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Wiki Loves Women/Focus Group/SheSaid Kenya Libraries

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The first session for the Wiki Loves Women 2021 in Kenya Libraries Project took place on 17th September 2021 at UMMA University in Kajiado, Kenya. The aim of the first meet-up session was to introduce the participants to Wikipedia for the majority of new editors and to specifically introduce to all participants to Wiki Loves Women #SheSaid Campaign.

SheSaid Poster
SheSaid Poster

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Event One

Date and Venue edit

  • Date: Friday September 17, 2021
  • Venue: UMMA University, Kajiado Kenya
  • Time: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

Activities edit

Introduction edit

Introduction to Wikipedia and Its objectives, Wikimedia Projects, Wiki Loves Women(Gender Gap and about #SheSaid Campaign, Wikiquotes, Wikicommons.

Signing up to the dashboard here [1]

Wikimedia Projects edit

Guest Speaker: User:AKibombo Covered: A brief presentation of Wikimedia projects

Introduction to Wikipedia edit

  • The Five Pillars
  • How to make an edit on Wikipedia
  • The structure of a Wikipedia article

Introduction to Wikiquotes edit

Introduction to WikiCommons edit

  • What is WikiCommons
  • Rules for uploading images
  • How to upload an images

Outcomes edit

  • 11 participants (6 women and 5 men. Two of them had contributed to Wikipedia. 8 were new editors)
  • The participants created their Wikipedia accounts and profiles
  • Participants were able to learn about notability and identify notable people
  • 12 prominent Kenya women identified for their Wikipedia articles to be created
  • 9 Wikidata entries of Kenya Women created
  • Each participant made at least 2 edits on Wikipedia


Quotes Created edit

  1. q:en:Wangari Maathai
  2. q:en:Jennifer Riria
  3. q:en:Nyiva Mwendwa
  4. q:en:Njoki Susanna Ndung'u
  5. q:en:Grace Mumbi Ngugi
  6. q:en:Nancy Onyango
  7. q:en:Irene Koki Mutungi

Participants edit

Photos for Session 1 edit

Session 2 edit

Date and Venue edit

  • Date: Friday October 22, 2021
  • Venue: Kenya National Library Services HQ Nairobi, Kenya
  • Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Activities edit

Signing up to the dashboard here [2]

Introduction to Wikicommons edit

  • WikiCommoms rules for uploading images

Introduction to Wikiquotes edit

Outcomes edit

  • 9 participants attended all from the first session.
  • The participants had problems in identifying images to upload and we did practically on how to identify images from the internet.
  • The participants also wanted to understand well on how to create wiki quotes and we had a session focusing on how to create wiki quotes.

Participants edit

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End of SheSaid 2021 Meet up and Awards edit

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