2011 VOF Week 1

More than 20 years after my first experiences as a youth organizer, I wonder how different that work would have been – or how rapidly it would have grown- with today’s new media tools in hand. … Read More»

Web 2.0 is a new platform for peace building. Applications such as social networking sites, blogs and video sharing have created an abundance of democratic space. … Read More»

What most excites me about Web 2.0 is that it gives me an outlet to express myself, share news, information and ideas with people across the globe. … Read More»

As mentioned in our week’s reading, global communication, especially via Web 2.0 technologies, has indeed strengthened and broadened our ability as women to share our points of view, stories, needs an … Read More»

All kinds of traditional media in Sudan are subject to censorship by the government and therefore it is not possible to obtain true information or to inform people the truth through it , Web 2.0 works … Read More»

Not so long ago, in the homes of North America, an occasional whisper emerged of a women living in a far away land, thousands of miles across the ocean. … Read More»

There is so little respect for personal stories, and yet that is where the greatest answers lie, waiting and dormant because no one asks for them. … Read More»

I remember before the web 2.0 started, people just connected with their immediate circle of friends and acquaintances. … Read More»

I am Nicole. I grew up in a small town in Ontario where inequalities, discrimination, poverty and oppression exist. … Read More»

I have no reason to know what any other woman is going through at any moment. I could easily wake up each morning, open my eyes to my own familiar world, and venture forward, day after day. … Read More»