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Wiki Loves Women in Ghana

The Wiki Loves Women project is a content aggregation project that is being implemented in four sub-Saharan Africa countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana. It started at the beginning of 2016.

A group picture after a session with Women Who Code

Core Team

The Wiki Project Wiki Loves Women in Ghana is held in partnership with the Open Foundation West Africa, and is coordinated by Felix Nartey, with the Wikipedian in Residence being Raphael Berchie. They are accompanied by several volunteers, they include:

• Celestinesucess
• Bayelharriet
• Ringwaystella
• Elishagh1
• User:Joy Agyepong
• User:Shahadusadik
• User:SAgbley

Project Participants

1. User:Astonite
2. User:Jemaackah
3. User:JanartFareed
4. User:Kwesiboadi7
5. User:AbenaMagis
6. User:MichaelNanaFrimpong
7. User:BaduAsor
8. User:Benebiankie
9. User:Nayram1
10. User:Owula kpakpo
11. User:Shahadusadik
12. User:Gifty wiki
13. User:Evemahmoud
14. User:EmeraldAd
15. User:Nayram1
16. User:Myraclera
17. User:Meshackbartplange
18. User:Maryejonah
19. User:Shahadusadik
20. User:Theodoraay
21. User:Sante Debrah
22. User:Kwameghana
23. User:noahalorwu
24. User:S.Asante B.
25. User:SAgbley

Accounts created

1. User:Shahadusadik
2. User:EmeraldAd
3. User:Nayram1
4. User:S.Asante B.
5. User:Meshackbartplange
6. User:Gifty wiki
7. User:AbenaMagis
8. User:BaduAsor
9. User:Benebiankie
10. User:Jemaackah
11. User:JanartFareed
12. User:Kwesiboadi7
13. User:Bayelharriet
14. User:Joy Agyepong
15. User:Astonite
16. User:MichaelNanaFrimpong
17. User:SAgbley
18. User:Edith Violet Naisubi
19. User:Efrodassilem
20. User:Bayelharriet
21. User:Judith Opoku-Boateng
22. User:Janet A. Mensah
23. User:Graceannor
24. User:R.A.Yiadom
25. User:Elishagh1
26. User:Qstromz
27. User:MollyMolly
28. User:SanOs
29. User:Abena Bandoh

Partners

The Wiki Loves Women project in Ghana would not be possible without several key partners. These partners include;

1. Goethe-Institut Accra
2. Tech Needs Girls
3. Public Records and Archives Administration Department
4. Ghana Museums and Monuments Board
5. Hop In Academy
6. Odekro
7. Women Who Code
8. TechHer Ghana
9. The Fabulous Woman Network/
10. Impact Hub
11. Tech Needs Girls
12. Tedx Accra
13. Tedx Spintex Women
14. African Women Development Fund
15. Benekie Foundation
16. Local Guides Ghana
17. Hapa space
18. Open Foundation West Africa

Upcoming and past events

Upcoming

• Proposed Edit-a-thon for women in Government and women parliamentarians
• Open Con Accra (25th March)
• Arts+Feminism Edit-a-thon Women in the Arts (4th March 2017)
• Open Con Kumasi (25th February)
• BHM meets Wiki Loves Women Edit-a-thon (25th February)
• 3rd Training Session and Edit-a-thon @ Ashesi University (24th February 2017)
• Training for Institute of African Studies
• Translation Session

On going

• Black History Month Social Media Campaign

Completed

• Upload Session
• 2nd Training session and Edit-a-thon @ Ashesi University (10th Ferbrary 2017)
• Training at Ashesi & Edit-a-thon University (27th January, 2017)
• Writing Contest and edit-a-thon about Women in Music (1st December 2016)
• Tedx Spintex Women @ University of Cape Coast (8th October 2016)
• Tedx Spintex Women Main event @British Council (29th October 2016)
• Writing Contest on Women in Sports (1-30th November 2016)see event page here
• Tedx Spintex Women @ University of Ghana Accra (1st October,2016) - A delegation was sent on behalf of the team
• Women's in Ghana's Politics WLW Ghana Writing contest (1st-30th September 2016) - A campaign was run online and the climax event organized at the Goethe Institut
• Upload Session (24th September, 2016) - Organized at the Goethe Institute
• African Girls and Women in Tech Summit (13-14th September 2016) - A delegation was sent on behalf of the team
• Wiki Women Hack (27th August 2016) - Organized at the Goethe Institute
• Training for Women Who Code (20th August 2016) - Organized at the Impact Hub
• 2nd Training Session and Edit-a-thon (30th July, 2016) - Organized at the Goethe Institute
• First Edit-a-thon and Training Sessions (13th July, 2016) - Organized at the Goethe Institute
• Leaders Training @ Tech Needs Girls (20th June 2016) - A delegation was sent on behalf of the team

Key project focus areas and links

The activities are organized around ediathons open to all for the general presentation of the project, the writing of articles and the uploading of the sources. These activities take place at least once a month at the Goethe Institute Lagos, and other venues.

• Project Road Map for Ghana

Press coverage

Online

1. Graphic Online
2. Techlife
3. BusinessGhana
4. Ghana Guardian
5. Open Foundation West Africa
6. Tech Central