• Email address: aishaabubakaribrahim84@gmail.com
• Address: Jigawa state
• Location of Project: Jigawa state

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

• Individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

• 1-10-2024 - 20-10-2024

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

1. recruit new editors
2. Train an existing editors
3. Add or improve content

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

I'm doing a series of two days training and editathon.Italic text

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I have let them know about my proposal through our WhatsApp group of Hausa Wikimedian User Group.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

I will let them know about the proposal by our social media channels, phone calls, SMS text and so on.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User: Sirjat

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes the participants have their equipment like smart phones and laptops to participate and contribute a high quality content.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will engage my participants after the events through our WhatsApp group which will be created at the end of the events.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

This project aims to increase the representation of women's achievements on Wikipedia by creating and improving articles about notable women. It will engage the community through workshops and edit-a-thons, address gender bias, and empower new editors, particularly women, to contribute. Our goal is to foster a more inclusive and diverse digital knowledge space with measurable impact.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

1. Number of events -2
2. Number of participants -20
3. Number of new editors -15
4. Number of of articles created -50
5. Number of of articles improved -70
6. Number of of images uploaded -
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)

I will create the WMF outreach dashboard to track the project metrics.

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

I A'isha A Ibrahim will lead the events as an organizer with help of Sirjat as a facilitator.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.

1. Events' hall = N40,000×2=80,000.
2. Events' banner = N15,000.
3. Projector rental:N10,000
4. Tags and flyers: N15,0000.
5. Branded Tshirts for the organizer and Facilitator: N6,000×2=12,000
6. Food and refreshments to the participants and Facilitators = N2,000×22=N44,000 × 2 (for two days) = N88,000.
7. Contingency = 20,000.

Total amount = 240,000.

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong supportSirjat (talk) 08:05, 15 September 2024 (UTC)