Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women through Wikimedia

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The International Women's Day is a global celebration held annually on March 8th to commemorate the achievements of women. It is also a day the world encourages women all over the world to participate and contribute to development, thereby breaking barriers. Anambra Network will collaborate with Women of Substance Empowerment Organization ( NGO) and Association of Women Librarians of Nigerian Library Association, Anambra State Chapter (AWLIN/NLA) in commemorating the 2025 #IWD through the online Session and the physical event of facilitation of creating and editing Wikimedia contents.

The women seem to be marginalized and have low participation and contribution on Wikimedia. They often face challenges of inclusion which affect their development. Hence, it is a good thing that the world has a day to remember them and celebrate the value they add for human existence.

Thus, the women will be introduced to Wikimedia, while discussions, awareness and digital literacy of creating contents will be facilitated. Thus, this activity will offer open learning, free knowledge and skill acquisition. Empowering these Women on how to access and create contents Wikimedia will widen their knowledge, enhance women's visibility on Wikimedia for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.

Again, this community engagement and celebration on women are in tandem with the SDG 5 (Gender equality) and SDG 10 (reduced inequalities). The activities will focus on wmen's history, achievements and contributions. They will be on Wikipedia and Wikidata creation and editing in English and translation to Igbo language.

Wikimedia Project

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

Igbo and English Wikipedia and Wikidata

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: Amarachi Ruth Ojimba
Email address: amarita4life@gmail.com
Address: Umuodu, Awka
Location of Project: Aroma, Awka

Project class

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

Anambra Network

Timeline of activities

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

8th March - 22nd March

Project Goal

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

Recruit new editors
Add or improve content on women
Update the skills of the old editors
Highlight the importance of women's participation and inclusion
Bring more women to Wikimedia group

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?

One facilitaiin/edit-a-thon and one online session

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 discussed this on our Network discussion page Here

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.

We will communicate to participants through our community social media channels.

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:Akwugo

User:Ngostary2k

5. If you are going to have a contest, you need to state your scoring criteria

Not at all (There will be new editors. The focus is for them to learn and practice not for contest)

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

Yes they have their gadgets and we will educate them on how to edit.

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

We will continue with our community engagements,on our community social media channel.

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

This project will help in bringing in more women to contribute to wikimedia projects.

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):

Number of events - 2
Number of participants - 35
Number of new editors - 10
Number of of articles created - 100
Number of of articles improved - 150
Number of of images uploaded -
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 25

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) We will use the Outreach dashboard and event tool for tracking and registration.

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 am the one organizing this event and will be assisted by Akwugo and Ngostary2k

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

Refreshment 3500 * 35 = 122,000

projector - 20,000

Data support for online session =30,000

Guest panelists N20,000

Transportation support for participants (35) @N1,500 each = N52,000

Venue Rental -60,000

Camera - 20,000

Voucher for contributors during the 2 weeks practice - 40,000

Child Care Support -20,000

Contingency and Logistics: 20,000

Total = NGN 404,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support Senator Choko (talk) 07:39, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Strong support A worthy and timely project. Women will always be empowered and their voices will be heard. I strongly support Goodymeraj (talk) 18:14, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Strong support It is a good thing to Support Women and involve them especially on digital literacy.Akwugo (talk) 15:50, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Strong support Ennydavids

Strong support This event will promote women's participation and inclusion in Wikimedia projects. The #IWD celebration is a worthy cause. Let us make it happen. Ngostary2k (talk) 21:25, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Strong support This project will enlighten women more on Wikipedia at large. Nma Jeni (talk) 11:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

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