Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Women in Health, Education, and Business (ID: 22101081)
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Applicant Details edit
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Aderiqueza
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
James Rhoda MarteeDave Major Lyte
- Organization
N/A
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
Open Future Africa
Grant Proposal edit
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Women in Health, Education, and Business
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Regional
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
This project focuses on African countries.
- R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
Research shows that less than 13% of Wikipedia contributors worldwide were women in 2008. However, there has been some increase in recent times but we need to enlighten and equip women across Africa with the necessary skills needed to contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects. In 2020, 18% of the biography articles on English Wikipedia are of women [1] which means there are a lot of gaps to be filled. The aim of this project is to bridge the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the gender diverse content on Wikipedia.
Our overall goal is to reduce misinformation on English Wikipedia and also encourage women to contribute to English Wikipedia.
Misinformation on English Wikipedia can be as a result of the wrong use of sources that are actually correct, the use of promotion words when creating an article which is against the neutral point of view (NPOV) pillar of Wikipedia. Encouraging women to join the movement and also reducing the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works on English Wikipedia.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Our approaches to achieving the goals of this project includes:
Organizing a series of training sessions to train new editors and also be an avenue to get to equip the existing editors with other necessary skills needed.
A series of online follow-up during the campaign to properly equip them with needed skills about how to edit on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikicommons
Creating or improving contents about Women in Health, Education and Business sector on English Wikipedia.
Training and recruiting new editors for the Wikimedia Community. This will also be an avenue where existing editors get to share their knowledge with new editors so they are all make quality contributions to Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Edit-a-thons and contest will be organized for all participants to practice and show their editing skill.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Sensitization and outreach about the importance of imbibing the spirit of volunteering in women.
Gathering where new users will learn about Wikimedia/Wiki projects and the basics of Wikipedia. Training will cover the right ways for new users to search, edit, obtain, utilize, and improve information on Wikipedia.
There will be a local contest where winners will be awarded local prizes to engage them to contribute more on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Art+Feminism, Wiki Loves Women, WikiGap
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Yes, I have other volunteers who will assist me in implementing this proposal. They are namely;
James Rhoda is an experienced Wikimedian who will assist me in coordinating the proposal. She is a certified Reading Wikipedia in Classroom Trainer.
MarteeDave is an experienced editor. She will be in charge of communications.
Major Lyte is an experienced Wikipedian. He is an experienced trainer, he will be in charge of training new editors and also training the existing editors on how to use some tools to improve their editing on Wiki projects.
- 6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Content Gender gap, Sexual Orientation
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
The content of the campaign will prioritise bridging the information gap by improving and expanding existing articles and creating new articles about Women in Health, Education and Business on Wikipedia, Wikidata and WikiCommons while also encouraging women to contribute to the content in the ecosystem.
- 7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
Education, Advocacy
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Sexual Orientation, Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Socioeconomic status, Digital Access
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities?
The target participants are the active English Wikipedia editors and those who are interested in volunteering to join the community of Wikipedia contributors. We will also set up a support system to encourage and engage new editors and existing editors respectively.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
The Wikimedia friendly space policy and Universal Code of Conduct will be strictly adhered to in order to create a friendly environment for the participants and organizers.
- 11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
All the members of Open Future Africa have been notified on the official WhatsApp page. The Africans in the African Wikimedians have also been informed through the mailing list.
- 12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
No
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- N/A
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
No
- 13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
- 14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.
Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Identify Topics for Impact
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
I hope to learn from participants how to improve my community engagements and prioritize skills, which will improve editor contributions and the sustainability of new editors across Africa.
I hope to learn the best way to communicate my ideas with diverse people with ease.
- 16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Number of involved participants: | 50 |
| Organized Events | In person event and virtual training | 5 |
| Number of pages | Number of articles to create and improve about women | 120 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Number of new participants:30
Number of returning participants:20 |
50 |
| Number of editors | Numbers of editors to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikcommons | 50 |
| Number of organizers | Team lead - 1
Team members - 2 Advisor - 1 |
4 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Number of articles to create and improve about women | 100 |
| Wikidata | Number of items to be created and improved | 80 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of pre licensed images | 40 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
- 18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
Outreach dashboard will be used to track editor’s contributions.
Financial Proposal edit
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
981605 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2135 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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