This presentation emphasizes African women contribution in the OpenStreetMap project despites challenges they are facing in their local communities. This document also brings some suggestions on how those women can be supported and engage other women.

1. Female Gender Involvement In Humanitarian
CrowdSourced Mapping using OpenStreetMap
Global Web Atlas In Africa
Victor N.Sunday, Mercy Nnaji Romanus Ayadiuno and Astou Nathalie Sidibe
30th August 2018
FOSS4G 2018
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2. Women In Africa
In Africa, women are considered as inferior to men and also
not able of playing leadership role in public life or in a
groups of people.
As a result, she has never been able to flourish in ease
without male support.
All traditions and customs have been developped to keep
women in the second role
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3. Challenges
❖ domestic chores (household, cooking, laundry) all
attributed to the woman preventing her from engaging
in active life for her own personal development
❖ There is also early marriage
❖ Lack of Solidarity between women
❖ No consideration for their points of views during
decisions Making.

4. Women Involment In OSM And ICT
In Africa
Despite these obstacles, women are determined to empower
themselves through OSM and ICTs.
In West Africa, there are very committed women working to
make change even if they remain underrepresented
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5. OSM Mali, active since December 2014
4 active female out of 35 male With
HOT's Microgrant, we have been
able to train 33 from November
2017 to August 2018and we hope
that the majority will be able to
become actively involved.
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6. OSM Burkina, active since 2013
3 active female out of 15
active male
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7. OSM Benin, active since 2013
1 active female out of 20 male
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8. OSM Cote d’Ivoire,active since 2013
1active female out 16 male
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9. OSM Niger, active since 2013
1active female out of 15 male
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10. OSM Togo, active since 2013
• 2 active female out of 15 male
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11. OSM Senegal, active since 2013
2 active female out of 20male
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12. Nigeria, Unique Mappers Team
active since 2017
Unique Mappers Team founded
by Victor Sunday is about 65
engaged Girls and this community
is bigger aand bigger thanks to the
HOT Microgrant and Victor
commitment.
OSM Mali
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13. Some icons of women changing things
Although they remain under-represented due to
enormous difficulties, some women manage to emerge
thanks to their determination and interest in OSM
Among these, we have
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14. Burkina Faso
Rita Soma @Rita
Aoua Kayende @Aoua_k
Lea Soma @soma_lea
from Burkina are actually mapping
Bus-stops and Bus-Stations in
Ouagadagou with their OSM Team
in collaboration with Transport
Companies in Burkina.
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15. Ivory Coast
Racky Ly @LyRacky very
experienced and committed to
train new contributors and
building OSMCI community
with her team
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16. Senegal
Odette Mendy @odette_aida
Mapped line and Bus Stop in
Dakar City, Senegal
inserer une photo
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17. Line and Bus Stop in Senegal
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18. Mali
Araba Coulibaly
Marietou Sogodogo
Fatou Dembele and i are doing
great job by mapping Bus Stops
and Taxi
Stations in Bamako,
and mapping rural areas in
Mali.
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19. Bus Stop & Taxi Station in Bamako
http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/carte-des-arrets-de-bus-et-station-de-taxis-de-ba
m_243624#13/12.6185/-8.0043
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20. Mali
We mapped
❖ 197257 Buildings
❖ 126km
in Bamako City through the
Microgrant Projects this year
https://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1075
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21. Mali
We have also mapped about
In collaboration with a local NGO,
we have also mapped about 30
water points in Torodo village, a
rural Municipality in Kayes
Region,
https://www.openstreetmap.org/
#map=17/14.51177/-8.84245
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22. Strategies to engage Women
❖ Awareness-raising, training and equipment for girls and
women
❖ Initiation of special training programs for young women
and girls to enable them to lead projects
❖ Set up economic models around data reuse so that these
women can live from this project,
❖ Initiation of an annual reward program for women so
that to attract more women to engage
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23. Strategies to engage Women
❖ Help women to make sustainable projects
❖ Prioritize women Sustainable projects funding
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24. Thank You for attention !!
Nathalie SIDIBE
@Honorable_Nath
sidibenathale27@gmail.com
sidibe.hotoms.org
+22376069217/62561600
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