Posts from February, 2016
7 Things I Learned from the GVeX Workshop
Last week, GVex participants met in Marseille, France, for the first in-person workshop of the project. Here are some of Zara's thoughts following 5 intense days of workshop!
On Coherent Narratives, Storytelling and Effective Advocacy
A coherent narrative is essential to an effective advocacy and an optimized engagement and with all the tools and technologies around us, each and everyone of us can tell his/her story and the story of others…In today's GVeX podcast episode Tamara Qiblawi, co-founder of KnoozRoom in today’s episode talk to us about...
Activist or Advocate, What Hat do You Wear?
“Are you an activist or an advocate?”, we all had to answer this question at a certain point in our life. How do we identify? Is it important to make this differentiation? And how does this influence our methods of engagements? We've attempted to answer all these questions in this week's podcast with Tanya Lokot for...
“Do You Believe You Have Empowered Me?…”- Story of Bangladesh
According to Dr. Yunnus, the concept of Microcredit loan for women has ensured women empowerment in Bangladesh and all over the world. However, the aftermath of this project has been alarming and reports show that this empowerment tool has not only lead to more disempowerment for women but also has...