Wiki Loves Women/Focus Group Members

Image	Name & Username	Country	Bio
	Afek Ben Chahed Afek91	Tunisia	Tunisian, Librarian and an active member of Wikimedia Tunisia User Group since 2016 after winning the first prize of Wiki Women Tunisia. She co-organised several projects and contests as Wiki Loves Africa in Tunisia, WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique, WikiGap , Art and Feminism, and leaded the expansion project of the ArabCom by creating a new community in Mauritania. She was involved in organising many events as WikiIndaba 2018, Wiki Summit 2019(The visiting Wikimedian), WikiConvention Francophone 2019 and WikiArabia 2019. On 2020, she integrated the board of Wikimedia Tunisia as a vice president. Passionate about heritage, she co-founded Africvs, a youth collective which works on promoting and documenting the Tunisian heritage.
	Candy Khohliwe Shoodho	Botswana	My name is Candy Tricia Khohliwe, I am a long-term editor. I belong to the Wikimedia Botswana Usergroup. I have led two successful Wiki Loves Africa photo contest and a successful Art and Feminism Editathon and panel discussion. I am a coordinator with Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Members initiative.
	Caroline Mwaura Cmwaura	Kenya	I am a Kenyan Librarian currently in Nairobi Kenya. I am a new member of Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Members initiative in the larger movement of Wiki In Africa project. I recently joined Wiki Loves Women Focus_Group which focuses on contributing towards the UN’s SDG 5 Gender Equity: achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.
	Clementine Nyirahabihirwe Cnyirahabihirwe123	Rwanda	I am Clementine Nyirahabihirwe, a Rwandan woman of 36 years old, I hold a Bachelor’s degree at National University of Rwanda, in the faculty of Economics and Management, Economic department. I am a member of the Wikimedia User Group Rwanda, and I am one of the 4 founders of User group Rwanda, I act as General secretary in the executive team. I have been a member of the Rwanda User group since 2019. I organized and coordinated: Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign 2020 in Rwanda (WPWP), Rwanda Movement Strategy Discussion, Visible Wiki Women in Rwanda and as we work as a team. I also participate in implementation of other project like Wiki Loves Monument, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves folklores, etc. Before that, I worked for different NGOs as project manager. I used to be in charge of different projects which were mainly children and women development focused.
	Faith Mwanyolo FaithMwanyolo	Kenya	I am a computer science student at Riara University located in Nairobi, Kenya. Nationality: Kenyan. I began to take an interest in Wiki projects about a year ago and have so far organized a WikiGap event at my university, attended the Wikimania Conference in Cape Town among other things. I have a vision to grow the Wikipedia Community in my country as it is almost non-existent. Promotion of open education will go a long way to promote digital literacy in my country. I aim to introduce as many people as I can to this concept and also the idea of adding content and writing articles on Wikipedia.
	Florence Devouard Anthere	France	I was born in Versailles (France). I grew up in Grenoble, and have been living since then in several French cities, as well as Antwerpen in Belgium and Tempe in Arizona. I am an engineer in Agronomy (ENSAIA and also hold a DEA in Genetics and biotechnologies (INPL). I have spent a while in public research (INRA), working in flower plant genetic improvement, later in applied research, in microbiology, to study the feasibility of heavily polluted soil bioremediation. I spent some time in Tempe University (Arizona), following courses in computer science and civil engineering. After a break to take care of my first two kids, I joined a small french firm, Quantix Agro, whose activity was related with decision tools, in finances, insurance, agriculture and agri-business. My part was in the agri-business, and I mostly worked to conceive decision-making tools in sustainable agriculture. Unfortunately, my firm had to stop activity at the end of 2005. As of late 2020, I am 52, and live in Marseille. A few (rather old) picts. My kids are sometimes featured in some wikimedia projects. The last one is hidden somewhere in the Wikibooks on photography.
	Goodness Ignatius Olugold	Nigeria	Goodness Ignatius is from Nigeria and a dedicated member of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group. As a librarian, she has a passion for sharing knowledge and promoting learning, which has led her becoming an active contributor to various Wikimedia projects, including Meta-Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons, and Wikiquote. Since joining Wikimedia in 2020, she has co-founded the Ig Wiki Librarians Hub, which is committed to fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing among librarians and information professionals in the Igbo community in Nigeria. In addition to her work with the Ig Wiki Librarians Hub, she's also involved in several other Wikimedia groups and initiatives, including the Leadership Development Working Group, Wiki Loves Women, LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group, amongst others. As a strong believer in the power of collaboration and sharing, she is committed to encouraging others to get involved in Wikimedia projects and to help create a more inclusive and diverse knowledge ecosystem.
