Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Women Participants in Wikipedia (ID: 22756469)
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Applicant Details
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Bikhrah
- Organization
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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Women Participants in Wikipedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-09-30 - 2024-10-30
- 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)
Other (please specify) Other (please specify) Our main approach is to be doing a regular edit-a-thon as this is the phase one of the project, for the purpose to create more chances of women participation in wikimedia movement specifically the Hausa's, this will in return upgrade there soft skills towards creating accurate women content, hence reducing current contents biased in Wikipedia.
- 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 change we seek to achieve is to increased participation and empowerment of women especially in areas of education which basically need a high concern specifically within the Hausa communities were female are given less concern in areas of education. It's crucial because currently, there is a significant gender gap within our community, having fewer female contributors compared to males were currently we have 7 Administrators all males as seen here in the link(https://ha.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop)indicating high level of inequality as shown also in the researches links below:(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318595900)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia)By maximizing the involvement of women in the Wikimedia movement of the Hausa communities, we aim to address this disparity and create a more inclusive and diverse community. Empowering women to actively contribute to the Hausa-language Wikimedia projects not only enriches the content but also ensures that diverse perspectives and voices are represented, ultimately leading to a more vibrant and equitable knowledge ecosystem in the Hausa language which will prevent biased in articles created by male contributors in Wikipedia related to females contents.
- 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 are actively working on involving the females in the Hausa community in the Wikimedia movement: 1.Focusing on creating and enhancing articles related to gender equality which will lead to the accurate capturing of the female contents by themselves and end gender biased as already reported in the link below:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia 2.To broaden awareness and engagement, we plan to conduct an outreach campaigns in Ahmadu Bello University, where we have many students who are educated and can contribute to the Hausa content creation with mindset of enhancing gender equality in open source content. This strategic approach aims to attract more volunteers, fostering contributions to address existing knowledge biased in gender equality contents specifically in hausa domains. We will partner with the already available local females association like: "Women Multipurpose Initiatives", "KASU Women Elites" and "Kungiyar Ilimin Mata", who are always advocating for equally in education specifically in hausa communities This strategic approach aims to attract more volunteers from the Hausa-speaking community, fostering contributions to address existing gender gaps.
- 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.
we have the team available to implement this project proposal when it's approved. I am a penultimate undergraduate at the Ahmadu Bello University, an experienced Wikipedia Hausa editor, I have participated in several Wikipedia events in Kaduna State and help facilitate some of them. In the team we also have 1.Community Lead: Jidda3711, she is one of the best figures in ensuring females are recruiting in the Wikimedia communities. She have introduced Wikimedia to various women organizations like the "Jam'iyyar Matan Arewa (JMA), Taskar Nasaba, and Badarawa Women Development Center". She have attended several trainings and have a great experience in given time to gender solutions. Some of her projects include: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wikipedia_for_Hausa_Women_Inclusion_2023_(ID:_22070345) 2.Students Representative: Saudarh2, Been a student centered on creating enabling environment for females have been part of her day to day activities. She is feminist advocate at all education levels specifically in Northern Nigeria were female education is affected by religion and norms. She speaks about equal rights to education and have organized sensitive projects which showcase her strong concerns to the female genders: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/WikiLoves_Women_SheSaid_in_Northern_Nigeria_(ID:_21942292)and there are also our fairly experienced colleagues who are more experienced in project execution and management like Mrym009 and will also help us in rendering this project.
- 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 targets communities are: 1. Hausa community especially the higher institution females students of (Ahmadu Bello University and the partnering association listed above) who already educated and digitally sound willing to contribute to open source knowledge through creating accurate contents of females without biased 2. We already have a group in WhatsApp, for previous grants related to gender equality discussion forums and how to achieve it.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 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.
We will adhere to the Wikimedia universal code of conduct:https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy#Youth_Safetyand the Wikimedia foundation friendly space policy: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy#:~:text=The%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20is%20dedicated,expression%2C%20disability%2C%20physical%20appearance%2C
- 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.
1.The concept originated within the community's WhatsApp forum seeing it as a chance to create accurate content without biased. 2. All members within the group are informed and have consented to engage actively and take contributions to ensure equity in both decisions making and contents creation. 3. We plan to publicize it in the Wikipedia Project Nigeria and various language hubs to ensure the successful attainment of our objectives.
- 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)
Digital Access
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We aim to acquire deeper insights into gender contents creation and minimize the current biased in Wikipedia Content and ensure females representation. 2. Our objective is to disseminate additional knowledge about Wikipedia and its readiness in stopping the biased in articles created. 3. We anticipate learning from editors and Wikipedia users about effective information management for educational purposes, leveraging the content available on Wikipedia.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 30 | |
| Number of organizers | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 50 |
| 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
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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 tool for the onboarding of the participants and to track their contributions, so also we will use the Google form links to collect data from partners team members and also use the newly release "event organizer" forms for details collection
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_OlG344z4T4ftFbCb1uxKoj7ntZet3YXOxn8M2zS9Oc/edit?usp=drivesdk
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
2055000 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.
1233 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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