Event:WikiGap challenge 2024 in Rwanda

W I K I G A P 2024 Rwanda

Overview

Wikipedia is the world’s largest online and user-generated encyclopaedia. Knowledge is power, and Wikipedia has the potential to colour our view of the world. But there is great imbalance between men and women on the website, like in society at large.

Ninety per cent of those who add content to Wikipedia are men. There are four times as many articles about men as there are about women. The figures vary regionally, but no matter how you look at it, the picture is clear: the information about women is less extensive than that about men. Regardless of which language version of Wikipedia you read. We want to change this.

EventGoals:

• Improve Wikipedia's coverage of notable Rwandan women by:

1. Creating and editing articles about women in various fields like sports, politics, entertainment, and more.

• Launching the WIKIGAP CHALLENGE, a public writing competition focused on women's biographies in Kinyarwanda; English; and French.

Activities:

• Learn Wikipedia editing skills.
• Contribute to enhancing Wikipedia's information on influential Rwandan women.