{"id":103,"date":"2022-08-15T16:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2022-08-15T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T15:58:26","slug":"african-proud-hosted-the-artfeminism-event-in-benin-city-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/african-proud-hosted-the-artfeminism-event-in-benin-city-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICAN &#038; PROUD hosted the ART+FEMINISM event in Benin City, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6322.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">African &amp; Proud (AP) joined the ART+FEMINISM 2022 campaign by hosting an event in Benin City, Nigeria.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Art+Feminism builds a community of activists that is committed to closing the information gap related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aimed at bridging the content gap around Nigerian women on Wikipedia while also recruiting more female editors to Wikipedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event saw in attendance about 30 participants which comprised 70% female and 30% male and we were able to train participants to becoming Wikipedia editors while also improving and creating articles relating to Nigerian Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6349-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6349-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6349-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6349-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6349-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6349-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Kolawole with Omorodion during training.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6351-1024x788.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6351-1024x788.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6351-300x231.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6351-768x591.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6351-1536x1182.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6351-2048x1576.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6355-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6355-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6355-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6355-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6355-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_6355-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>During training<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-9663-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-9663-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-9663-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-9663-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-9663-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.africanandproud.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-9663-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Participants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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