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Women Pulling Out of the Technological Gap

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

When she gets up in the morning, Ghadeer Malek, a young Palestinian feminist activist, checks her Facebook page to keep up on new developments and messages linked to her work. Her daily routine illustrates a growing trend among young women, who are turning more and more to the latest technological tools, although that use is [...]

South Africa: Privacy and domestic violence online and off

Friday, September 3, 2010

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JOHANNESBURG (Esther Nasikye and Sally-Jean Shackleton for GenderIT.org) While women’s rights activists have been at the forefront of making the private crimes that occur at home – domestic violence, marital rape – public, new technologies are making the private public in ways that disenfranchise, alienate and violate women. ChangeWaves’Esther Nasikye and Sally-Jean Shackleton (WomensNet) explore [...]

World Cup African Style

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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In about two hours time, all eyes around the world will turn to Africa as we witness the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. We celebrate this outstanding leadership action demonstrated by South Africa’s successful bid to host the World Cup in Africa for the very first time. This is a momentous day [...]

Conquering our fears

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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One of my greatest fears is traveling on water. I always tell people close to my heart that I travel “over water and not on water.” Many times I have foregone promises of wonderful weekends with girlfriends on certain islands because of this fear. Never mind I know how to swim. But June 4th 2010, [...]

Intimate partner violence and ICTs

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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A woman is at more risk in places where she is supposed to feel safe and with people she is supposed to trust the most. The story of a 26 year old Brenda Karamuzi, who was allegedly murdered by her lover and thrown in a septic tank is still fresh in many a Ugandan’s mind. [...]

Weekly ICT news summary

Friday, August 7, 2009

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Here is a summary of some of the hottest ICT news stories from East Africa and beyond. Kenya: Rural Folk to Miss Out On Cheap High Speed Internet Majority of Kenya’s Internet service providers have no capacity to supply downstream consumers with fibre optic bandwidth, leaving room for a few players, who may use the [...]

ChangeWaves partners with CPAU to conduct ICT training

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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ChangeWaves is partnering with the Common Wealth People’s Association of Uganda to conduct ICT training (Social Technopreneurship) for young people in Uganda. The training will be conducted in August. The course modules include Elementary Class: Basic Computing (MS Office & Internet) Intermediate Class:Web Designing, HTML (Namo, Macromedia, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash and Photoshop) Advanced Class: Networking [...]

A lost generation

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Public affection of love is a contentious issue in Uganda. When the queen of Buganda kissed her husband (the king), tongues waged. It made headlines. The conservatives frowned while the young blood punched their fists in the air and screamed “that’s is how it should be.” But the young blood in Northern Uganda seem to [...]

Digging a hole to fill a hole

Monday, July 6, 2009

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I spent the third week of June in Gulu Distric, northern Uganda about 350 km from Kampala City. For years, I had read, heard and been told about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and the atrocities he committed. Sometimes they seemed so distant. Sometimes the updates came from CNN or the BBC. It was hard [...]

Meeting Noerine Kaleeba

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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M ention Noerine Kaleeba’s name and the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is HIV and AIDS. One Scottish University described her as the “angel of Africa.” Noerine Kaleeba is globally recognized for her efforts in facilitating meaningful involvement of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, which is believed to be [...]