Event:WikiForHumanRights 2024 in Nigeria

WikiForHumanRight 2023 Logo

Wiki4HumanRight Nigeria 2024

Overview

The Wikimedia for Human Rights 2024 campaign focuses on enriching understanding and raising awareness of critical human rights issues related to sustainability in Nigeria. The initiative aims to deepen discourse on sustainable agriculture, the right to food, sustainable urban construction, housing rights, clean water, sanitation, and environmental protection. These topics are pivotal for achieving sustainable development goals as outlined in international human rights frameworks and the SDGs.

The campaign identifies significant knowledge gaps within Wikimedia platforms, particularly Wikipedia and Wikidata, concerning these issues in the Nigerian context. Essential environmental topics such as water and sanitation, crucial for health sustainability (linked to SDGs 5, 3, & 13), lack comprehensive data and articles. Additionally, information on Nigeria's ministries and organizations addressing these challenges is inadequate, hindering global understanding and local access to crucial knowledge.

Language accessibility poses another barrier, particularly affecting communities like the Igala, who lack climate change information in their native language. This gap exacerbates knowledge disparities and limits community engagement in sustainability efforts. In regions like the Niger Delta, where environmental degradation profoundly impacts human rights (SDGs 3, 6, 13, 14, 15), information is sparse, necessitating focused content development to highlight and address these issues.

The campaign's strategy involves creating and enhancing Wikimedia content tailored to Nigeria's specific contexts. This includes improving information availability and quality, translating key content into local languages, and engaging experts and community members for content verification and enrichment. By empowering communities with informed knowledge on sustainable practices, human rights, and environmental protection, the campaign aims to foster active participation aligned with the SDGs and international human rights standards.

National Coordinators

1. Bukola James
2. Kemi Makinde

Organizing Communities

1. WUGN Anambra Network led by Dr. Ngozi Osuchukwu
2. Igala Community led by Agnes Abah
3. WUGN Osun led by Adetoro Praise
4. Port Harcourt Wikimedia Nigeria Hub led by Jeremiah Ugwulebo
5. WUGN Kaduna Network led by Ramatu A Haliru
6. WUGN Imo Imo Network led by Emmanuel Obiajulu
7. WUGN Gombe Network led by Ismael Atiba

Prizes

For winners in Nigeria: Prizes for WikiForHumanRights 2024 in Nigeria:

• 1st Position: ₦80,000 gift voucher
• 2nd Position: ₦60,000 gift voucher
• 3rd Position: ₦40,000 gift voucher
• Newest Editor: ₦30,000 gift voucher

Deliverables and Timelines

• Implementation Dates: 30 May to 30th of August 2024
• Venue: [ Zoom Link]
• 1st-2nd Week ; 1st to 15th June planning & documentation Doing...

• 3rd Week; 16th to 22nd June W4HR Nigeria 2024 Virtual Launch, and Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme Not done

• 4th Week: 23rd to 30th June Partners spotlight and introduction to Wikipedia minor edits training Not done Thursday & Friday

• 5th Week: 1st - 6th July Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & online Wikidata training Not done Thursday & Friday

• 6th Week: 7th-13th July Wikivoyage online training Not done Thursday & Friday

• 7th Week: 6th -12th Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & Wikicommons online training Not done Thursday & Friday

• 8th-9th Week: 13th July - 25th August in-person/online meetup by local organising communities Not done

• 10th Week: 20th- 26th July office hours Not done Thursday & Friday

• 11th Week: 27th July - 3rd August Office hours Not done Thursday or Friday

• 16th-17th week: 1st- 14th September Report drafting Not done

• 17th-18th week: 15th- 28th September Report submission

Training Schedule

Date	Type of event	Venue/Time	Recording & Slides	Partner Spotlight, Moderator, Speakers & Trainers
Example	Virtual Launch and Partners Spotlight	Example	Example	Example
Example	Partners spotlight and introduction to Wikipedia minor edits training	Example	Example	Example
Example	Partners spotlight and introduction to Wikipedia and major edits training	Example	Example	Example
Example	Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & online Wikidata training	Example	Example	Example
Example	Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & online Wikivoyage training	Example	Example	Example
Example	Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & online Wikivoyage training	Example	Example	Example
Example	Partners Spotlight on the campaign theme & online Wikicommons training	Example	Example	Example
Example	1st Office Hours	Example	Example	Example
Example	2nd Office Hours	Example	Example	Example

Metrics

Organising Communities	Target	No. of new and experience editors
WUGN Anambra Network	25	5 new editors, 20 experienced editors
Igala Wikimedia Community	25	7 new editors, 18 experienced editors
WUGN Osun Network	25	7 new editors, 18 experienced editors
WUGN Port Harcourt Wikimedia Nigeria Hub	25	20 new editors, 5 experienced editors
WUGN Kaduna Network	28	5 new editors, 23 experienced editors
WUGN Imo Network	25	20 new editors, 5 experienced editors
WUGN Gombe Network	20	10 new editors, 10 experienced editors

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects per Community

Organising Communities	Wikimedia projects	Target	Number of content created or improved
WUGN Anambra Network	Wikipedia & Wikidata	140	create and improve 60 Wikipedia articles and create 80 Wikidata items)
Igala Wikimedia Community	Wikipedia	100	translate 100 Wikipedia articles
WUGN Osun Network	Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons	250	Create or improve 100 Wikipedia articles, upload 50 media files to WikiCommons, and 100 Wikidata items
WUGN Port Harcourt Wikimedia Nigeria Hub	Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons	250	create or improve 150 Wikipedia articles and 100 media files to WikiCommons
WUGN Kaduna Network	Wikipedia, Wikidata, & Wikimedia Commons	160	create, translate, or improve 60 Wikipedia articles, upload 50 media files to WikiCommons, and 50 Wikidata items
WUGN Imo Network	Wikipedia & Wikidata	250	create or improve 50 Wikipedia articles and 200 Wikidata items
WUGN Gombe Network	Wikipedia & Wikidata	80	create, translate or improve 50 Wikipedia articles and 30 Wikidata items