2024:Program/9 years of the Wiki Loves Women initiative
Session title: 9 years of the Wiki Loves Women initiative
- Session type: Poster
- Track: Diversity & Inclusion
- Language: en
I will give throught this poster the statistics, different projects and the results of 9 years of the Wiki Loves women initiative by Wiki In Africa
Description
[edit | edit source]Wiki Loves Women project is a global initiative aimed at bridging the gender gap on Wikipedia by increasing the representation of women-related topics and contributors. It encourages individuals to contribute high-quality images and content about women's achievements, history, and culture to make the online encyclopedia more inclusive and diverse.
The initiative comprises three distinct projects that work collectively: The #SheSaid campaign: a global initiative that aims to give voice to women's experiences and perspectives by sharing their quotes and stories. The Focus Group: a practical, action-oriented, mentored online training programme that provides skills and knowledge transfer that is specifically designed to support community leaders as they create gender-equity programmes and drives within the Wikimedia and Open movements. The ISA Tell Us About Her campaign: an annual campaign that aims to enhance the descriptions of women's photographs uploaded on Wikimedia Commons. By doing so, Wiki Loves Women celebrates women across various themes and highlights their contributions and achievements using the ISA tool.
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Collaboration of the Open?
This initiative is based on the collaboration between the different communities through its different parts like the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group which unites 28 women from 11 African countries and France. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women/Focus_Group/Members
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Resources
[edit | edit source]Speakers
[edit | edit source]- Afek91
- I am Afek Ben Chahed, originally from Tunisia, working as a librarian at the Diocesan Library of Tunis. I am also a Community Facilitator at Wiki In Africa and hold the position of treasurer within Wikimedia Tunisia.
- Active in the Wikimedia movement since 2016, I primarily focus on contributions to WikiCommons, Wikipedia, and Wikiquote, with a preference for offline work. I have played a key role in organizing various conferences, including WikiIndaba 2018, Wikimedia Summit Berlin 2019 as a Visiting Wikimedian, WikiConvention Francophone Brussels 2019 (communication team), WikiArabia Marrakesh 2019 (communication team), WikiConvention Francophone 2023 (communication team), and WikiWomenCamp 2023 (communication team). I am also part of the communication team at WikiFranca.
- Outside of my involvement in the Wiki movement, I am one of the founding members of the Africvs collective, dedicated to the preservation of Tunisian tangible and intangible heritage. I also have a passion for writing in Tunisian dialect and have organized several Wiki workshops in Tunisia.