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20 December 2011
Russia: Global Protests At Russian Embassies Mark World AIDS Day
Recently the activists of the Association of Substitution Treatment Advocates of Ukraine (ASTAU) posted an overview of the latest events all over the globe marking the World AIDS Day. The major highlight of the analysis was the rallies at the Russian Embassies around the world against the brutal and cruel treatment of people living with a drug addiction in Russia.
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18 December 2011
Bolivia: The Public Event of Conectándonos Gathering
The Conectándonos (Connecting) gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia held on December 12-14, brought together emerging leaders interested in exploring ways how the use of citizen media and the building of networks can play a role in affecting social change in their local communities. This is a short summary of the public event held on December 13.
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Bolivia: Day 2 of the Conectándonos Gathering
The Conectándonos (Connecting) gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia held on December 12-14, brought together emerging leaders interested in exploring ways how the use of citizen media and the building of networks can play a role in affecting social change in their local communities. This is a short summary of Day 2.
Nomad Green: More Awareness On Preserving The environment Required
Deforestation, rapid urbanization, exploiting natural resources, deteriorating air quality are some the threats Mongolia face these days. The citizen journalists of Nomad Green, the Rising Voices Grantee in Mongolia are writing about these issue raising concerns and providing suggestions to stop degradation of the environment.
EWAMT: The Goal of Teaching 200 Yemeni Women to Blog
Ghaida'a al-Absi of the Rising Voices grantee project Empowerment of Women Activists in Media Techniques - Yemen (EWAMT) reflects about the attained goal of training 200 Yemeni women about blogging despite the numerous challenges presented.
16 December 2011
Bolivia: Day 1 of the Conectándonos Gathering
The Conectándonos (Connecting) gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia held on December 12-14, brought together emerging leaders interested in exploring ways how the use of citizen media and the building of networks can play a role in affecting social change in their local communities. This is a short summary of Day 1.
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12 December 2011
Ukraine: Using Video for Advocacy
As a part of ORT treatment advocacy efforts, Ukrainian harm reduction activists produce videos which describe the situation around this problem, tell stories of real people who suffer because of inertness of the health care authorities and report the small successes in this regards.
9 December 2011
Languages: Content Aggregation For Underrepresented Voices
During the Online Dialogue “Using Citizen Media Tools to Promote Under-Represented Languages” some interesting issues came up including the need for aggregation of online contents to preserve less spoken languages. One example is the Welsh language tweet aggregator Umap Cymraeg which has a database of more than 2000 Welsh language Twitter users online to see the true nature of the Welsh discussions and what issues are most popular.
For a Bolivian Digital Space with Greater Participation
Rising Voices is organizing a three-gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia on December 12-14, 2011. The focus of the gathering “Conectándonos” (Connecting) is to provide support and training to 35 participants from underrepresented communities and those working closely with these groups to examine how they can play a role in ensuring that the Bolivian digital space is more inclusive with greater participation by all.
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