WikiGap 2023 in Rwanda

W I K I G A P 2023 Rwanda

Background

Wikipedia is the world’s largest online and user-generated encyclopaedia. Knowledge is power, and Wikipedia has the potential to colour our view of the world. But there is great imbalance between men and women on the website, like in society at large.

Ninety per cent of those who add content to Wikipedia are men. There are four times as many articles about men as there are about women. The figures vary regionally, but no matter how you look at it, the picture is clear: the information about women is less extensive than that about men. Regardless of which language version of Wikipedia you read. We want to change this.

WikiGap is an event during which people around the world gather to add more content to Wikipedia about women figures, experts and role models in various fields. Similar events have already been arranged worldwide to improve women’s representation on the internet.

Together, we want to bring about a more gender-equal internet – and a more gender-equal world.

Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda is organizing The wikigap challenge for the 4th time in Rwanda. With the support from Wikimedia Foundation,The 4th edition is scheduled to take place from 29th July to 12th August 2023.

Organizers edit

[[User:Ndahiro derrick|Ndahiro Derrick
[[User:Mrbobax|Boris K.Bahire
Nyinawumuntu Rebecca
Nyirahabihirwe Clementine

Launching ceremony edit

29th July - Kigali

Extra activities

	Share!	Share your contribution in social media. Use #wikigap as hashtag.	5 minutes
	Upload to Commons!	Upload your event photos under a free license on Wikimedia Commons. Please add them to the category c:Category:WikiGap 2023.	10 minutes

2023 Winners edit

2023 Jury team edit

Ange Dusabe
Rosine
Alice Mukeshimana