Third Feminist Tech Exchange: digital storytelling for transformation
|
|
|
Students and survivors use technology to put an end to violence
Each day, women and girls are victims of violence in all its forms; nor do they generally have access to any real support, be it psychological, medical, socio-economic or juridical. Today, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become more popular, and adolescent girls, female students, and survivors have made the decision to use Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), videos, blogs, radio broadcasts and local awareness-raising efforts, for putting an end to violence committed against women. Since August 2010, five innovative projects proposed by organizations from Kinkala, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire have received up to five thousand dollars’ worth of support from the “Take Back The Tech” Fund from the APC WNSP within the framework of a project implemented by AZUR Development in the Congo. Read about violence survivors’ stories here.
AZUR Development releases a new video concerning the education of indigenous children in Lekoumou
The 2010-2011 school year has begun. We have not been idle. We have made a positive assessment of our education-access project for 355 indigenous girls and boys in Congo’s Lekoumou department. With a 61% success rate in final exams, we present, through a series images, the various stages of the project. With the support of the World Bank’s Congo office, we are pursuing a course of action that addresses the responsibilities of the parents of indigenous students. We are building capacity of nine indigenous women’s groups with regard to the productiveness of their agricultural activities, as well as their ability to increase their revenue; so they can maintain their children in school. Watch the video about the education of indigenous children here.
|
|
|
HIV positive women claim for their inheritance rights
HIV positive women who decide to rise up and claim alimony or who lodge legal complaints for the denial of their rights of inheritance. Health personnel and employers who are aware of discrimination against HIV positive people and are attempting to put an end to it in their respective environments. Raising the awareness of people living with HIV/AIDS concerning their rights, as done by members of the AIDS Africa Network, is something that have borne fruit in five Central and Western African countries. In the Congo, AZUR Development has carried out a series of activities in 2009 and 2010 focusing on human rights and HIV/AIDS in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville; and in which HIV positive women, people living with HIV, local authorities, businesses, NGOs and AIDS organizations, unions and journalists. Read more about experiences of this regional project at this blog.
Ready to embark on a 16 days campaign against violence
From November 25 to December 16, 2010, AZUR Development will, along with approximately ten other organizations, be engaged in activities aimed at heightening awareness of every form of violence done to women and girls at Brazzaville, Kinkala, Nkayi and Pointe-Noire. We are going to work with girls and adolescent victims of abuse, young handicapped women, young sex workers, secretaries, students and survivors of violence in rural areas. Radio broadcasts, workshops, discussions over educational videos, blogs, as well as other activities, are planned. Using the technology, we hope to put an end to violence against women and girls within the framework of the “Take Back The Tech” campaign during sixteen days of activism.
|
|
|
