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March is recognized as Ghana Month, and as part of the Art + Feminism campaign, the Global Open Initiative Foundation (GOIF) organised Her Heritage Wiki Challenge to observe it. A month-long contest, with a simple focus: Spotlight Ghanaian women and address the lacuna in their representation on Wikipedia. The theme centred on documenting mostly, Ghanaian women in art, culture, and feminist movements. Participants worked on creating and improving articles, contributing to Wikidata and adding images to Wikipedia articles. The goal was to bring more visibility to notable women whose stories are often missing or underrepresented online. Workshop group photo (left) and participants taking a break outdoors (right) (Amuzujoe CC BY-SA 4.0) The in-person closing workshop brought in new faces and included a live contest where new editors could practice what they had learned. This year, over 20 editors contributed, making more than 1,700 edits.…

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