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Wiki Loves Women in Uganda

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

Core Team

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• Erina Mukuta
• Mulumba Ivan
• Kateregga Geoffrey
• Bukulu Steven
• Douglas Ssebagala
• Alice Kibombo
• Donah Mafabi

Project Participants

First name	Last name	Username
Susan	Malinga	Susan Malinga
Susan	Ngabirwe	create or add a username
Mercy	Mirembe	create or add a username
Patricia	Kisesi	create or add a username
Helga	Nagaba	create or add a username
Lillian	Linda	create or add a username
Irene	Nakitto	ChiLlitUG
Proscovia	Akello	vincepross
Katherine	Winifred	create or add a username
Joyce	Wolayo	Joy wolayo
Hilda	Twongyeirwe	Twongyeirwe Hilda
Ingrid	Aguti	create or add a username
Deborah	Angona	create or add a username
Segawa	Nakisanze	create or add a username
Shillah	Nampewo	create or add a username
Philo	Nabweru	create or add a username
Patience	Nitumwesiga	create or add a username
Anibel	Turyagumanawe	create or add a username
Sharon	Namukwaya	create or add a username
Jackson	Dre	create or add a username
Vincent	Jjingo	create or add a username
Manzi	Surumani	create or add a username
Lucy	Lunyolo	to be created
Praise	Namara	Praise Namara
Brian	Kawooya	KAWOOYA B

Accounts created

Wartson - Wartson Atukwatse ChiLlitUG - Nakitto Irene Nakisanze - Nakisanze Segawa Susan Malinga - Susan Malinga Praise namara - Praise Namara Joywolayo - Joyce Wolayo Kawooya b - Kawooya Brian Twongyeirwe - Twongyeirwe Hilda nabweru - Nabweru Philomena

Partners

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

• Femrite
• Women In Technology Uganda
• Ugandan Bloggers
• Hive Colab
• Goethe Zentrum - Kampala
• Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC)
• High Sound Uganda
• Luganda Department, Makerere University
• Women of Uganda Network
• School of Women and Gender Studies - Makerere University,
• Embassy of Sweden Kampala,
• Internet Society - Uganda Chapter
• Girl Up Initiative Uganda
• Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association (UWEA)

Upcoming and past events

1st June 2019 : #1Lib1Ref Uganda 2019

• When: Saturday 1st June , 9am - 4pm
• Where: Goethe Zentrum - Kampala Library
• What: Training and improvement of articles through referencing and relevant citation
• Partner: Various , Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC)
• Register here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/1Lib1Ref_Uganda_2019?enroll=
• Recommended resources
  • List of women without articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_nationality/Uganda
  • List of women with articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Blue/Existing_articles_by_nationality/Uganda
  • Index of Uganda-related articles : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Uganda-related_articles
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Uganda : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Uganda#Article_alerts
• Articles created during the event:
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
9:00 - 9:30	Arrival and registration of participants
9:30 - 10:00	Introduction to WikiLovesWomen and # 1Lib1Ref campaign
10:00 - 10:30	Basic Rules of referencing and citation and acceptable sources
10:30 – 11:00	Creation of accounts, joining dashboard, Userpages
11:00 – 1:00	Review of suggested resources, Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Edit-a-thon
3:00 - 4:00	#1Lib1Ref campaign and next steps ,Conclusion

Project Participants

First name	Last name	Username
Catherine	Amia	Catherine Amia	Kawempe Youth Centre
Joyce	Nabasirye	Joynabasirye	EASLIS ,Makerere University
Judith	Mugume	Bananajudith	EASLIS ,Makerere University
Sharon	Nakaweesi	Sharon Nakaweesi	Kawempe Youth Centre
Umusalamah	Nakamanya	Nakamanya Umu	EASLIS ,Makerere University
Geoffrey	Kateregga	Kateregga1	WCUG
Alice	Kibombo	AKibombo	WCUG

23rd March 2019: Training and Editathon Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC)

