Defending and promoting of women rights in Guinea through citizen media by building a virtual network with the Guinea Female Association of Journalists (Guinea AFJ) including the use of blog Twitter and pictures.
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Conakry and main Guinean cities
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
Text, audio, video, pictures or drawings to document violation and abuses of women's rights in daily life but also during political unrests, as they the prime targets. The planned elections later this year and ethnical tensions within the society may lead to violence and abuses against women, as in the past.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
We intend to work closely with:
Contacts exist already with:
facebook.com/groups/voixdelajeunesseguineenne
facebook.com/groups/Guineensunis
facebook.com/groups/
The Guinean Association of Online Media (Aguipel), which includes more than 100 professional websites.
Other citizen media networks
Local mainstream media nationwide
Contacts to be established:
Local radios
Internet café owners
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
100 female members from the Guinea Female Association of Journalists (Guinea AFJ) who will train colleagues working in their respective online and mainstrem media, throughout the country.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
No other imput is required from Rising Voices
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