Saturday, 9 July 2011
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Suad Amiry at TedXRamallah
I kept meaning to post this from TedXRamallah. Suad Amiry's closing speech. She is such an enthusiastic and brilliantly funny story teller. Her book "Sharon and My Mother and Law" was given to me to read before I moved to Ramallah - funnily enough into a house quite close to her mother-in-law's. It was helpful in preparing me for the absurdity of the day-to-day existence in the Occupied Territories.
Part 1
Part 2
... oh and there is this. Response to uprisings? Consolidating efforts? Kissing and making up for the greater good? Will be interesting to watch.
Part 1
Part 2
... oh and there is this. Response to uprisings? Consolidating efforts? Kissing and making up for the greater good? Will be interesting to watch.
Friday, 8 April 2011
TEDxRamallah
TED Talks are coming to the Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon on 16 April 2011!
Tomorrow is the last day to register for TEDxRamallah (for attendance in the Levant area of the Middle East). There are a number of sites globally where you can attend and view the Talks in the Gulf, Europe, North America and around the Middle East. ALSO if you are interested in hosting a TEDxRamallah gathering, you can – get in touch with the organisers before 16 April 2011.
All you need is a laptop, internet and some eager viewers.
The event include talks from personalities such as Suad Amiry – author of “Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries”, Julia Bacha – filmmaker, and musical performances from artists such as DAM – an acclaimed Palestinian rap group.
More information can be found on the event page.
(logo from the event)
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
The Youth Vote
What many youth around the world would die for - a chance to determine their country's political future. But in Canada - Apathy amongst young eligible voters remains.
From CBC's "Rick Mercer Report" 28 March 2011
From CBC's "Rick Mercer Report" 28 March 2011
Monday, 7 March 2011
The Best Day of the Year!
International Women's Day!
If you are in Ottawa - Come celebrate the 100th Anniversary (!) at the National Archives from 7-10pm!
Details HERE
Also check out this list of the 100 most influential women as composed by the Guardian. As well as a great article by Stephanie Nolen about how for we need to go still...
Monday, 28 February 2011
Thursday, 17 February 2011
stopping sexual violence and harassment with technology
There was a lot of buzz created by the assault CBS reporter Lara Logan in Tahrir Square. On the twittersphere a lot of the discussion has pointed to the blame and owness that is placed on the survivors - Still!
There are a lot of tools out there to break the stigma of talking about sexual harassment and assault. A number of which were spearheaded in the middle east where taunting and catcalling are endemic, and little fault or blame is placed on the perpetrator. Instead, the survivor - primarily women - is blamed and her freedoms are curtailed in order to preserve honour and to "prevent" these acts from "occurring again" (wear less revealing clothes, don't go outside without a male escort etc.).
Despite tireless efforts to dispel myths surrounding SGBV, it still occurs and can be difficult to combat because there is so little hard data on the topic. This is why new initiatives using technology to map from the ground up are so important.
Here are some tools I have come across:
Hollaback : Global site using online and mobile technology to track and collect data/information on street harassment.
HarassMap Similar to HollaBack, spear headed in Egypt (in arabic)
There is Visualising Women's Rights in the Arab World is an online space for women's rights initiatives including SGBV work.
In DRC there is Si jeunesse savait an online and mobile support network for young feminists. (in French)
A general project taking place during the 16 days of Activism is Take Back the Tech imploring women to use technology to combat violence against women and girls and highlighting projects. It has a handy map of what is going on tech wise associated with the project around the globe.
On a more national/state driven and generic level there's CartoCrime, and initiative by l'Observatoire National de la Délinquance in France that maps crime in general. (in French)
These are the few I can think of with websites. Any more? (I'm sure there are tons)
There are a lot of tools out there to break the stigma of talking about sexual harassment and assault. A number of which were spearheaded in the middle east where taunting and catcalling are endemic, and little fault or blame is placed on the perpetrator. Instead, the survivor - primarily women - is blamed and her freedoms are curtailed in order to preserve honour and to "prevent" these acts from "occurring again" (wear less revealing clothes, don't go outside without a male escort etc.).
Despite tireless efforts to dispel myths surrounding SGBV, it still occurs and can be difficult to combat because there is so little hard data on the topic. This is why new initiatives using technology to map from the ground up are so important.
Here are some tools I have come across:
Hollaback : Global site using online and mobile technology to track and collect data/information on street harassment.
HarassMap Similar to HollaBack, spear headed in Egypt (in arabic)
There is Visualising Women's Rights in the Arab World is an online space for women's rights initiatives including SGBV work.
In DRC there is Si jeunesse savait an online and mobile support network for young feminists. (in French)
A general project taking place during the 16 days of Activism is Take Back the Tech imploring women to use technology to combat violence against women and girls and highlighting projects. It has a handy map of what is going on tech wise associated with the project around the globe.
On a more national/state driven and generic level there's CartoCrime, and initiative by l'Observatoire National de la Délinquance in France that maps crime in general. (in French)
These are the few I can think of with websites. Any more? (I'm sure there are tons)
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