Rising Voices · June 2012

June, 2012

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RV At 5: Witnessing The Rise Of Yemeni Women

One of the notable Rising Voices grantee project was “Empowerment of Yemeni Women Activists in New Media Techniques”, led by Ghaida'a Al Absi. She thought that the EWAMT project is like a candle among other candles, which are lighting up the darkness in Yemen. And it proved right as some...
OpenWatch: Using Mobile To Enable Public Monitoring

OpenWatch is a participatory citizen media project which uses mobile technology to enable public monitoring of corrupt practices and repression. The project consists of two parts, a free mobile phone application for Android and iOS which invisibly records audio and video, and an open source software to collect the recordings...
RV at 5: New Media For Health Activists

In 2008 Rising Voices and Open Society Institute's Health Media Initiative awarded micro-grants to six health-focused citizen media outreach projects. One of the grantees was the AZUR Development organization's Aids Right project from Brazzaville, Congo which trained communication officers of local AIDS organizations in digital story telling, podcasting, and the...

RV At 5: Witnessing The Rise Of Yemeni Women

Feature26 June 2012
OpenWatch: Using Mobile To Enable Public Monitoring

Case Studies18 June 2012
RV at 5: New Media For Health Activists

Feature13 June 2012

Stories from June, 2012

RV at 5: FOKO – A Reflection by Joan Razafimaharo

Feature10 June 2012

FOKO from Madagascar is one of the most successful grantees of Rising Voices which has transformed Malagasy forumists into bloggers. FOKO co founder Joan Razafimaharo sends in her reflections on...

RV At 5: A Journey To Mutual Enlightenment And Satisfaction

Feature2 June 2012

David Sasaki, the founding director of Rising Voices, reflects on the completion of five years of Rising Voices. In the first three years of his tenure he has traveled extensively...

Pakistan: Hoshmedia – Amplifying The Voices Of Pakistani Youth

Case Studies2 June 2012

As the popularity of citizen media is growing in Pakistan, more and more people are using social media platforms and tools to share their opinions. With a vision to creating...

Rising Voices Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary

Announcements1 June 2012

Rising Voices is pleased to be commemorating its fifth anniversary throughout the month of June. We'll be hearing from some of the voices that have made RV a powerful and...