WikiForHumanRights 2025 in Nigeria
Overview
[edit]In 2024, we successfully collaborated with seven Wikimedia communities across Nigeria for the WikiForHumanRights campaign. The initiative, which was a significant success, focused on enhancing understanding and raising awareness of critical human rights issues related to sustainability in Nigeria, thereby creating awareness around critical human rights issues connected to sustainability while fostering unity, inclusivity, and localized knowledge sharing within the Wikimedia movement in Nigeria. Building on the momentum and impact of last year’s collaboration, we aim to work together again this year—on an even larger scale—to make the campaign more impactful and far-reaching
In 2025, we aim to deepen the impact of our work by recruiting more new contributors, building local capacity, translating key environmental and human rights topics into local languages, and strengthening partnerships with civil society organizations, environmental institutions, academic bodies, and local governments.
'Theme: Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now
Objective
[edit]To document local environmental and human rights challenges and solutions through Wikimedia platforms in English and local Nigerian languages, contributing to global knowledge equity and empowering affected communities.
Target Communities and Local Human Rights Issues
[edit]Anambra State (Southeast Nigeria)
- Main Issues: Erosion and environmental degradation, flooding, improper waste disposal, and poor urban sanitation.
- Human Rights Impact: Displacement due to gully erosion, threats to housing, livelihoods, and access to clean water.
- Planned Activities: Documentation of erosion sites, translation of articles on climate resilience and community-based environmental solutions.
Imo State (Southeast Nigeria)
Main Issues: Environmental pollution from crude oil refining, deforestation, and poor waste management.
- Human Rights Impact: Pollution-related health issues, lack of access to clean air and water, loss of indigenous forest rights.
- Planned Activities: Editing events on local health-environment connections, women’s access to clean energy, and rights to sustainable livelihoods.
Igala-speaking Regions (Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria)
- Main Issues: Deforestation, flooding along the River Niger and River Benue confluence, climate change impacts on agriculture.
- Human Rights Impact: Threats to food security, displacement from ancestral lands, lack of access to climate justice.
- Planned Activities: Local language content creation on flooding, sustainable agriculture, and youth climate activism.
Osun State (OAU Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria)
- Main Issues: Illegal mining and land degradation, water scarcity, and weak enforcement of environmental laws.
- Human Rights Impact: Land rights violations, lack of access to potable water, and environmental exploitation of vulnerable populations.
- Planned Activities: Campus engagement, Wikipedia translation workshops, panel sessions with environmental law scholars.
Niger Delta Region (South-South Nigeria)
- Main Issues: Oil spills, gas flaring, toxic waste, and destruction of aquatic ecosystems.
- Human Rights Impact: Violation of the right to health, clean water, and livelihoods for fishing communities.
- Planned Activities: Wikimedia documentation of oil pollution cases, partnerships with grassroots movements, and oral history documentation.
Kaduna State (Northwest Nigeria)
- Main Issues: Desertification, deforestation, and intercommunal land disputes linked to resource scarcity.
- Human Rights Impact: Restricted access to arable land, increase in rural poverty, and climate-induced conflict.
- Planned Activities: Local knowledge documentation, youth training on climate literacy, and editing sessions on sustainable land use.
Gombe State (Northeast Nigeria)
- Main Issues: Drought, loss of biodiversity, and urban waste mismanagement.
- Human Rights Impact: Diminished access to clean water, food insecurity, and lack of environmental education.
- Planned Activities: Climate education workshops, contributions to Wikimedia Commons, and content creation in local dialects.
Cross-Cutting Strategies
[edit]- Languages: English, Igala, Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba languages.
- Partnerships: Collaborations with local environmental ministries, SEMA, university departments, and youth-led climate justice movements.
Expected Outcomes
[edit]- Increase in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and WikiVoyage content relating to the right to a healthy environment in Nigerian contexts.
- Enhanced capacity of local communities to document and share environmental knowledge.
- Strengthened network of Wikimedians in Nigeria addressing human rights and environmental justice.
