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Gender and Information Communication Technology Survey Toolkit from USAID...
In low and middle income countries, over 1.7 billion women do not own mobile phones – or, in percentage terms, women are 14 percent less likely to own a mobile phone, compared to men. Furthermore, even...
View ArticleToosheh helps activists in Iran, & online volunteers that want to support them
In many countries with state-supervised Internet, social media sites are shut down if protests get too big or too frequent, or when dissent is seen as a threat to the political status quo. Such...
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Digital Nomads, The Eyes and Ears of Urbanization
To manage our cities, we need a work culture that encourages mobility, balances profits with purpose, and values autonomy. Cities need a workforce that can meet challenges where they are. This post...
View ArticleTranscribers Of Reddit help with accessibility
I found a really interesting virtual volunteering / online micro volunteering gig on Reddit: some of the community provide transcriptions of images on Reddit posts for those who rely on text-to-speech...
View ArticlePublic Access computers and print Management
Hello all! I've recently been hired on at my local public library as their IT coordinator! I'm loving the job so far, but i have some serious issues with our public access computer system CybraryN,...
View ArticleScreen reader use survey
WebAIM have published the results of their 2017 survey of screen reader use. You can read the full report at https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey7/.In addition to containing a mass of...
View ArticlePunto Verde: reconditions computers for NGOs & schools in Mexico, fights...
Punto Verde (Green Point) is a civil association (& NGO) in Mexico dedicated to promoting the correct recycling of electronic devices, to help preserve and care for our planet and to save the...
View ArticleGirls-only computer programming school in Afghanistan
A girls-only computer programing school in Herat, Afghanistan is empowering girls to learn code as a way to change their lives. The girls have created a game centered around the opium crisis to raise...
View ArticleTarjimly lets bilingual online volunteers help refugees and aid workers
language barriers are limiting the ability of refugees and immigrants to seek help, and aid workers to provide it. Tarjimly is a new service that connects people who speak one language but need to...
View ArticleFree Gender Digital Divide Online Course
Gender Digital Divide Online Course - This free course was funded by USAID through the Mobile Solutions, Technical Assistance and Research (mSTAR) project at FHI 360.Mobile technologies are changing...
View ArticleCorporate hackf4good events
The JP Morgan Chase & Co. Code for Good challenge gives volunteers the chance to put their coding skills towards doing good for nonprofits. "It’s also a great opportunity to see whether a career in...
View Article#HackAgainstHunger - UN WSIS effort
#HackAgainstHunger is an effort by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to identify and support innovative solutions to address challenges...
View ArticleUN's online volunteer award winners 2018
An international jury representing a wide range of expertise in volunteerism and development (community, human & environmental) selected five teams of online volunteers to received the Online...
View ArticleRwandan ride-hailing app crowdsources funding to train female drivers
Rwandan ride-hailing platform SafeMotos, a smartphone app that allows customers to order motorcycle taxis to their desired pickup location, has crowdsourced funding to help it find and train female...
View ArticleProtection Mainstreaming App
The Protection Mainstreaming App is available for download through the Google Play and iTunes App Stores. The Protection Mainstreaming App is based on the Global Protection Cluster Guidance available...
View ArticleFemale ISP owner in Afghanistan looks to expand business
An Afghan woman who launched an internet service provider company in Kabul two years agohas said to Tolo News that she is hoping to expand her business outside of the capital city, to cover all 34...
View Articlerole of online communities in tackling sexual harassment
During the 62 Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), UNESCO participated in an event exploring the role of online communities in relations to sexual harassment and hate speech. The...
View ArticleSaudi women use Twitter to push for social reforms including abolition of...
Women in Saudi Arabia are riding a “Twitter wave” of activism that they hope will lead to the abolition of a legal guardianship system that gives men authority over their lives.There has been an...
View ArticleEmbracing Human Diversity
I picked up on this from the latest e-Access Bulletin, a free monthly email newsletter', at www.headstar.com/eablive.An article on how accessible technology can help enable human rights has been...
View ArticleUK AbilityNet awards
The 2018 AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards have launched and nominations for individuals or organisations are open. (https://www.tech4goodawards.com/). Sorry for all of the world wide readers of Techsoup...
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