As a celebration of Women in March, WikiAfrica Hour 44 episode hosts some inspiring women across the wikimedia movement to converse about how the movement supports women:
How did 2030 recommendations align with woman’s support?
What are the great roles played by communities’ initiatives to empower women ?
Are there any disadvantages of adoption of 50:50 presentation in all setting?

Can recent national or global attacks on DIE initiatives might affect our movement ? 

Isla Haddow-Flood, Chair and Co-Leader of Wiki In Africa, a writer, editor, and project strategist, who is deeply passionate about leveraging communication technology and media platforms to promote open access to knowledge, raises and discusses all these and more on Wednesday, 26th March 2025. 

Our guests include:

• Victoria Doronina: She started contributing to Russian Wikipedia in 2006, became an admin, and twice served on the Arbitration Committee. In 2021, she was elected to the WMF Board of Trustees and re-elected in 2024.
• Bukola James: certified librarian. Sub-Saharan Liason of Let’s Connect. Co-founder pf Africa Wiki Women. Vice Chair of Wikipedia+Education User Group. Chairman of Learnovation Network Foundation
• Franziska Heine: Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland
• Natacha Rault: Director of les sans pagEs

The WikiAfrica Hour In Focus segment was a recorded inspiring open interview with Victoria Doronina (one of the guest speakers) to shed light on her journey in the open wikimedia movement.

Watch the full episode now!

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