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RV Newsletter: Funding opportunities for journalism and documentary projects
Fundings, journalism, opportunities, and more!
RV Newsletter: Code Girls United seeks to promote gender equity in STEM education
Digital rights, opportunities, resources, and more!
RV Newsletter: Digital Security + Language project revisited
Digital rights, language activism, digital inclusion, and more!
Discrimination against Nubians in pop culture and media
Nubians grapple with the harmful impact of stereotyping in media, causing feelings of invisibility, exclusion, and self-censorship. This in turn marginalize them and obscure their cultural contributions and expression.
Iraqi Assyrians struggle for freedom of expression amid political and extremist threats
Ongoing oppression, ethnic and sectarian conflicts, and political unrest have greatly reduced the Middle East's Assyrian community, endangering their 3000-year-old Assyrian language in its native Middle Eastern home.
Radio as a means of literacy and promotion of the Tseltal language
Julio Cesar López Gómez, speaker of the Bats'il K'op (Tseltal) language, teaches workshops to children, translates, and creates audiovisual content. Learn about his story as part of the Mayan Languages Digital Activism Program 2023
The project ‘KI´KI´KUXTAL’ safeguarding Mayan knowledge
Abisag seeks to use digital media to preserve and amplify the knowledge of her Mayan community. Learn about her project as part of the Mayan Languages Digital Activism Program 2023.
RV Newsletter: The Ghanaian Wikimedia Languages meetup and language digital activism around the world
Digital tools for language activism and environmental journalism – all in one issue.
How Kurdish language divisions hinder access to information
The ongoing disputes among Kurdish languages and their lack of standardization create obstacles to accessing online information, impedes the flow of information, and curtails active participation in the digital realm.
Meet a pioneer promoting inclusion through digital STEM education in the Yoruba language
Dr. Taofeeq Adebayo is breaking entrenched language barriers and the digital divide by teaching scientific and technological concepts in Yoruba through digital platforms.
ⵉⵏⵉⴳ ⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ ⵙ ⵓⴷⵔⴰⵡ ⵓⵖⵔⵉⵎ ⵣⵉ ⵓⵙⵙⴷⵓⵙ ⵏ ⵉⵣⵔⴼⴰⵏ ⵏⵏⵙⵏ ⵉⵙⵏⵉⵍⵙⵏ ⴳ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
ⴰⵣⵔⴰⴽ ⵏ ⵉⵣⵔⴼⴰⵏ ⵉⵎⵙⵏⵉⵍⵙⵏ ⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ ⴳ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⴷⵓⵙ ⴰⵙⵢⵉⵡⵏ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵏ, ⴰⵔ ⵉⵜⵜⴰⵡⵙ ⵉⵎⵙⵍⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ ⵅⴼ ⵓⵎⵙⵙⵉⵏⵉ ⵙ ⵜⵍⴻⵍⵍⵉ ⵅⴼ ⵜⵎⴰⴳⵉⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴷⵍⵙⴰ ⵏⵏⵙⵏ, ⵉⵍⵍⵉ ⵢⴰⴽⴽⴰⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⵔⵏⵉⵡⵜ ⴳ ⵓⴷⵔⴰⵡ ⵓⵖⵔⵉⵎ. (Amazigh translation of the English translation)
Preserving Australia's Indigenous cultural intellectual property in digital storytelling
Anissa Jones, an Indigenous educator, employs technology to persevere the Dharug Dhalang language. Her Puliima presentation emphasizes digital storytelling and preserving Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property through technology and community involvement.
Morocco's Amazigh pursue civic presence through linguistic rights
Respecting the linguistic rights of the Amazigh people promotes social integration and allows speakers to freely express their culture and identity, which results in increased civic engagement.
