Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Women
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Uncle Bash007
- Organization
Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group (not a recognized affiliate)
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a board member or president of a Wikimedia Affiliate or mission-allied organization.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group - Roles
Uncle Bash007 - User Group Chairman
Gwanki - Vice Chairman
A Sulaiman Z - Secretary
Sanusi Gado - Treasurer
Hauwau sulaiman - Ass. Secretary (Female)
Yusuf Sa'adu - Board Councilor
AYM8818 - Board Vice Councilor
Manaf205 - Board Auditor
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Women #SheSaid Hausa Phase II
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-09-02 - 2024-10-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
SheSaid
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
The participation of Women in Wikimedia activities is still low. Furthermore, there are very few representations of African content on Wikimedia. There have been many efforts to tackle this. Wiki Loves Women is one of the beautiful ideas for bridging the gender gap on Wikimedia. The SheSaid campaign is one of the best campaigns in amplifying the voices of Women and recognizing their achievements in the Human World. The Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group is a user group to prioritizes minorities. Thus, this group will focus on feeling the gender gap via this campaign. Historically, women are known to make significant contributions towards the growth and development of many kingdoms, countries, politics, socio-economy, science, art, literature, etc. Yet, very few of these contributions by women are covered on wikis and in modern historical writings among others. This project is aimed at looking deep into our region and writing quotations from notable women who contributed to the development of any aspects mentioned above and documenting it on Wikiquote. We will also use social media to dramatically amplify such quotations.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
We have participated in the 2023 #SheSaid campaign and we had a great experience with lots of enthusiasm from female participants as the topic "Wiki Loves Women #SheSaid" is aimed solely towards increasing the visibility of women. We collaborated with women organisations National Association of Female Journalists (NAWOJ), Matan Arewa among others. This year, we plan on having a bigger campaign and engaging more female editors in Wikimedia movement through the following approaches:
i) Online Campaigns: we will design online flyers with notable quotations and share them on our social media handles on Instagram, Telegram and Facebook. we will organise online office hours and trainings of Wiki Loves Women #SheSaid campaign and how to edit Hausa Wikiquote
ii) Offline/In-person: we will organise 3 days in-person trainings which will cover; Introduction to WikiLoves Women SheSaid campaign History and policies of Wikimedia and its Projects Getting to know Wikiquote and how to edit it Hausa Wikiquote and how to add quotes from notable women, etc.
iii) Editathon/contest: to inspire and motivate editors to make larger contributions
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
I Uncle Bash007 have previously successfully organised SheSaid campaign, an administrator on Hausa Wikipedia will lead the event. Hauwau sulaiman a woman will handle direct contact with the female participants. Gwanki will assist in delivering trainings to women participants.
Sanusi Gado wil handle financial expenses and bookings. AYM8818 will handle social media campaigns.
Yusuf Sa'adu and User:A Sulaiman Z will handle in-person campaigns/trainings. Manaf25 will focus on ensuring compliance with Wikimedia Friendly Space Policies and Universal Code of Conduct
- 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? (required)
The target participants are women organisations which we train in our last campaign; National Association of Women Journalist in Nigeria, Northern Women Association (Matan Arewa), Women in Politics in Kaduna etc. We aim to have a bigger, wider campaign and invite participants from other organisations. Engage more Women and train them on how to contribute to Wikiquote.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
We have discussed it in our group's discussion page, and Hausa Wikipedia talk page to inform every Hausa Wikimedian. We've also advertised it on our User Group's Social Media handle on Facebook and Instagram.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_of_Northern_Nigeria_User_Group https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kofan_al%27umma#Wiki_Loves_Women_SheSaid_Phase_II
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Gender Identity
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through this project, we want to assess the following questions
i) are the goals of the #SheSaid campaign achieved in our previous campaign?
ii) will this year campaign add more awareness to Women about the Wiki Loves Women Campaign?
iii). will this campaign add positive impact to gender gap on Wikimedia projects?
iv). will this project add to the number of women articles on Hausa Wikiquote?
v) will it bring more editors who stay and edit Wikiquote and Wikimedia project?
vi). will it add value and elevate the status or views towards Women?
vii). will this project help in preserving the achievements of Women?
This questions will be answered through structured questionnaire on Google forms
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 250 | Number of participants reached during online and offline campaigns. |
| Number of editors | 100 | Number of participants who actually attend in-person and online trainings. |
| Number of organizers | 8 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 500 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 100 |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Articles created on Incubator and English Wikiquote
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Dedicated Meta page Wikimedia Hashtag tool Google forms
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HLg4wjIoS6rn8g5II2t1IeBRHQzI6ExMNC_ijCyGRHA/edit#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
4753000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
3218.46 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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