by Katie Palmer –Canada– Child sex trafficking is rampant throughout the Philippines. Both anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies estimate that 60,000 to 100,000 Filipino children, a majority between the ages of 14 and 17, are trafficked each year…
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Survivors of Sex Trafficking in Global South Need IT Skills Training Rather than Sewing Lessons
Tagged with: NGO's, Philippines, Sex Trafficking, Technology, women's empowerment
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Facebook Game ‘Angry Brides’ Trivializes Grave Human Rights Violation
by Rita Banerji –India– I am on a Google alert for “dowry,” a practice that is recognized as one of the underlying causes of India’s female genocide/gendercide. Recently there was an avalanche of ‘dowry’ alerts as Indian and foreign media…
Tagged with: Indeginous Culture, India, Marriage, Social Change, Technology, Violence Aginst Women
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Innovative Internet-based Projects Give Indian Women Platform to Fight Violence
by Paromita Pain –India– Gropes, stealthy fingers that pinch and leave bruises, catcalls, severe beatings, systematic starvation, emotional torture and worse – harassment against women takes many forms, and like issues of hunger and poverty, it is global in scope.…
Tagged with: activism, India, NGO's, Sexual Harrassment, Social Change, Technology, Violence Against Women
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Breaking the Silence: Rallying around the World to End Gender-based Street Harassment
by Holly Kearl –USA– What does a woman in Bangalore, India, standing on a busy street corner, waiting for a bus have in common with a teenage girl in Queens, New York, dressed in her school uniform, waiting for the…
Tagged with: Gender Equity, Sexual Harrassment, Technology, Uprisings
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
In the Sinai Desert, Radio Sharm is Live and Well
by Victoria Aitken –UK– The Sinai desert has a new underground radio station – the only one to escape a ban on live radio transmissions – and it is breaking records for a radio station of its size. Radio Sharm’s…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Dahab, internet, Music, North Africa, radio, Radio Sharm, radio transmission, Sinai desert, South Sinai, Technology, webcast
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
The Battle for Net Neutrality: Corporate Takeover or Opportunity?
by Megan Tady – USA – On Tuesday, April 6th a federal court decision put the Internet, and your ability to use it, in jeopardy. It’s a major setback for free speech online and for the prospects of connecting the…
U.S. Stimulus Plan to Boost Geothermal Energy Prospects
by Kimberly N. Chase – USA – In an unmarked meadow by the side of the road at The Geysers, the 30-square-mile steam field about 70 miles north of San Francisco, California, the air smells like sulfur. Clouds of steam…
Tagged with: Economy, Energy, Renewable Energy, Science, Technology, United States
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Video Testimonials Document Politically Motivated Sexual Violence in Zimbabwe
by Abigail Wendle – USA – According to the Zimbabwe Rape Survivors Association, during last year’s highly contested presidential election an estimated 2,000 women and girls were the targets of politically-motivated sexual violence in Zimbabwe. State-sanctioned groups under President Robert…
Tagged with: Africa, Politics, Sexual Assault, Sexual Violence, Technology, women's empowerment, Women's Rights, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
India Ramps up Nuclear Power with Help from the United States
by Priyanka Bhardwaj – India – At the insistence of the United States, India has been granted global “nuclear exception” status despite being a non-signatory on nuclear non-proliferation treaties, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban…
Tagged with: Economy, India, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Renewable Energy, Technology, United States
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Crowdsourcing Strategy Draws Hot and Cool Reactions in Silicon Valley
by Genie Z. Laborde – USA – It’s hot because most people don’t know about it yet and it’s cool because it makes money. Crowdsourcing is a way for companies to enlist the help of their own Internet clients to…
