Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Women She Said (ID: 22279532)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Gilbert Ndihokubwayo

Organization

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Main Proposal

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

Wiki Loves Women She Said

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

2023-11-04 - 2023-12-31

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

Burundi

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

Wiki Loves Women

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 She Said campaign will help us improve the visibility of women by creating articles and/or improving articles on Wikiquote that relate to women and thereby to bridge the gender gap in representation.

The issue of women representation on Wikimedia projects is a challenge that need to to be solved by activities that involve the women contributions.

The campaign will also help us to involve women in organizing future activities related to women's contributions to Wikimedia projects. Women will be sensitized to involve and participate by contributions to cover the gap of women involvement, writing quotations of notable women in different areas. This project will bridges digital gender gap and content contribution.

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 plan to have online and physical trainings and editathon on SheSaid Campain. In order to accomplish the activities of contribution for the campaign, 2 days in person programs that will involve carrying out training/presentation sessions will be organized. Editathon activities will be conducted when participants will make their contributions of related women quotes on Wikiquote.

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.

As the campaign will take place for the first time in Burundi, we will be supported by other, among-others key people for mentorship User:Afek91, User:Islahaddow. They will provide us with needed support during campaing. User:Gilbert Ndihokubwayo, Project leader, will lead the overall project development and implementation activities, provide online and physical support throughout the program and reporting to the Project on progress and status of campaign. User:Ferdinand IF99, Co-organizer, will help to mobilize people around the project, co-train interested in participating to the campaign. User:NIYUHIRE Octavie, User:Izerte will be involved for the gender inclusion, also to help the women sensitization.

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 campaing is open to everyone. There is no exception. Anyone, Burundians or not, actual wikimedian or not. We will encourage women participation to contribute and think of organising activities aiming to to showcase women quotes and activities. Before and during the activities, we will engage the participants through the communication, organization of meetings. In order to follow up the participants after the activities, we will create a communication channel with the participants in order to keep contact with them. At the end of the program we will have an assessment on every participant on their understanding about the project.

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.

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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 about the Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid campaign to be held in Burundi with our community members throughout our communication channel (https://chat.whatsapp.com/Iq0p6ZIhqmm3rY2GJ7UB3q) where a zoom link have been shared for our discussion. Having understood the importance of women inclusion in Wikipedia activities to bridge the gender inequality, it has been agreed to have the campaign organized in Burundi.

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)

Invest in Skills and Leadership Development

Learning and metrics

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

Wiki Loves Women – SheSaid project will help me as well as the community, to learn many skills as a contributor and a leader of a gender gap initiative in the wikimedia community. It will olso be an opportunty to recruiting new Women editors from Wikiloves women SheSaid and then extend my network of contributors to Wikimedia projects from who I expect to have new contents to be contributed about women from my community.

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	40	Members of the community in Burundi & new recruited to participate in the Wiki Loves Women - SheSaid campaign
Number of editors	25	Among the participant, we expect to have a minimum of 25 members who will create and/or improve content for the Wiki Loves Women - SheSaid campaign in Burundi.
Number of organizers	4	4 local organizers with women inclusion.

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons	10
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote	80
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia

Optional description for content contributions.

Number of contributions for the campaign

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

No

Main Open Metrics Data
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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)

The Outreach Dashboard to evaluate participation during the campaing and the Event registration tool to assess the participant, editors and organizers.

Financial proposal

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

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

6158433 BIF

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.

2197 USD

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

Yes

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