Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/She Said Tchad 2024 (ID: 22747985)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Abdallahbigboy

Organization

Wikimedia Community User Group Tchad

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)

Member of Wikimedians of Tchad User group (Board member) Member of the Chad Wikimedians user group (Board member) I am the Chad referent for Wikifranca

Main Proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

She Said Tchad 2024

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-10-05 - 2024-12-22

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

Chad

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 lack of content about Chadian women in Wikimedia projects, the low involvement of women in our community, the persistence of gender inequalities in society reflected in Wikimedia content, as well as the difficulty of raising awareness and mobilizing women to participate in Wikimedia projects remain important obstacles to overcome in our community. We have these approaches to achieve this: Organize 4 training sessions on Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia fr, Commons and Wikiquote): These sessions will focus on raising awareness, training in Wikimedia editing and creating content relating to women in Chad. Targeting students and members of gender inequality organizations: These groups are likely to already be interested in gender issues and can make a valuable contribution to the Wikimedia community. Some have already participated in our training courses, and others are expressing interest. Audience and target: members of organizations working to reduce gender disparities, including Femme et TIC, Ligue Tchadienne des Droits des FEnvol and Blolab Link gender equality in Benin to global campaigns such as Art+Feminism, GLAM and Wiki LovesX: this will enable us to benefit from increased visibility and learn from the experiences of other Wikimedia communities by contacting other contributors and learning from them. Promoting the project to women and feminist organizations: this will raise awareness of the project and interest among potential female contributors. Create a welcoming and inclusive environment for women within the Wikimedia community: This is essential to retain female contributors and encourage them to participate actively. Historically, women are known to make significant contributions to the growth and development of Chad. The SheSaid campaign is one of the best campaigns for amplifying the voices of women and recognizing their achievements. We will also use social media to dramatically amplify the quotations from these women.

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'll start by launching a registration form to recruit participants and members of organizations working to reduce gender disparities, including La ligue Tchadienne de Droits des Femmes, and Women in Tech Tchad. Presentation and awareness campaign (October 5-20, 2024): We'll also have online support from Aimée of She Said Benin to train participants to contribute on Wikiquote. We will then organize 4 edit-a-thons in November and December that will focus on creating and improving Wikiquote entries and Wikipedia articles related to influential Chadian women, We will organize an online session in January to follow up with participants We will reward participants with a certificate of participation.

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.

Our local activity will be organized within a global framework, with several experienced editors who can support our work. The global team Wiki Loves women does provide communication material (e.g. social media visuals, postcards and bookmarks), communication channels and is organizing online training and support for participating groups (office hours, one-on-one, telegram group, etc.) Abdallah Azibert (User:Abdallahbigboy): Project Lead Haroun Djibrine (User:WhizGeek): Trainer and volunteer assistant Mahmoud Sabir (User:Mahmoud Sabir97): Assistant and communications manager Yasmine Djibril Ahmat (User:Yasmine Djibril Ahmat): She will provide her support voluntarily in this project. Afek Ben Chahed ( User:Afek91): Co-Coordinated The SheSaid campaign 2023/2024 (Mentoring) User:Aimeabibis: she has already successfully organized the SheSaid 2023 campaign in Benin (Mentoring)

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)

Our primary focus is to involve the women in our community, as well as some volunteers from the partner organizations listed above, as target participants. We use social media platforms, WhatsApp groups, and email communications to reach this audience. This multichannel approach ensures wide distribution and engagement. To ensure the continued engagement of new participants, we will integrate them into our Telegram community group and our mailing list. The last workshop will be used to recap events and award prizes to the best contributors. We'll continue to interact with them by involving them in other community activities.

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.

Primarily we initiated a conversation on our regular Telegram group that we use to communicate our activities and to ensure transparency and inclusivity. Additionally, we initiated a call on the discussion page of our user group. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_of_Tchad_User_Group#She_Said_2024

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

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

We believe we have succeeded in recruiting, training and building a team of new editors in our country, and in following them up. We want to learn from this project about : How can we recruit, retain and involve more women in our community? How do we produce content to address the various gender gaps challenges we face? What motivates editors to continue to edit after activities?

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)

Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics	Target	Optional description
Number of participants	30	We plan to engage at least 30-35 participants through out the project New participant: 20 Returning participant: 10
Number of editors	20
Number of organizers	4

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia	50
Wikimedia Commons	50
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote	90
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
N/A	N/A	N/A
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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)

We will use the Outreach Dashboard https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org

Financial proposal

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

She Said 2024 Tchad.xlsx

22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

590000 XAF

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.

1000 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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