Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Celebrating Women's Contribution: A Wikimedia Project for International Women's Day

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the social, economic, and political achievements of women. it's also a call to action for accelerating gender parity. To promote diversity and inclusivity, this project will be highlighting the contributions of women throughout history and across various Fields. The impact is to enhance the visibility of women on Wikimedia platforms by creating and improving articles, images and other media related to women's achievements. it will encourage more women to contribute to Wikimedia projects by fostering a supportive and welcoming community. Also, provide accurate and comprehensive information about women's accomplishments to inspire future generations and challenge gender stereotypes. This project will involve article creation and improvement, Translation of articles about prominent women into our indigenous language to make information accessible to diverse audiences. These will help increase representation of women on Wikimedia platforms, Also strengthen community of women editors and contributors, leading to a more diverse and inclusive Wikimedia ecosystem. By celebrating International Women's Day through this Wikimedia project,we aim to honor the achievements of women past and present while also taking meaningful steps towards a more equitable and inclusive world.

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.

Wikipedia, 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: Chidinma Charity Chime
• Email address: chidinmachime22@gmail.com
• Address: Awka, Anambra State
• Location of Project: Awka, Anambra 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

8th March - 15th March

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. Add or improve content
3. Recruit female Contributors

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 Edit-a- thon and training

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Yes on the community Channel

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 through the community channels.

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

User: Timzy D'Great

5. 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 phones and laptop and will teach them how to edit Wikipedia and wikidata.

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

We will follow them up through different channels.

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

This project will help recruit female contributors.

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 - 1
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 5
4. Number of articles created - 60
5. Number of of articles improved - 20
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?

Outreach Dashboard

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 project and will be assisted by Timzy D'Great

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

Venus: 40,000

Refreshment: 1500 *20 = 30,000

Drink and water : 15000

Projector: 10000

Data for facilitating: 15000

Prizes for top contributors : 15000

Logistics: 15000

Miscellaneous: 10000

Total : 150,500

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support This project is important to my community and the Wikimedia community at large as it focuses on bridging gender gap by creating and improving articles on women and also recruiting new editors. I endorse it. - Timzy D'Great (talk) 09:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

 Strong support This project will bridge gender gap. Adakaibe )talk) 1:03 16 February 2024 (UTC)

 Strong support Akwugo (talk)