Dear all,

I'm excited to announce that the Wikimedia movement will once again be represented at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum.

This is a major regional forum in which digital policies and internet governance in Africa are debated and shaped, and participants and attendees forge partnerships for action. It will take place in Accra, Ghana, from* April 23-25th*. Register now https://whova.com/portal/registration/draif_202404/ so you can join virtually!

We showed up big last year in East Africa - you can read about Wikimedians' experiences in this blog post https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/06/01/takeaways-from-digital-rights-and-inclusion-forum-2023-drif23-a-conversation-with-wikimedians/. We're hoping to do the same in West Africa. Wikimedians have many lessons to share around the conference theme of "fostering rights and inclusion in the digital age." Don't miss these sessions:

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Faire résonner les voix : l'inclusion des Femmes ouest africaines dans lesProjets Wikimedia, ft. @Adjovi Essenam FUMEY essenam.fumey@gmail.com @Fatima Oury SOW GUEYE fatimaourysow@gmail.com @franckakouete95@gmail.com franckakouete95@gmail.com @beckyelsie@yahoo.fr beckyelsie@yahoo.fr 2.

Connect the Unconnected: Strengthening Women’s Access to Rural Broadband Connectivity in Africa, ft. @Sandra Aceng sandraaceng@gmail.com, @Eugene Masiku emasiku@ofwafrica.org and more. 3.

An Internet for and by the people: What we gain when we treat the internet as a shared public good, ft. @Sandister Tei stei@wikimedia.org, @Kwaku Addo Ofori kofori@wikimedia.org and more. 4.

Fostering Trust Online in the Year of Democracy: Lessons on Combatting Disinformation on Wikipedia ft. @Felix Nartey fnartey@wikimedia.org, @Abigail Adu-Daako aadudaako@wikimedia.org and others.

We hope you'll help cheer us on virtually and make some noise on social media. More information to come over the next few months.

Warmly, Ziski

Franziska Putz (she/her)

Senior Movement Advocacy Manager

Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation

Fputz@wikimedia.org

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