Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia as an educational enhancer for gender equality (ID: 22067507)

Endorsement from Fulani215

I strongly support this project as it going to address the gender gap, and also expose womens to contribute to knowledge through the use of wikipedia and encourage alot of women's and girls to participate in Wikipedia editing. This project will play a vital role in addressing gender inequality and bias in our society and also eradicate underrepresentation of women's perspectives into wikipedia. Fulani215 (talk) 22:05, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Support

This is an innovative project that seeks to improve the participation of women and girls in the education sector in the Wikimedia movement from Northern Nigeria. learning from this project will serve as a stepping stone for more women and girls inclusion in the region.

Atibrarian (talk) 15:35, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from MohammedBama123 (talk)

Strong support, and will give our very best to see the success of this project.

I support

--MohammedBama123 (talk) 05:19, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Sadammuhammad11234 (talk)

I fully endorsement of this project because we help of new editor's

--Sadammuhammad11234 (talk) 07:13, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Hajjo30 (talk)

This project is meaningful to the Hausa communities as it will serves paramount goals in aiding using Wikipedia in school assignments since teachers will be involved and get train. This means teachers will be like the bridge builders in between students on how to used it adequately. Projects like such helps in maintaining the goal. I strongly recommend it Hajjo30 (talk) 07:28, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

--Hajjo30 (talk) 07:28, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Danaljannah1 (talk)

It is good to have projects like this most especially in regions were gender education is at low level. Danaljannah1 (talk) 10:03, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

--Danaljannah1 (talk) 10:03, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Adm2030 (talk)

It is good to have such project as it will add value to female education.

--Adm2030 (talk) 18:11, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Endoresed It's very good idea to be attempt, I strongly support this proposal because this will give a full opportunity to the women to contribute to the Wikimedian more especially in Hausa Wikipedia as we have the scarcity of women editors in the active editors. A Sulaiman Z (talk) 22:14, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Endorsment from Amusa34 (talk)

I support the idea,Amusa34 (talk) 10:50, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

--Amusa34 (talk) 10:50, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Strategic Project

I commend the "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" project, which is aimed at addressing the underrepresentation of women's perspectives and experiences in Wikipedia in the Hausa communities. The project's objectives of promoting gender equality and digital literacy for women through the use of Wikipedia as an educational tool are truly commendable. The project's multifaceted approach, which seeks to increase the representation of women's perspectives and experiences in Wikipedia, promote the participation of women and girls in Wikipedia editing, and challenge gender stereotypes through improved education, is laudable. The project's efforts to identify and address bias in existing articles and creating new articles with a neutral point of view on gender are equally commendable. Moreover, the project's focus on promoting digital literacy for women and supporting them to gain essential digital skills through the use of Wikipedia as a research and learning tool is indeed a significant step towards empowering women and promoting gender equality. I, therefore, strongly endorse the "Wikimedia as an Educational Enhancer for Gender Equality" project, as it will undoubtedly contribute to the promotion of gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in the digital space. This project is a remarkable initiative that is worthy of support. Usmanagm (talk) 20:30, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Strong Support

There is a need to increase the number of women editors in Hausa Wikipedia, this program will help to fill the gap of the female editors in Hausa Wikipedia. I am happy to be one of the facilitators and I will contribute by making the program run. —Gwanki^✉️ 20:16, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Feedback from the Middle East and Africa regional funds team

Hi 787IYO, thank you for submitting your grant application with a clear strategy and goals. We have some requests and questions regarding the proposal and project.

• Is this proposal requested on behalf of the Hausa Wikimedians User Group? What is your relation to the Hausa Wikimedians User Group? Are you holding any leadership position or are you a staff member at the User Group? (add your response here)
• It is unclear how you communicated the project proposal to the community (question 11). Please provide more details on this. (update question 11)
• The proposed budget request does not seem to be aligned with the local costs. Please revise the budget and include real prices of the items and not approximations. Review and update the total requested budgets (questions 19-19.2).
• One of the project goals is to address the gender gap in the community and on Wikimedia projects. We would like to understand if there are any female team members involved in the project team. We request that there are at least a few active female team members in the team. (update question 5)
• Please share with us the list of articles related to the gender topic which will be created or improved in this project. (update question 3)
• It is required to have a youth safety policy in place, when the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth. Please link the youth safety policy in your response to question 10.
• Revise your response to question 4.

Please make the indicated changes to your grant application on the Wikimedia Foundation Grantee Portal (Fluxx). Log in to the Grantee Portal and you will see your application in the 'Proposals need attention' section. Edit and re-submit your application by April 17, 2023. DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 08:47, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

I have made the possible changes as requested on the Flux, also a female representative have been involved so as to aid in achieving the best possible goals. 787IYO (talk) 13:31, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

I am part of the Hausa Wikimedia Movement strategy team serving as the Support Officer in charge of discharging several duties to make the community great, the project is communicated to the community through social media handles, discussions pages and lots more, why the budget sometimes deviates from previous local cost is because of the country inflation rates rises constantly which in returns affect prices of commodities to variate, what you will buy at #50 Naira is now almost #100 Naira, also we have added a female representative to the crew as suggested, lastly we will abide by the UCOC regulations to make it possible to achieve the foundation goal of free knowledge to all especially the female genders in countries or region were their education is given minimal considerations. The crew hopefully wishes to deliver the project in good terms so as to strengthen the relationship between kaduna state government and the Wikimedia Foundation in Educational advancements at all levels. Thanks. 787IYO (talk) 14:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Funded partially

Hello 787IYO, thanks for your responses. We made a decision to partially fund your grant request in the amount of 1,149,948 NGN (2,500 USD). We request reduced expenses for space rental, equipment rental, transportation, and/or merchandise. Please adjust the detailed budget accordingly. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 10:05, 24 April 2023 (UTC)