• When: Saturday 23rd March 9.00am till 4.45pm
• Where: Kawempe Youth Centre ,Ttula Road ,Kawempe
• What: Training and Edit-a-thon
• Partner: Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC)
• Register here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/Wiki_Loves_Women_Uganda_Edit-a-thon_with_Kawempe_Youth_Centre_(Saturday_23_March_2019)?enroll=ylmtfvak (due to technical issues, accounts were not recorded in the dashboard during that event)
• List of women without articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_nationality/Uganda
• List of women with articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Blue/Existing_articles_by_nationality/Uganda
• Articles created during the event:
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
9:00 - 9:30	Arrival and registration of participants
9:30 - 10:00	Introduction to WikiLovesWomen and Wikipedia
10:00 - 10:30	Basic Rules of Wikipedia, and Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page
10:30 – 11:00	Creation of accounts, joining dashboard, Userpages
11:00 – 1:00	Creating a Draft Article, Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Edit-a-thon
3:00 - 4:00	WikiGap Challenge and Next Steps
4:00 - 4:30	Conclusion

16th March 2019: Training and Editathon with GirlUp and UWEAL

• When: Saturday 16th March 9.45am till 1.45pm
• Where: Goethe Zentrum Kampala, 52 Bukoto St, Kampala
• What: Training and Editathon
• Partner: GirlUp Initiative Uganda and Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association (UWEA)
• Register here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Girl_Up_and_UWEA/Wiki_Loves_Women_Uganda_-_Edita-t-hon_with_Girl_Up_and_UWEA
• List of women without articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_nationality/Uganda
• List of women with articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Blue/Existing_articles_by_nationality/Uganda
• Articles created during the event:
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
9.45 - 10.00	Arrival and registration of participants
10.00 - 10.30	Introduction to WikiLovesWomen and Wikipedia
10:30 - 11:00	Basic Rules of Wikipedia, and Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page
11:00 – 11:30	Creation of accounts, joining dashboard, Userpages
11.30 – 12:30	Creating a Draft Article, Edit-at-thon
12:30 - 13:00	WikiGap Challenge and Next Steps
13:00 - 13:30	Refreshments and Closure

WikiGap 2018

Main Event

• When: 8th March. 9.30am till 5.00pm
• Where: Makerere University
• What: International Women's Day Editathon and Launch of WikiGap Challenge
• Partner: School of Women and Gender Studies - Makerere University, Embassy of Sweden Kampala, Internet Society of Uganda
• Register here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/Wiki_Loves_Women_Uganda_and_WikiGap_2019_Kampala
• list of articles:
• notes:

Pre-event

• When: 2nd March. 9.30am till 5.00pm
• Where: Makerere University
• What: International Women's Day Editathon and Launch of WikiGap Challenge
• Partner: School of Women and Gender Studies - Makerere University, Embassy of Sweden Kampala, Internet Society of Uganda
• Register here :
• list of articles:
• notes:

2nd March Editation with School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University

• When: 2nd March. 9.00am till 5.00pm
• Where: Makerere University
• What: Training and edit-a-thon event, Wikigap pre-event
• Partner: School of Women and Gender Studies - Makerere University, Embassy of Sweden Kampala, Internet Society of Uganda
• Register here :
• list of articles:
• notes:

16th February: Training and Editathon with WOUGNET

• When: 16th of February. 9.00am till 1.00pm
• Where: WOUGNET
• What: Training and edit-a-thon event
• Partner: Women of Uganda Network
• Register here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Women_of_Uganda_Network/Wiki_Loves_Women_Editathon_at_WOUGNET_-_Uganda
• list of articles:
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
8.30 - 9.00	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 9.30	Introduction to Wikimedia projects(creation of accounts)
9:30 - 10:00	Outreach and Dashboard
10:00 – 10:30	Creation of structure of article
10.30 – 12:30	Edit-at-thon
12:30 - 13:00	Next steps and social media
13:00 - 13:30	Refreshments and Closure

Project Participants

First name	Last name	Username
Susan	Atim	H. Susan Atim
Alice	Nankwalu	Alice Nankwalu
Sandra	Aceng	Sandra Aceng
Isaac	Amuku	Isaac's Amuku
Isaac	Amuku	Amuku Isaac
Goretti	Zavuga Amuriat	zgamuriat
Patricia	Nyasuna	Patricia Nyasuna
Sandra	Ainemukama

