What happens when two like-minded movements come together for a common goal? In this session, we’ll explore how Rising Voices/Global Voices have been collaborating with members of the Wikimedia movement, who are also supporting Indigenous, minority, and low-resource language communities in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe as they create knowledge in their own languages.

Africa’s cultural heritage faces barriers from copyright laws, institutional restrictions, and digital exclusion. This session explores how Wikimedia initiatives like Wiki Loves Folklore and Wiki Loves Africa document and protect cultural assets while promoting inclusivity. It also highlights TAROCH (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a global effort advocating for UNESCO to endorse open access policies. Participants will gain insights into cultural preservation, digital inclusion, and how to support TAROCH’s advocacy for copyright reform and policy change.

Public broadcasters produce high-quality educational content, yet much of it remains inaccessible due to restrictive licensing. Wiki Loves Broadcast (WLB) aims to change this by working with public broadcasters to release content under free licenses like CC BY-SA 4.0. This workshop will introduce participants to WLB’s mission and provide hands-on experience in integrating freely licensed public broadcasting content into Wikipedia. Attendees will learn how to find relevant videos, understand the criteria for embedding them, and actively contribute by adding videos to articles. Through collaborative editing, participants will enhance Wikipedia’s multimedia content while exploring the impact of audiovisual material in knowledge sharing. By the end of the session, attendees will have not only learned about WLB but will have directly contributed to making high-quality educational videos accessible to a global audience.