Rising Voices is now entering its sixth month as the citizen media outreach arm of Global Voices. In this post we take a look back at what RV has accomplished in its first five months and how we hope to improve in the future.
The Indian organization Transparent Chennai is working with local fishing communities in southern Chennai to help them document land use and other space-related issues through participatory map making activities, including geo-tagged photographs made my local youth.
In the Brazilian town of Januária, a local organization called the Friends of Januária, has been a champion of transparency and accountability within the local municipal government. Now they are engaging residents of the town, especially focusing on youth, teaching them how to use citizen media tools for greater civic participation.
The New Women Foundation is working with women in the ElMinya Governorate, who work seasonal or temporary jobs, and is teaching them how to use citizen media to tell the stories of their lives.