	Isla Haddow-Flood Islahaddow	South Africa	I live in Cape Town, South Africa and am a proudly African Wikipedian, and initiate projects to further the WikiAfrica movement across Africa. From 2013 to 2014 I was a member of the board of Wikimedia ZA.
	Maram Ali Ahmed Maram ali ahmed	Sudan
	Minette Lontsie Serieminou	Cameroon	I am a trained journalist, entrepreneur and wikimedian from Cameroon. I am passionate about creating content for Africans and filling the content gap about Africa on the internet, with a strong interest in arts and culture, gender equality, photography and IT. I started contributing on Wikimedia projects in 2016 after participating in the WIKIMOOC in February 2016. Member of the Wikimedians of Cameroon User group since 2017. Some projects have participated in : Wiki Loves Women in Cameroon Nos Jardins WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique 2021 Wiki Loves Africa in Cameroon
	Morleen C Bortman ChabbieCee	Zimbabwe	Always leave the world in a better way than you found it. I am 58 years old. I am Reference Librarian at a university library in Harare, Zimbabwe. I am a holder of an Honours Degree in Library and Information and Information Science. My passion as a reference librarian is to serve and satisfy my users` information needs be it physically or electronically. I love to engage my users to fully understand their information needs. I joined the Wikipedia Cohort 1 Group in February and started my journey as new Wikipedian. I have joined the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group and would want to put my community on the Wikipedia global map through engaging in various Wikimedia projects and campaigns. My passion is to make my community better in all possible ways and Wikimedia provides this opportunity in many ways through its many programmes.
	Nonny Ntlahla Actveso	South Africa	A young Social Dynamics graduate and currently an enthusiastic Health and Fitness student completing their Diploma. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Nonny is extremely passionate about the integration of Mental Health and Sports/Physical Exercise, and what that can do for social and community development. She is currently working as an Administrative Assistant for the Wiki In Africa Organisation and seeks to develop and learn skills that may be useful in aiding her passion and love for Mental and Physical Health.
	Ola Mahadi ola.mahadi	Sudan	I have been a volunteer with Wikimedia since 2018 on Wiki Gap 1.0. Ever since then, I have been in different work related to Sudan editing mostly and training new users, highlighting the gap in content related to women and the need to write about Sudan by Sudanese. I am co-founder of Wikimedia Sudan User Group in 2020.
	Oteng Tiro S. Kolobetso Kolobetsoo	Botswana	My name is Oteng Tiro Sandra Kolobetso, I am a volunteer in wikipedia, I contribute towards competitions and events in aiming to increase content and contrubutions about by country in wekipedia. I am a graduate in BSC (HONS) in Business Information technology. I have worked with the University of Botswana for 2 years as an Information technology officer intern, currently volunteering for the Computer Society of Botswana as a coordinator and for the year 2020 and 2021 I have also volunteered as the co-organizer for the Wiki loves Africa photographic competition, Botswana. I am an enthusiastic, hardworking young woman who is keen to achieve every set goal.
	Pearl Maatla Melamu Ms Lito	Botswana	My name is Maatla Pearl Melamu from Botswana. I am a library intern at Arthur Portland College here in Botswana. My wiki username is Ms Lito. I belong with the Wikimedia Community Usergroup Botswana. I have participated in different Wikimedia projects but mostly on Wikipedia.
	Phephile Tshabangu Sindiept	Zimbabwae	My name is Phephile and i am a librarian and from Zimbabwe. I am also a wikipedian and i enjoy adding and editing content. I joined the Wikimedia family in 2021 and im here to stay!!
	Tochi Precious Tochiprecious	Nigeria	I live Abuja, Nigeria and I'm proudly an African Wikipedian, and initiate projects to further the movement across Africa. I founded a language centre called Smarter Language Hub where I help promote bilingual education and cross-cultural communication. I'm a multi-linguist, lover of Arts and Culture.