Capacity Development
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She Can with ICT Collaboration
Empowering women and female professionals with digital literacy, Wikipedia editing skills, and tech entrepreneurship to close the gender knowledge gap.
Project Objectives
- Counter the severe underrepresentation of female editors on Wikipedia.
- Train emerging female professionals across four core modules: Digital Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, and Internship.
- Expand biographical coverage of notable African women.
Key Activities & Execution
Hands-on digital training cohorts, edit-a-thons, and mentorship pairing sessions.
Outcomes & Deliverables
Trained over 150 female participants with multiple graduating into active community leadership.
Impact Statement
Directly tackling systemic gender disparity in Africa's digital knowledge ecosystem.
Project Overview
Status
completed
Geographic Scope
Lagos, Nigeria
Timeline
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
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