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Web 2.0 : A reality in Women Empowerment

by Andrea Arzaba | September 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM

The first time I used Internet, I remember I was around 8 years old. The image comes to me as clear as water. … Read More»

World Changing Through Web 2.0

by amorlynn | September 21, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Just today I updated my Facebook status with this question: ‘Can we change the world for real?’ I asked this to my 700 or so friends. About 3 of them responded affirmatively almost instantly. … Read More»

Listen. Be Heard. Amplify. Connect. ACT.

by Sara_Aissa | September 21, 2010 at 8:51 AM

On the damp floor of a mud hut in rural West Africa, 40 km on a dirt road from the nearest phone, computer or radio tower, an 18 year old illiterate girl named Fatim is giving birth to her fifth child … Read More»

Offer: Opportunity for Women to Apply for Voices of Our Future 2010

by mrbeckbeck | August 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM | Opportunities

WORLD PULSE VOICES OF OUR FUTURE APPLY TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT … Read More»

VOF Week 1:(Women Empowerment and the Web 2.0 Revolution)

by LOGWELL | March 24, 2009 at 7:01 AM

Women Empowerment and the Web 2.0 Revolution … Read More»

VOF Week 1: (Women Given Voice with Web 2.0)

by nwan | March 22, 2009 at 7:12 PM

It should not come as a surprise to anyone (unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 50 years) that women are underrepresented in all forms and functions of media. … Read More»

VOF Week 1: (Living in a '2.0' World - The Web of Interacting Voices)

by Cultural Corres... | March 22, 2009 at 7:18 AM

As the weather is finally warming in Toronto, Canada, I set off on my first outdoor run of the season. And as I so often do on these runs, I let my thoughts guide the way. … Read More»

Founder's Pulse

She Speaks of Kashmir

by Jensine

Last month, as we prepared to unearth the wisdom of Pakistan’s women in our new, interactive emagazine, a rare voice came across our desks, stopped us in our tracks, and changed our course. Read More »

"Hers is the story of the women of Chechnya, of Zimbabwe, of Colombia, of Appalachia."

Conduit for a Continent

by Allena Butal

Ory Okolloh is turning heads in cyberspace. A young Kenyan lawyer and activist whose family struggled to send her to school and whose father died of AIDS, she is bent on communicating that Africa is no sob story. Okolloh is devoting her life to letting the world know that the continent is loaded with the power of the people and their solutions. Read More »

“As Africans we need to start challenging our leaders. We need to start taking responsibility for our continent.”

Legalizing Homophobia, Setting a Precedent in Africa

by cad_communication

In the wake of Uganda’s recent anti-homosexuality legislation, World Pulse correspondent and gay-rights activist Gertrude Pswarayi breaks down Africa's long history of homophobic legislation—and explains what can be done about it. Read More »

"As a Zimbabwean advocate for the rights of sexual minorities, I have witnessed how the Uganda legislative threats have created panic and despondence among sexual minorities."