9th February: Wiki-translation

• When: 9th of February. 10am till 6pm
• Where: Geothe- Zentrum
• What: Training and edit-a-thon event
• Partner: Luganda Department Makerere University
• Dashboard : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Makerere_University/Wiki-Translate
• list of articles:
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
8.00 - 8.45	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 10.00	Introduction to Wikimedia projects(creation of accounts)
10:00 - 11:00	Outreach and Dashboard
11:00 – 12:30	Creation of structure of article
12.30 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Edit-at-thon
3:00 - 3:30	Next steps and social Media
3:30 - 4:00	Closure

9th February: Meeting with Journalists

• When: 9th of February. 10am till 6pm
• Where: Geothe- Zentrum
• What: Training and edit-a-thon event
• Partner: High sound Uganda
• Register here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_User_group_uganda/Wiki_loves_women_Ugandan_Journalists_(9th_February_2019)
• list of articles:
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
8.00 - 8.45	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 10.00	Introduction to Wikimedia projects(creation of accounts)
10:00 - 11:00	Outreach and Dashboard
11:00 – 12:30	Creation of structure of article
12.30 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Edit-at-thon
3:00 - 3:30	Next steps and social Media
3:30 - 4:00	Closure

15th December: Ugandan Bloggers

• When: 15th of December. 10am till 6pm
• Where: Geothe- Zentrum
• What: Training and edit-a-thon event
• Partner: Ugandan Bloggers
• Register here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_User_group_uganda/Wiki_loves_women_Ugandan_bloggers_(saturday)
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
8.00 - 8.45	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 10.00	Introduction to Wikimedia projects(creation of accounts)
10:00 - 11:00	Outreach and Dashboard
11:00 – 12:30	Creation of structure of article
12.30 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Edit-at-thon
3:00 - 3:30	Next steps and social Media
3:30 - 4:00	Closure

24th October: Wikidata in Mbarara

• When: 24th of October. 8am till 16pm
• Where: at Hive Collab
• What: Training and edit-athon event
• Partner: Hive Colab
• Register here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Mbarara_University_of_Science_and_Technology/Wiki_Loves_Women_Uganda_-_Wikidata_Edit-a-thon_Mbarara_(26th_of_October_2018)
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
8.00 - 8.45	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 10.00	Session 1
10:00 - 11:00	Outreach and Dashboard
11:00 – 12:30	Session 2
12.30 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Session 3
3:00 - 3:30	Next steps and social Media
3:30 - 4:00	Closure

8th September: Wikipedia workshop with Women in Technology

• When: 8th of September. 10am till 16pm
• Where: WITU(Women in technology Uganda) , Kanjokya street (map ? address ?)
• What: Training and edit-athon event
• Partner: Women in Technology
• Register here :https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Women_in_Technology_Uganda/Wiki_Loves_Women_Uganda,_WITU_Editathon
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
10:00 - 11:00	Introduction and registration
11:00 – 12:30	Account and profile creation
12.30 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Introduction to Commons
3:00 - 3:30	Next steps
3:30 - 4:00	Closure

Register here :

10th- 12th August: WikiGOESACCT

wikiGOESACCT https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/African_College_of_Commerce_and_Technology/WikiGoesACCT

26th July: Wikipedia workshop with Femrite at Uganda Museum

• When: 26th of July. 8am till 16pm
• Where: at Uganda Museum (map ? address ?)
• What: Training and edit-athon event
• Partner: Femrite
• Register here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Uganda/Wiki_Loves_Women_Uganda_-_Wikipedia_workshop_with_Femrite_-_Uganda_(26th_of_July_2018)
• notes:

Program for the day

Time	Activity
8.00 - 8.45	Arrival and registration of participants
9.00 - 10.00	Session 1
10:00 - 11:00	Outreach and Dashboard
11:00 – 12:30	Session 2
12.30 – 1:00	Edit-at-thon
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00	Session 3
3:00 - 3:30	Next steps and social Media
3:30 - 4:00	Closure

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.

Press coverage

Online

Radio

• Alice Kibombo is interviewed at Western Uganda's Biggest Radio Station 91.2 Crooze FM on EIHANGA RYAITU (Translating To: Our Country Show) hosted by Sir Khoi Khoi. (Language used is Luganda)as seen on facebook