Wiki Loves Women/Focus Group/Wiki Loves Women 2021 in Cameroon

Wiki Loves Women 2021 in Cameroon is a project aiming at improving the visibility of Cameroonian women on various Wikimedia projects by creating new or improving existing entries on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons and Wikiquote. The project will run from August 2021 to December 2021. The project will also celebrate Cameroonian women leaders through the SheSaid drive 2021.

Official Wiki Loves Women logo for across Africa

Link to the French portal page : https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:SheSaid

Project timeline

• Preparation and Planning: August 2021
• Training Sessions: September 2021 – October 2021
• SheSaid Campaign: October - November 2021
• Photos collection and shooting: November 2021
• Awarding and Closing : December 2021

Project Goals

1. Recruit and train new editors from Cameroon and improve skills for existing editors to contribute on Wikipedia, Commons, Wikidata and Wikiquote.
2. Raise awareness about gender gap on Wikipedia
3. Add and improve wikipedia articles on Cameroonian women
4. Participate in the #SheSaid Campaign with new entries for prominent Cameroonian Women on Wikiquote

Activities

• 11/09/2021 : (In-person Session) : Gender Gap in Wikimedia Projects & Introduction to Wikipedia, Wiki Commons and Wikidata.
• 22/09/2021 : (Online Session) : Follow up Session, How to Write a biography on Wikipedia
• 9/10/2021  : (In-person Session): Session 2: Contribution on Wikipedia/Introduction to Wikiquote and the #SheSaid Campaign
• 16/10/2021 : (Online Session) : Follow up on Articles writing/ Edit-a-thon (creating more articles for notable women | Creating Wikiquote Entries
• 6/11/2021 27/11/2021 : (In-person Session) : Edit-a-thon SheSaid Campain on Wikiquote: (Creating entries)
• 30/10/2021 : (In-person Session): Photo collection/shooting of prominent Camroonian women at Canal 2'Or
• 27/01/2022: Award ceremony

Team/Organiser

S.N.	Name	Image	Designation
01	Serieminou		Project Coordinator

Participants

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1. Wikieloben
2. Barichnel Sonna
3. Kenrol
4. OlivierMoukodi
5. Farida Takenzo
6. Marionneson
7. Tatiana kuessie
8. E82MAA
9. Caryvane
10. Happi Raphael
11. Mouenthias
12. ArnoBOUJIKA
13. MONESTHE
14. APN237
15. Charlyneros
16. FeutseuBrice

Contributions

Outreach Dashboard

• Wiki Loves Women in Cameroon Project Dashboard

Wikipedia articles Created (12)

1. Viviane Madeleine Ondoua Biwolé
2. Gaelle Wondje
3. Bleue Régine Tsoungui
4. Agathe Djokam Tamo
5. Nabila
6. Marie Christine Beugré
7. Soraya Milla
8. Sandrine Ziba
9. Indira
10. Patricia Kwende
11. Diane Audrey Ngako
12. Cynthia Elizabeth Ngono

Images Uploaded

Over 100 images were uploaded on commons by participants for the project. Pictures of the celebrities (male and female) at the Canal 2'Or were taken were by Charlyneros and FeutseuBrice.

• Photos of the training sessions
• Photos of notable women for SheSaid

Photos

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Prizes

The three participants with the highest number of contributions on various projects throughout the project will be awarded prizes.

• First Prize: Tablet
• Second Prize: External hard drive
• Third Prize: Powerbank

Prize Winners

• 1st Prize: Farida Takenzo
• 2nd Prize : E82MAA
• 3rd Prize: ArnoBOUJIKA

Local Partners

• ActivSpaces
• WETECH

Resources

• Starting a new page on Wikiquote
• Demo video on How to add an entry on Wikiquote
• Editing Wikiquote with SheSaid Campaign