Hello my name is Ruby Damenshie-Brown from Ghana. An open advocate, gender advocate and a Wikimedian.

Ruby D-Brown

I have been editing Wikipedia since 2019. Currently the Co-founder of Africa Wiki Women.

Current Volunteer Roles

  • WikiWomen UserGroup Representative - 2024/2025
  • ComCom Committee Member 2024/2025
  • WikiforHumanRights Africa Regional Cordinator- 2024


Previous Experience

  • UCOS Enforcement Guideline Drafting and Revision Committee
  • Eduwiki Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Cordinator 2022/2023
  • WikiforHumanRights Fellow- WMF - 2021/2022
  • WikiforHumanRights Africa Regional Cordinator- 2023
  • Program Manager- Open Foundation West Africa


Gender Campaigns

  • Wikiwomen in Red 24 hour Edit-a-Thon
  • Visible Wiki Women Ghana Cordinator 2021
  • Projecting Black women online through wikimedia commons 2024
  • Arts and Feminism 2024 Ghana
  • Africa Wiki Women IWD - Inspire Inclusion 2024
  • Educating Girls in Accra Wesly Girls on Wikipedia 2024
  • Wiki Women in Red Ghana 2023
    • https://youtu.be/ZfY7xylCaqk?si=A5cXCAYHESCR2pFH
  • SheSaid Campaign by Africa Wiki Women 2023
  • Arts+Feminism Ghana 2023
  • Girls in STEM Wiki Workshop with the Geothe Institute 2023
  • DTI (Decolonizing the Internet) Sheroes of Africa 2022
  • Girls Code Campaign with Mawako Girls 2022
  • 2021 Ghana Cordinator Wiki Women in Red  on a Global 24hour edit-a-thon


Other Campaigns

  • Africa Wiki Challenge
  • Founders Day Ghana Writing Contest in partnership with the Ministry of Information
  • Local version of 1Lib1ref
  • Content campaign drives such as Women of the Wiki, Wiki p3 Eduane Contest, Afro History month etc
  • Local organizer, Visible Wiki Women Campaign Ghana 2021
  • Kiwix4Schools project Ghana
  • WLA Local organizer/coordinator for Ghana
  • GOES Project

I love to network and meet new people. Feel free to reach out if you need us to collaborate on any project.


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