Connect with us
National Coordinators
[edit]Organizing Communities/Leads
[edit]- WUGN Anambra Network led by Dr. Ngozi Osuchukwu
- Igala Community led by Henry Ojonugwa
- WUGN Osun led by Adetoro Praise
- Port Harcourt Wikimedia Nigeria Hub led by Jeremiah Ugwulebo
- WUGN Kaduna Network led by Ramatu A Haliru
- WUGN Imo Imo Network led by Emmanuel Obiajulu
- WUGN Gombe Network led by Ismael Atiba
Working Team
[edit]- Abimbola Badmus- Communication and social media manager
- Rhoda James- Support trainer
- Iwuala Lucy - WIkiVoyage trainer Reviewer
- Omolade Dorcas—Yoruba Wikipedia trainer and Reviewer
- Oby Ezeilo - Igbo Wikipedia Trainer and Reviewer
- Ebubechukwu Wikidata Reviewer
- Muib Shefiu- English Wikipedia Trainer
- Gwanki Hausa Wikipedia Tranier
- Ochala Edibo Graphic Designer
- Hillary Ogali Wikimedia Commons trainer
Prizes
[edit]For winners in Nigeria: Prizes for WikiForHumanRights 2025 in Nigeria:
- 1st Position: ₦70,000 gift voucher
- 2nd Position: ₦50,000 gift voucher
- 3rd Position: ₦30,000 gift voucher
- Newest Editor: ₦25,000 gift voucher
- Highest Language Contributor ₦25,000 gift voucher
Deliverables and Timelines
[edit]- Implementation Dates: 13th of September to 15th of December2025
- Venue:
- 1stWeek: 13th of `21st September planning & documentation
- 2nd Week: 30th of September: Project training for community leads and working team
- 3rd Week: Friday, 2nd october, W4HR Nigeria 2025 Virtual Launch, and Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme
- 4th Week: Radio Discussion about Human Rights Topic
- 4th Week: Friday, 10th & Saturday, 11th October: Partners spotlight and introduction to Wikipedia minor edits training.
- 5th Week: Friday, 17th October: Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & online Wikidata training.
- 5th Week: Fri, 18th October: Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & Wikicommons online training.
- 6th Week: Friday, 24th - Saturday, 25th October: Wikivoyage online training.
- 7th Week: Sunday 26th October: Hausa Wikipedia online training.
- 7th Week: Friday 31st October: Igbo Wikipedia online training.
- 7th Week: Saturday, 1st November: Yoruba Wikipedia online training.
- 8th-10th Week: 8th November - 30th November In-person and online meetup by local organizing communities.
- 10th Week: Friday. 29 November, office hours.
- 11th Week: Friday. 6th December Office hours.
- Campaign ends 12th of December
- Campaign Review 13th of December
- 11th Week: Podcast
- 12th week: Report drafting
Training Schedule
[edit]| Date | Type of event | Venue/Time | Recording & Slides | Partner Spotlight, Moderator, Speakers & Trainers |
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| 2/10/2025 | Virtual Launch and Partners Spotlight |
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| 10-10-2025 | Introduction to Wikipedia minor edits training |
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| 11-10-2025 | Introduction to Wikipedia and major edits training |
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| 17-10-2025 | online Wikidata training | Slide |
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| 18-10-2025 | Online Wikicommons training |
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| 24th-25th/10/2025 | online Wikivoyage training | slide |
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| 26-10-2025 | Special:MyLanguage/ Hausa Wikipedia |
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| 31-10-2025 | Special:MyLanguage/Igbo Wikipedia |
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| 1-11-2025 | Special:MyLanguage/ Yoruba Wikipedia |
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| 29-11-2025 | 1st Office Hours |
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| 6-12-2025 | 2nd Office Hours |
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| 13-12-2025 | WFHR Campaign review session | Moderatorː Bimbo |
Metrics
[edit]| Organising Communities | Target | No. of new and experience editors |
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| WUGN Anambra Network | 20 | 5 new editors, 20 experienced editors |
| Igala Wikimedia Community | 20 | 7 new editors, 18 experienced editors |
| WUGN Osun Network | 20 | 7 new editors, 18 experienced editors |
| WUGN Port Harcourt Wikimedia Nigeria Hub | 20 | 20 new editors, 5 experienced editors |
| WUGN Kaduna Network | 20 | 5 new editors, 23 experienced editors |
| WUGN Imo Network | 20 | 20 new editors, 5 experienced editors |
| WUGN Gombe Network | 20 | 10 new editors, 10 experienced editors |
| Organising Communities | Wikimedia projects | Target | Number of content created or improved |
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| WUGN Anambra Network | create and improve 60 Wikipedia articles and create 80 Wikidata items) 50 translation | ||
| Igala Wikimedia Community | translate 100 Wikidata-20, Wikicommons 20 | ||
| WUGN Osun Network | Create or improve 50 Wikipedia articles, upload 20 media files to WikiCommons, and 100 Wikidata items, Wikivoyage25 | ||
| WUGN Port Harcourt Wikimedia Nigeria Hub | create or improve 60 Wikipedia articles, Wikidata 50, Wikicommon 20 and Wikivoyage 20 | ||
| WUGN Kaduna Network | create, translate, or improve 60 Wikipedia articles, upload 30 media files to WikiCommons, and 80 Wikidata items, Translation 50 | ||
| WUGN Imo Network | create or improve 50 Wikipedia articles and 50Wikidata items, Translation 60 | ||
| WUGN Gombe Network | create, translate or improve 50 Wikipedia articles and 50 Wikidata items, Wikicommons 20, Translation10 |