Stories about Feature from November, 2010
Repacted: Mr. and Miss Red Ribbon 2010 Walked In Style
Mr. and Miss Red Ribbon is a charity event organized annually by Nakuru Youth groups including the Rising Voices grantee Repacted from Nakuru, Kenya. As a major build up activity...
FOKO: Referendum On Constitution And A Failed Coup
Madagascar is going through a turbulent time. A heavily disputed referendum on the new constitutional proposal was held on the 17th of November. The election process was marred by irregularities...
AIDS Rights Congo: Documenting Stigma And Discrimination Of HIV/AIDS Infected People
With the help of a Micro-grant awarded by Rising Voices, AZUR Development organization trained communication officers of different AIDS organizations in Congo in digital story telling, podcasting, and the creation...
[Podcast] Interview with Randa AbulDahab
Blogger and filmmaker Randa AbulDahab is part of the coordination team from the Women of Minya Day by Day project, and has been leading the video and photography workshops with...
Rising Voices Submissions for One Day on Earth
Two bloggers from the Rising Voices projects FOKO and Exploring Taboos recently submitted two videos to the project One Day on Earth. Here are their two videos from Madagascar and...
Hiperbarrio: Podcast Workshops For The New Groups
Rising Voices grantee Hiperbarrio has been commissioned by the Foundation Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM Foundation) to provide new media trainings to outreach groups of three other libraries in Medellin....
Exploring Taboos: When Women Are Blamed for Being Harassed
Sexual harassment is a very serious matter in Egypt, a country where 83% of its women have reported being the target of harassment. Another study found that 80% of men...
Minya: Workshop Participants Narrate More Stories
The stories emerging from the Women of Minya Day by Day project are ones of hardship, yet resilience in overcoming these challenges. The workshops provided by the New Woman Foundation...
